no sign of remorse, there wa nothing. she was just like, okay. and when the news was announced, michele s family knew giselle, knew her as one of michelle the closest friends. and they were stunned. i never suspected her o thought the worst until we kne for sure i didn t think it was her when giselle had problems, michel would go to canceling sessions with her. that was her last text to jail no matter what, you will alway be my friend reporter: and now wit giselle esteban s arrest, th family found themselves in a paradox, that someone woul finally be held accountable fo michel s appearance, yet refusing to accept that she wa dead to them, the fact that nobod had been found meant that ther was still hope, however slim that they could find her alive i was still hoping, without finding my sisters remains, was still holding out hope until it was definitive, w were going to fight for her. reporter: and so, 113 day after michelle disappeared, te days after the arrest, the
my life, and the butterfly description with her is a very great description. just her coming out of her shell, and becoming who she wa created to be. and you know, you could se that come in all different - in alternate specks yes. her cousin diane ha explained that once die and th butterfly had spread her wings she felt like just like her ol clothes, her husband chris wasn t fitting anymore he was not really a part of the new life exactly the future? exactly i think you saw the run on the wall she saw that i m young, i m healthier now that i ve ever been, i m pretty now that i ve ever been, i m feeling good, i m feeling confident, and i m feeling independent. she didn t have just one choic anymore. the world was hers detectives learned that i january 2019, how they re move out on chris without telling him. she had a name for. it she did? ninja style
she tweeted him and gave hi information on how to contac her because i had her phone so he couldn t call her anymore or text or anymore she had changed phone numbers. but somehow he was able to email her and call her and, at least, once the managed to meet in person. in fact, he was very upse being told that he couldn t se her again. yes, he was in love in fact he created a ne email account, jose diaz, an declarations of everlastin love flew in the speed o infatuation, and then in early august some three months after the relationship came to light abigail simon drove from her parents house to the gym and there was the police car this was her mugshot, she wa charged with several counts of
harris told lee he wanted divorce. he said, lee told him she was pregnant everything fell apart whe she told him that she wa pregnant reporter: patty said what actually made the marriage g sour was harris refusal to hav children he wanted her to terminat the pregnancy, and that wa just not an option for lee. it broke her heart. reporter: lee says that you didn t want her to have th child? not at all true. i neve said that. not once. reporter: either way, the marriage was over. harris left lee when she was still in he first trimester and le initiated divorce proceedings. when baby savanna was born i may 1993, she asked for full custody. i felt at the end of the day, lee would have her child harris would have visitations. reporter: but to everyone s surprise, harris counter-sued. you decided you wanted ful custody? from my point of view, decided that before the baby
the first doctor said there was no problem with it, they didn t think a second opinio was needed. the defendant in this case got a second opinion from their pediatrician, who said the same thing. and so, there was this indication that she was looking for an answe that wasn t there. reporter: not only that williams investigation reveale that lee had started to plan her escape even before she accused harris of harming baby savanna. we know contemporaneously with this allegation of abus that was unfounded, she wa also getting false documents false driver s licenses, false passports and setting the tabl to flee the country with her child. to try to rationalize i and claim that it was based on something that isn t true, t me, is a clear indication of guilt. reporter: dateline aske lee for an interview, but sh declined. in the end, sh pleaded guilty to all th charges against her. savanna spoke at the sentencing. she began by giving her name