the alameda county sheriff's department confirmed that their agency assisted the hayward police departmentwhich is roughly 50 mi. away from the hayward parking garage where the police believe that michelle le was murdered. here is a map of the canyon, this is where the search spans. we learned that a hayward police investigator came here to the fire station and requested to look at maps of fire trails of the unpleasant bridge--the rich. but the majority of the rich is controlled by dean parks rangers. and it would not confirm with a search took place. the hayward police said they have conducted five searches in these rural locations. they have told the family that searches of these rural areas have been put on hold until they will develop new information about where to look. >> stay with kron4 and kron4.com for continuing coverage of the missing student michelle le. now, to the latest on the shooting that left a baby dead, an east palo alto, this is our first look at the young victim. three months old i physics and will jesus garcia. the live on a three month bill was in his parents' car w

the hayward police classified the disappearance of michelle le as a homicide. she was last seen may 27th when taking a break from kaiser medical center in hayward. new details about the investigation including evidence found in her car. plus, the family speaks out with harsh words for the investigators. our team coverage continues as kron4 looks at one of the places that crews think her body may be found. >> we begin with the latest on the investigation and hayward. >> police are giving us more information specifically about what they found in michelle le car. some information about her cellphone and how i second vehicle may have been involved in her disappearance. >> the number one goal is the recovery of michelle le. that has been from the very onset that we have to fly michelle. we are still doing everything humanly possible to recover michelle dead or alive. >> the hayward police say despite the reclassification of michelle le from a missing persons case to a murder investigation they're not letting up in their search for her and her killer. >> we are interv

. >> we have new develop ams here as well abc7 learned that hayward police served a warrant at the home of a former friend of michelle. they arrested her and later released her. she told us that police seized her computer and her cell phone and other items as well and they told her that she is a person of interest. now police just confirmed all of this to me in the hayward police station. they say she definitely is a person of interest, that is all they would say for the moment. we talked to michelle's aunt who is totally puzzled by the disappearance. >> she never say anybody in this world. she sees no evil in the world.

will tran is live in front of hayward police headquarters with the latest. >> police are saying that this attack on michele planned to do this, that it is not random. the key scene is kaiser hospital back on may 27th she told classmates, that she was taking a break, she was going to be back, she grabbed her cell phone and keys and went to the parking garage. the hayward police believe there was a confrontation that took place. or surveillance video from the grosz shows a wide as you the beating that area but they cannot say with certainty that michele lee was in fact the driver. her car was found several blocks away about one day as they had all investigators on the case, they called in the fbi. for 10 days and they have been searching and last night this case was changed from made missing persons case to a murder case. here is the captain of the police department to explain the change in classification. >> in the results of forensic investigation in a vehicle belonging to michele, information from multiple interviews including those of friends, family and persons of interest, an exa

received an e-mail from the family's spokeswoman late last night disputing the source saying hayward police and the family have not acknowledged the facts in the story. and michelle's brother, michael, who is quoted in the report only says michael received a phone call and passed it along to police. not that the call had any significance to the case. the family contends they don't want to jeopardize this investigation. the family plans to head up another search for the 26-year- old next weekend. a $65,000 reward is still being offered for any information which might lead to le. police are still investigating this case as a homicide. now we've left messages for the family and for police and as soon as we get any new information we will bring that to you. live in hayward this morning, jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> time now 6:05. an east bay teenager who was buried alive when seven feet of sand collapsed on him on a santa cruz beach remains in critical condition this morning. however, 17-year-old ryan buchanan's family has some hopeful news. doctors have weaned him off the drugs tha

