were so like, my family called me mini michelle. now, many michelle, michael, and the rest of the family, issued press releases, and did anything to keep michele 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 are getting anywhere? it felt productive, but it still felt hopeless. hopeless in the sense where, you still know what s going on. after weeks of casting about, there were no closer to finding michel with this first chaotic weekend. and, it was sad, but perfectly understandable. the public interest began to wane. during this period of darkness, one of michel s uncles, and san diego, begged for help from this woman. carrie mechanical. michele s uncle asked, what do i do? and completely lost. why her? because carrie had been through
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
she told me a story about how after her mom passed away she didn t even know what to do at first until she saw michael in the garage holding something of his mom s and crying. she told me, you know, that was the time i knew it was time to be a big sister and be a mother figure for him. overcome her own sense of loss and save this boy. oh, yeah. so you couldn t even tell she s having any trouble. she made a sort of commitment to between her and i that she would look out for me. keith morrison: but not just michael. michelle also kept watch over krystine. she was my like my older sister. she dressed me, she helped tweeze my eyebrows, she taught me how to do make-up. taught you about boys. yeah, we talked about boys all the time. she helped me write my first love letters. oh my gosh, when we were growing up we were so alike that my family called me mini michelle.
how, after her mom passed away, she didn t even know what to do at first until she saw michael in the garage holding something of his mom s and crying. she told me you know, that was the time i knew it was time to be, you know, a big sister and be a mother figure for him. reporter: overcome her own sense of loss yeah. reporter: save this boy? oh, yeah. so you couldn t even tell she was having any trouble. she made a sort of commitment to between her and i that she would look out for me. reporter: but not just michael. michelle also kept watch over krystine. she was like my older sister. she dressed me. she helped tweeze my eyebrows. she taught me how to do makeup. reporter: taught you about boys? yeah, we talked about boys all the time. she helped me write my first love letter. oh, my gosh. when we were growing up, we were so alike that my family called me mini michelle.
when we were growing up, we were so alike that my family called me mini michelle. 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. michelle le s uncle asked, you know, what do i do? i m completely lost. reporter: why her?