Michelle Le -- Found Deceased 9/17/11 -- Giselle Esteban Charged With Murder

DNA evidence, surveillance footage led to arrest in Michelle Le case

By Eric Kurhi
Oakland Tribune
Updated: 09/14/2011 06:04:46 AM PDT

HAYWARD -- DNA evidence and surveillance camera footage were key pieces of evidence that led to the arrest of Giselle Esteban on Wednesday on suspicion of killing her former friend Michelle Le, a nursing student who disappeared more than three months ago.

Police said bloodstains inside Le's car belong to Le, who disappeared May 27, and her DNA was found on one of Esteban's shoes collected during a May 29 search of the suspect's home.

Read more: http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_18886763

Dog is 'the hero' for finding remains of nursing student Michele Le

September 21, 2011
12:55 pm

The mother of slain Escondido teenager Amber Dubois said Wednesday that she believes a "higher power" helped her dog find the remains of missing nursing student Michele Le.

The dog is not a trained cadaver dog, but it accompanied Carrie McGonigle and others during a search of a remote canyon in Alameda Canyon.

The dog is named Amber in honor of McGonigle's 14-year-old daughter, who was raped and murdered in February 2009.

Read more: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/09/michelle-le-amber-dubois-dog.html

Le's Body Found By Amber Dubois' Mother

By Lindsay Hood, Tony Shin, Steven Luke and Marina Perelman
Wednesday, Sep 21, 2011

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In a press conference Wednesday, McGonigle said that she wasn't planning on attending the search for Le, because she didn't think she was emotionally prepared. However, she eventually decided to go, and she brought her dog along.

Before the search began, the dog darted off toward a remote canyon in the Alameda County park where the search was set.

When McGonigle caught up to her dog, she saw what coroners would later confirm as Le's remains.

Read more: http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/130222918.html

JVM 9/21/11

Interview with Carrie McGonigle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ushOG1iV9-g

Records: Suspect in CA killing had volatile past

By TERRY COLLINS and MARCUS WOHLSEN, Associated Press
Friday, September 23, 2011

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Defendant Giselle Esteban and Scott Marasigan, the father of Esteban's 5-year-old daughter, were both friends with Le at one time.

In recent months, however, Le may have found herself caught in the middle of the couple's toxic relationship marked by fights, repeated breakups and entanglements with police, court records and Esteban's own words suggest.

Esteban was named as a person of interest just days after the 26-year-old Le went missing from a hospital parking lot. Esteban then called a San Francisco television station to proclaim her innocence while revealing she hated Le, a high school friend, blaming her for wrecking her relationship with Marasigan.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/09/23/national/a002551D07.DTL

Oakland: Vigil tonight for slain nursing student Michelle Le

Bay City News Service
Updated: 09/27/2011 07:03:44 AM PDT

A vigil will be held for slain nursing student Michelle Le at Samuel Merritt University in Oakland Tuesday night.

The vigil will mark the four-month anniversary of her disappearance from Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Hayward, Samuel Merritt spokeswoman Elizabeth Valente said.

Le, 26, who graduated from San Francisco State University, was in an accelerated one-year nursing program at Samuel Merritt and was scheduled to graduate in December, Valente said. Le had waited five years to get into the program, she said.

Read more: http://www.insidebayarea.com/news/ci_18986311

Suspect in slain nursing student gives birth, delays plea

By Eric Kurhi
Hayward Daily Review
Updated: 12/02/2011 10:57:11 AM PST

HAYWARD -- The woman charged with murder in the slaying of nursing student Michelle Le has given birth to a healthy baby, her attorney said today.

Giselle Esteban's attorney made the announcement after a court appearance today in Hayward, where a plea entry in the case was delayed until Jan. 6.

Read more: http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_19456748

Grand jury indictes Esteban in Le case

Updated at 01:32 PM today
12/20/12

HAYWARD, Calif. -- In a bid to move her case closer to trial, prosecutors have obtained a grand jury indictment of Giselle Esteban on charges that she murdered nursing student Michelle Le.

Le, a 26-year-old San Mateo woman who was attending Samuel Merritt University in Oakland, disappeared from Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Hayward in May. Her body was found in a remote area between Pleasanton and Sunol on Sept. 17.

Read more: http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/east_bay&id=8474088

Esteban pleads not guilty to slaying of nursing student Michelle Le

By Eric Kurhi
Hayward Daily Review
Updated: 01/20/2012 09:24:51 PM PST

OAKLAND -- More than four months after her arrest, Giselle Esteban, accused of killing her one-time friend nursing student Michelle Le, entered a not guilty plea and waived her right to a speedy trial on Friday.

The case had been bogged down due to Esteban's pregnancy and repeated requests for continuations until prosecutors secured a grand jury indictment on Dec. 14, which expedites the process by eliminating the need for a preliminary hearing.

Before Esteban entered her plea at the Rene C. Davidson Courthouse in Oakland, prosecutor Butch Ford and defense attorney Andrea Auer had a 10-minute conversation with an animated Judge Carrie Panetta, who said at a previous hearing that she would not allow further delays without a compelling reason.

Read more: http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_19787860

Updating old case:

Cold-blooded killer jailed for 25 years after murdering her former best friend in jealous rage about man
Published: 06:27 EST, 11 December 2012 | Updated: 09:13 EST, 11 December 2012

A 'cold-blooded' killer who murdered her former best friend out of jealousy over a man was today sentenced to 25 years to life in prison.

Giselle Esteban, 28, killed 26-year-old Michelle Le in the garage of Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Hayward, California, before dumping her body by a canyon 20 miles away.

Esteban showed no emotion throughout her trial at Alameda County Superior Court, with Judge Jon Rolefson saying he had not seen 'any hint of remorse'.



The pair had attended the same high school in San Diego, before both moved to the San Francisco Bay area.

But Esteban grew to hate Miss Le, prosecutors said, after the victim had a brief relationship with Scott Marasigan, her ex-boyfriend and father of their six-year-old daughter.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2246339/Giselle-Esteban-Killer-jailed-25-years-murdering-ex-best-friend-Michelle-Le-jealous-rage-man.html

http://www.inquisitr.com/2884907/michelle-le-giselle-esteban-ids-see-no-evil-chronicles-creepy-case-of-missing-california-nurse-later-found-dead/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoLN4qHlzGU

Story is dated:
March 13. 2016

".....Michelle Le, the missing nursing student who vanished from a California parking lot and was later found dead, will be the next story presented on See No Evil. The new Investigation Discovery (ID) show focuses on murder cases, where videotapes and surveillance cameras captured the victim’s final moments. On Wednesday’s episode, entitled, “The Vanishing Nurse,” ID addicts will listen to comments made by Michelle Le’s family members, law enforcement investigators, and other key figures in the case. For her death, Michelle Le’s friend, Giselle Esteban, was found guilty and convicted of first-degree murder...."

"....Other Deaths Connected To Michelle Le’s Mysterious Disappearance And Murder
Before Michelle Le disappeared and was found dead, another young lady around the same age with the same last name and nationality also disappeared from the area and was later found murdered.

Mark Klaas offered some guidance to family members during the search for Michelle’s family. His daughter, Polly Klaas, was abducted and murdered in 1993.

Another eerie death connected to Michelle Le, is the death of 14-year-old Amber Dubois. Dubois’ mother was the one who located Michelle Le’s body during the search.

Even creepier, the area where Michelle’s body was found is a dumping ground for so many other homicide victims...."


http://www.inquisitr.com/2884907/michelle-le-giselle-esteban-ids-see-no-evil-chronicles-creepy-case-of-missing-california-nurse-later-found-dead/