connected to the phuong le murder? the community brought it up, and thought it might be linked. we brought that up with the hayward police. they said, yes, we looked into it, but we don t think there is a connection. there was a wash of relief. the detectives told the family they had found michel s car, that it was locked, appeared undamaged. to the family, that was good news. it meant, michelle must be alive, or held somewhere. although, during that sunday meeting, the police gave the impression they still had no idea what had happened to michelle. they asked us all questions, about her relationships, her friendships. they told us they were working on it. we would keep asking them, probing them, for more information. just they would throw up their hands, and say, sorry. your level of frustration must of been high? it was sky-high. the family now had the
almost exactly the same, the same name, the same circumstances. it s a real bizarre coins den. michelle s family also heard about phuong le, so when they met with detectives for the first time, 48 hours after michelle s disappearance, they asked the dreadful question. could michelle s case be connected to the phuong le murder? the community thought that they might be linked, so we brought that up with the hayward police and they said, yeah, we looked into it, but we don t think there s any connection. so then there was a wash of relief. the detectives also told the family they d found michelle s car, that it was locked, appeared undamaged. to the family, that was good news. it maintain to them that michelle must be alive, held somewhere. though during that sunday meeting, the police gave the impression they still had no idea what happened to michelle. they asked us a lot of questions about her relationships and her friendships and they told us
police lieutenant greg hurlbut caught the case, but couldn t find her. several weeks later, we got a call from a neighboring county, napa county, saying that they had a body out in the woods that somewhat matched the description of our missing person. keith morrison: it was, indeed, phuong le. but that was by no means the end of the investigation. to this day we re trying to identify who, in fact, killed phuong le. keith morrison: so during that memorial day weekend in 2011 when detective hurlbut heard about the disappearance of a young woman named michelle le, he wondered, was this a break in his case? when you have somebody that looks almost exactly the same, almost the same name, the same circumstances, it s a real bizarre coincidence. keith morrison: michelle s family also heard about phuong le, so when they met with detectives for the first time 48 hours after michelle s disappearance, they asked the dreadful question. could michelle s case be connected to the phuong le murder? th
reporter: it was indeed phuong le. but that was, by no means, the end of the investigation. to this day, we re trying to identify who, in fact, killed phuong le. reporter: so during that memorial day weekend in 2011, when detective hurlbut heard about the disappearance of a young woman named michelle le, he wondered was this a break in his case? you have somebody that looks almost exactly the same, almost the same name, the same circumstances. it s a real bizarre coincidence. reporter: michelle s family also heard about phuong le, so when they met with detectives for the first time on sunday, may the 29th, 48 hours after michelle s disappearance, they asked the dreadful question. could michelle s case be connected to the phuong le murder? the community brought that up and thought that they might be linked. and so we we brought that up with the hayward police and they said, you know, we looked into it but we don t think there s any connection. reporter: so then there
michelle s disappearance, they asked the dreadful question. could michelle s case be connected to the phuong le murder? the community brought that up and thought that they might be linked. and so we we brought that up with the hayward police and they said, you know, we looked into it but we don t think there s any connection. reporter: so then there was a wash of relief. the detectives also told the family they d found michelle s car. that it was locked, appeared undamaged. to the family that was good news. it meant to them that michelle must be alive, held somewhere. though, during that sunday meeting, the police gave the impression that they still had no idea what had happened to michelle. they asked us a lot of questions about her relationships and her friendships. and they told us they were working on it. we d keep asking them, probing them for more information. they kind of just kind of threw their hands and said, you know, we can t tell you much, and we re sorry.