love letter. cousin, christine, was awakened when we were growing up, we were by a text from michelle s former so alike, that my family called boyfriend. and he message mess me. me mini michelle. he goes, hey, just to let you now mini michelle, michael, know, we don t know where and the rest of the le family held vigils, issued press michelle is. releases, anything to keep have you heard from her? try calling her. i looked at his message like, michelle s case in the public eye. i needed to work on something what did michelle do this time? all the time. she s usually out, having fun. that was her every day, that was related to her every day. she s a fun-loving person. did you feel like you were yeah. she s always out with her getting anywhere? it felt productive, but it friends. getting lost sometimes. still felt hopeless. so we thought i honestly didn t think much of it at time. hopeless in a sense where you just don t know what s going on. i read the message, and i rol
i met the family in a dingy motel on the side of the freeway in hayward, california at about 11:00 o clock in the morning, and they were all huddled inside this little room. to the le family, klaas was like the cavalry riding in. we were all in our pajamas, like disheveled. and we were all together on our laptops, trying to edit press releases, trying to organize all the interviews and reading the news, trying to talk to the police. and i looked around and i said, the first thing you people need to do is get out of this room. dark and depressing? it was horrible. it was horrible. and they were so downtrodden. they had absolutely no idea of what to do or where to go. and he he sat down and gave us a list of what to do. we had to find a search center. we had to get volunteers. in ths
the flyers, the detective all kept michelle s family busy and hopeful, but had ultimately been unproductive. they were nowhere. and it was just at that point when marc klaas stepped into the life of the le family. i met the family in a dingy motel on the side of the freeway in hayward, california at about 11:00 o clock in the morning. and they were all huddled inside this little room. keith morrison: to the le family, klaas was like the cavalry riding in. we were all in our pajamas like disheveled. and we were all together on our laptops trying to edit press releases, trying to organize all the interviews and reading the news, trying to talk to the police. and i looked around and i said, the first thing you people need to do is get out of this room. dark and depressing. it was horrible. it was horrible. and they were so downtrodden. they had absolutely no idea of what to do or where to go.
keith morrison: and now, mini michelle and michael and the rest of the le family held vigils, issued press releases, anything to keep michelle s case in the public eye. i needed to work on something all the time that was her every day, that was related to her every day. did you feel like you were getting anywhere? it felt productive, but it still felt hopeless. hopeless in the sense in the sense you just don t know what s going on. keith morrison: after weeks of casting about, they were no closer to finding michelle than they d been that first chaotic weekend. and it was sad, but perfectly understandable, that public interest began to wane. it was during that period of darkness when one of michelle s uncles down in san diego begged for help from this woman, carrie mcgonigle. michelle le s uncle asked you know, what do i do? i m completely lost. keith morrison: why her? because carrie had been through it all herself.
reporter: and now mini-michelle and michael and the rest of the le family held vigils, issued press releases, anything to keep michelle s case in the public eye. i needed to work on something all the time that was her every day, that was related to her every day. reporter: did you feel like you were getting anywhere? it felt productive. but it still felt hopeless, hopeless in the sense where you still don t know what what s going on. reporter: after weeks of casting about they were no closer to finding michelle than they d been that first chaotic weekend. and it was sad but perfectly understandable that public interest began to wane. it was during that period of darkness when one of michelle s uncles down in san diego begged for help from this woman carrie mcgonigle.