About this episode
Drewby and Yergy discuss the tragic case of nursing student Michelle Le, who disappeared in Hayward, California, and the subsequent investigation that revealed a deadly obsession.
This week, Drewby and Yergy head to Hayward, California, to discuss the case of 26-year-old nursing student, Michelle Hoang Thi Le. Michelle was last seen at around 7:00 p.m. at the Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Hayward, where she was completing a clinical rotation for Samuel Merritt University. She disappeared during a break while walking to her car. Her locked SUV was found abandoned nearby the next morning with bloodstains inside. Security footage and GPS data showed her former high school friend, Giselle Esteban, was at the scene and traveled along the same route as Michelle’s phone shortly after she vanished. After four months of intensive searches, Michelle Le’s skeletal remains were discovered in September 2011 in a remote canyon. Prosecutors established that Giselle was motivated by a "deadly obsession" and jealousy. She mistakenly believed that Michelle was having a romantic relationship with Scott Marasigan, the father of her child. Support Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/themiserymachine PayPal…
People in this episode
Hosts: Drewby, Yergy
Topics covered
- true crime
- disappearance
- murder case
- jealousy
- investigation
Keywords
- Michelle Le
- Giselle Esteban
- disappearance
- true crime
- murder investigation
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Samuel Merritt University
Places: Hayward, California
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