reporting live from the hayward police department this morning, jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. the suspect in the beating of giants fan bryan stow has now taken two lie detector tests in just the past two days. los angeles police administered one test yesterday, a day after the defense team performed its own test. hinting giovanni ramirez passed them both. ramirez's lawyers is hoping prosecutors are soon willing to drop the charges. >> we think 100% our client is innocent. he didn't beat bryan stow and he wasn't at dodgers stadium. he's never been to dodgers stadium. >> los angeles police maintain they have a strong case against the ex-convict and known gang member and prosecutors say they are going to file formal charges soon. >>> time now 6:36. happening right now on capitol hill. a hearing is getting underway on how the obama administration responded to the bp oil spill in the gulf coast. these are live pictures right here. the man in the white hair that's mississippi governor haley barber. this hearing's just about to start. republican lawmakers are expected to criticize the

kiet do is in hayward. >> reporter: good morning. police able to positively confirm that she parked at the garage at kaiser hospital in hayward and this is the scene where she was murdered. investigators are only saying that after 25 interviews, forensic evidence, cell phone records, video surveillance and items found during several search warrants hayward police say all the evidence points conclusively to homicide. police also believe michelle was targeted and that this was not a random crime. michelle le went missing may 27 when she told a nursing classmate she was going to get something from the car during class break but never came back. detectives found michelle's car locked on a residential street a block and a half away sparking a big search by family and friends. yesterday police returned to the home of giselle esteban, michelle le's former friend a person of interest in the case. this is the second time they have been there to question her and search her apartment. we spoke to giselle's neighborhood who said giselle told him she ha

which is the le family coming out of hayward police headquarters with a lot of heart ache and sorrow. the police officer department have told the family that they are looking at recovering the body of michelle le and not finding her alive. >> we have considered the examination of the evidence that has been collected during the service of several search warrants in this case. >> reporter: michelle le was last seen walking to the parking garage at kaiser hospital in hayward. the 26-year-old student at samuel merit was pursuing a lifelong goal to becoming a nurse. the next day le's locked honda was found a few blocks away. police say what happened was a random attack. they believe she was targeted but don't know by whom. >> we know this is the worse possible news for family or friends or anyone around to have. but despite the efforts of finding michelle have now turned to efforts of recovery. >> the samuel merit university where michelle le attended school issues a statement today and posted it on its website on the front page there which reads in part, le is a beautiful kindhearted and

>> no, we want to have a statement by tomorrow. >> the hayward police headquarters again, the missingturned into a murder investigation. the police say they have enough evidence, that evidence regarding her car, evidence concerning things in the parking structure, the cellphone records, video cameras all that they say points to one thing that michelle le was murdered. they have not found the body but they now look at this as a murder investigation. they believe she was targeted, they say this was not random and they believed she was killed in some of the parking garage, we will have more on this a little later for now, dan kerman kron4 news. >> two suspects are under arrest with connection with a shooting that killed a 3 month old baby over the weekend, it happened sunday morning in east palo alto. police say one of the suspects, a 17 year-old opened fire on a par with a family inside. the boy's mother and father were injured, but survived, a young boy was unharmed the 17 year old is being charged with murder. the new information about funeral services for the firefighters that would

the hayward police department is also working with the fairfield police department.rch of 2010 there was a similar case, both vietnamese, both nurses, both have the same last name and in their mid-20s. coincidentally both were driving a white honda. both cases have the same -- they are unsure if both cases have the same killer behind them. all six investigators are still on the case but instead of looking for her alive and they are searching remote areas hehopingo recover her body, despite a $65,000 reward is offered by her family, no information has come forward. >> do they think there could be a connection in those two cases? >> at this point they are not saying that there is a connection that they could not ignore the obvious. both for a vietnamese woman, both or nurses and both drove white cars. that is why they could new-line ignore, the day after they were missing they planned to call the fairfield police department. in that case they also worked with the fbi. the family of michele lee took notice of that case. they thought the hayward police department was mov

from what police gathered, a husband and wife were making their way home from the south hayward bart station with two young men in their late teens or early 20s approached them near the overpass. the gunman ordered the couple to hand over their belongings. police say the couple didn't struggle or resist but somehow in the process the husband was shot twice. paramedics rushed him to the hospital where he remains in critical condition. his wife was not hurt. hayward police told me this morning they're looking for the two gunmen. gunmen who ran away after the shooting. detectives only have vague descriptions of the young men. and they're still searching for them. they believe that their average height between 5'78" and 9'" with a thin to medium build. the robbers last seen wearing white t-shirts and dark colored pants. to give you a better idea of where we are this morning i want to bring you back out live. this is the south hayward bart station. the shooting took place about a half a block away from the bart station. it did not take place on bart property and that's the reason why haywa

