keith morrison: giselle esteban readily admitted she killed her friend michelle le. >>> giselle estebanriend, but she said it was in the heat of anger. the family sitting in the courtroom, the strategy seemed outrageous. after the jury had been out four long days, they all wondered that it worked. >> i wondered if the jury had the same trial they had. >> we were afraid they felt sympathy for her because she is a woman, or has children, i done know. >> on the fifth day, what if they left her off? >> and finally on the fifth day, the jury announced they were ready. there could be no acquittal. the choices were first-degree murder or manslaughter. it could have her back on the street before she is 40. >> i remember our hearts were pounding. we were lined up, we sat down and we saw the jury walk in. a couple, you could tell on their faces that they were exhausted. we were all holding hands in the front row and shaking. and you could see pitch with his hands in his head, and then we heard guilty of murder, first. i burst right to tears. it was so indescribable how much relief was there. >> a

. >> only problems that she seemed to be having with anybody was coming from gisele esteban. >> giseleeban, one of michelle's best friends in high school down in san diego. but not just michelle's friend. a friend of the family. gisele was a fixture around the house, spent hours with all of those cousins. then after high school in 2002 the two friends both moved to san francisco to attend college. and that's where gisele fell in love and got pregnant, moved in with her boyfriend scott, and then broke up with him three years later. the trouble came when michelle stayed friends with scott, with that boyfriend, after the break-up, and that just didn't sit well with gisele. though really it wasn't such a big deal. still, just to cover all the bases, late saturday night ritchie dropped in on gisele to ask what she knew. >> we're here about michelle le. >> who? >> michelle. >> oh, god. what about her? >> she went missing last night from her work. >> okay. >> in talking to her friends and such, we understand you guys had a tumultuous relationship. >> a tumultuous relationship? she was my best