we watched as hayward police scoured for the two armed robbers with canine officers. from what police pieced together a husband and wife were making their way home from the south hayward bart station when two young men in their late teens or early 20s approached them near theover pass. the gunmen ordered the couple to hand over their belongings. police say there was not a struggle and the couple did not resist. but somehow in the process the husband was shot twice. paramedics rushed him to the hospital where he remains in critical condition. his wife wasn't hurt. hayward police say the armed robbers covered their faces during the robbery. so detectives were searching for young men of average height between 5'7" to 5'9" with a thin to medium build. last seen wearing white t- shirts and dark colored pants. the shooting took place about half a block away from the south hayward bart station. it did not take place on bart property. but the couple had just gotten off a bart train. we'll have more from hayward at the top of the hour. reporting live from hayward this morning j

police say it all went down. the parking garage at kaiser hospital in hayward. and police say there was some sort of confrontation here and that this is where michelle le was killed. now, investigators aren't releasing any specific or detailed information but they say based on 25 interviews, forensic evidence, cell phone records, video surveillance and items found during a search warrant, they believe she was murdered and that it was not a random crime. she went missing may 27 when she told her nursing classmate she was going to get something from her car during class break but never came back. detectives found her car parked and locked on a residential street about a block and a half away. that sparked a massive search by family and friends. hayward police are working with the fbi and the alameda county sheriff's office to try to find the body now. >> investigators continue to search remote areas of the east bay area in an attempt to recover evidence and ultimately openfully recover michelle. >> reporter: family and friends were distraught by the news and left t

i'm eric thomas. >> i'm kristen sze. >> hayward police are expected to give a statement after declaring the case now a murder investigation. we have exclusive video of another police search last night of the apartment of one person of interest. i'm aim is live at the hayward police department. >> reporter: they are paying a lot of attention to a close former friend of michelle le's. they search gizelle esteban's house yesterday afternoon and they visited her home after le's disappearance. esteban said that she openly hates michelle for stealing her husband but she says she had nothing to do with her disappearance. she has moved out saying she is going to her parents' home in san diego. they have not named her or anyone as a suspect but investigators now think its murder case. >> we realize this the worst possible news that michelle's family and friends and everyone that is looking for her would want to had a hear. >> she was last seen two weeks ago at kaiser hospital. she said she was going out to the garage to get things out of her car and she was never seen again. her car was found ha

. >> we have new develop ams here as well abc7 learned that hayward police served a warrant at the home of a former friend of michelle. they arrested her and later released her. she told us that police seized her computer and her cell phone and other items as well and they told her that she is a person of interest. now police just confirmed all of this to me in the hayward police station. they say she definitely is a person of interest, that is all they would say for the moment. we talked to michelle's aunt who is totally puzzled by the disappearance. >> she never say anybody in this world. she sees no evil in the world. >> troy lives in san diego where michelle grew up. michelle is close to her brother michael. he helped to pass out leaflets and anding for the public's help. >> and her niece would never disappear like >> she never leave anywhere without telling michael. where she is going. it is not like michelle to leave and not tell anybody. >> in the meantime investigators in hayward are comparing notes with police in fairfield wonder figure an unsolved murder of a nurse there might

hayward b.a.r.t. station. why police are calling the robbers cowardly. >> reporter: the armed robbery calls came within minutes of each other and from the exact same spot. the violence escalated, leaving one of the victims shot three times. >> it's the cowardly act, robbery in and of itself with a handgun is a cowardly act. >> reporter: hayward's lieutenant keener said the first ran around 11:15 last night left two women unharmed but without money and valuables. a couple of young latinos had approached them. shortly after, a couple from san francisco international airport via the south hayward b.a.r.t. made their way to tennyson road underneath this overpass. that's where hayward police said the same two latinos approached the husband and wife. the couple comply with the masked robbers. >> once you've gotten what you want, what you asked for, and these people have complied, undoubtedly out of fear for your life, you then shoot them? i can't rationalize that. >> reporter: one b.a.r.t. rider, new to the area, has been told

. >> our goal was to help the hayward police . in terms of eliminating the areas that they would have to search. >> she is a family member. we will fight for her. >> to search for all to all these people who turned out. from all these places. even florida, these places from san diego. i just wish that she was right here, right now with me. that would be the best father's day gift ever. >> in hayward, kron 4 news. volunteers work with class children. founder, is explaining how this can will afford. >> and volunteer search like this can have momentum to move forward. >> they can spend a certain amount of time with the family come organize the search, and show them how the is done, and a train how the search efforts continue with the momentum. that is the stage the we're in right now. >> stay with kron 4 and continuing coverage for the missio missing michele le >> a woman was reunited with her dog. >> cynthia is holding her dog tightly into will not be letting him of oversight anytime soon. black/brown chiawawa pomeraninae mixture an

investigation came back to where it all began, here at the parking garage at kaiser hospital in hayward. police say there was some sort of confrontation here and this is where michelle what murdered. police have looked over surveillance video from the garage and confirmed the car was parked here the day she went missing may 27. but had after more than 25 interviews, five search warrants and cell phone records, hayward police say it was not a random homicide. >> the investigation is telling us that the person who did this intended to do this to michelle. >> reporter: michelle told her nursing classmates she was going back to her car to get something during a class break but never came back. the car was found locked on a rest tension street a block and a half away. they are now searching for the body. >> investigators continue to search remote areas of the east bay area in an attempt to recover evidence and ultimately hopefully recover michelle. >> reporter: investigators have also searched this condo in union city twice. it belongs to michelle's former friend giselle esteban who is a person of i

. >>> hayward police are now saying nursing student michelle le isn't missing at all. they think she's dead. but le's family is refusing to believe that. and they're taking their message to the streets. nbc bay area's kris sanchez is live in hayward with the latest development. this is very difficult for the family, and they just don't want to believe these dead at this point. >> reporter: no, they really don't want to believe that, and they responded angrily and frustration that 11 days after michelle le disappeared, police are saying they have compelling evidence that she is no longer alive. if they know where her body is, they have not revealed that to the family just yet. the family responded this afternoon, vowing not to give up hope of finding her alive. the hayward police say blood evidence in her car, surveillance video, interviews with more than 25 people and information they found in five search warrants provide the compelling evidence. le's father says only one thing will be compelling enough for him to believe that his daughter is gone. >> yeah, i want to s

even the air of hayward police department has giving about on finding michele. artment can give concrete proof that she is dead on we will continue to believe she is alive and needs to be rescued. >> police crown through areas near niles canyon. and the searches may resume if more information becomes available. >> a live look outside ♪ [ ukulele strumming ] ♪ [ folksy whistling ] [ man ] quitting is a fight you can't let yourself lose. it can take many tries. but keep trying, you will beat smoking. honey, you okay? yeah, i'm fine. ♪ [ ukulele ] stocks ended lower yesterday. s and p down 1,300.17 02. >> u.s. economic growth has been slower than we would thought. and supply rate from the earthquake and send but now may in japan. and we also see a loss in momentum in the job market. >> he doesn't expect the economy to pick up in the second half of the year. the federal reserve will release its invasion book review. ford motor's said they have reduced production 50%. they're going to focus on smaller werfel's. and nintendo unveil the new we you and will be in the sto

is no motive and no body and for le's family that's not enough to destroy hope. >> until the hayward police department can offer conclusive and definite proof, otherwise we will continue to believe she is alive. michelle is still alive and needs to be rescued. >> reporter: police tell us there is more dna evidence to be examined. they also say they will continue with their searches for that body. however, they are in contact with the d.a.'s office and have been talking to them quite frequently and allen, they say it is possible that they could make an arrest even without finding the body. >> well, somebody knows something. let's hope they come forward. christin ayers in hayward, thank you. >>> and tonight, the san mateo county d.a. says he will decide tomorrow whether the 17-year-old accused of killing a baby should be charged as an adult. in the meantime, the shooting has raised a lot of questions about what role parents should play to keep kids out of trouble. len ramirez says the mother of the murder murder infant has a clear message to -- of the murdered infant has a clear message to th

if you have any information, please contact the hayward police department. reporting live in hayward, cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, cheryl. >>> just in, a priest accused of molesting four men in the 1980s has been extradited to ireland where he faces similar charges. the 75-year-old patrick mccabe was turned over sunday night at sfo according to the santa rosa press democrat. he was arrested in august and has been jailed ever since. the four alleged victims in santa rosa dropped charges against the priest but intend to refile them later, including charges against the archdiocese in santa rosa and dublin. >>> now to sunnyvale, where police discovered a woman's body stuffed in a garbage bag. it was discovered near pomo avenue. george has more on the investigation. >> reporter: longtime neighbors say they have never seen anything like this before. highly unusual is how one neighbor describes it. and tonight, sunnyvale investigators have a mystery on their hands. who is this woman, and why was her body dumped on this street? >> i don't believe it.

the investigator will be working independently of the hayward police and fbi. ichelle le was last seen on may 27th. he was leaving kaiser medical center in hayward where she is a nursing student. this week they organized a volunteer search party. more than 400 people showed up on friday, saturday, and sunday. they combed through several neighbors and parts of the hayward area. her family says they have seen no evidence of that. so for now they are not giving up hope that they will still find her and they have actually organized another volunteer search effort for this saturday june 25th. they also just posted that on their website as well. for now the family announced they hired a private investigator to continue the search independently of hayward police and fbi to find michelle le. >>> a young mother is in jail this morning accused of a crime that has shocked veteran police officers. investigators say ka yang killed her six week old baby daughter by placing her in a microwave. they first discovered the baby daughter when they were called to the home on march 1

she was last seen just before her break at kaiser hospital in hayward. policey they have questioned as many as 25 people but yet to make an arrest what they now believe is a murder case. lee family however is still hoping to find her alive. >> if it was your daughter and your sister, your cousin, your friend, you wouldn't give up hope until she was found. >>reporter: lefamily is asking for volunteers to help search areas of the east bay from friday to sunday. investigators already search the canyon in southern alameda county last week but found nothing. police say the area they want covered are specific spots based on the evidence collected so far including these cell phone records. >> from our enter views, our phone forensic, fbi as well as an independent contractor as well as our own personnel in house have all come up with ideas of what the phone forensic mean and we are following up with this. >>reporter: lee sentenced family from san diego have come up to the bay area to help with the search. experts with the class kit foundation also on hand to train the

news, nursing student michelle le was the victim of a homicide. >> that's the conclusion of the hayward police department now. the le family plans to make statement today about the new developments from the police. she hasn't been seen since may 27 when she left class at kaiser hospital in hayward during a break. her car had been in the kaiser parking garage although it was later found parked on a nearby street. >> the investigation is telling us that the person who did this intended to do this to michelle. we have confirmed that michelle's car was in fact parked in that garage and we do believe that's where a -- some sort of confrontation took place. >> and that's where the homicide took place. >> yes. >> police say video from surveillance from the garage and cell phone records from her phone led them to believe there was a confrontation. investigators returned to the home of a former friend of le's. neighbors said the friend told him she had a falling out with michelle. >> because michelle had an affair with her ex and -- and that was a cause of grief for her. she didn't say grief but that's

but the san diego report says hayward police did then go to arizona to investigate.hey will not talk to us about that though yet. now, we did get this statement from le's family overnight saying, quote, we want to emphasize that the facts in this article have not been acknowledged by the family and were not given out by the hayward pd, which she goes on to say says makes these facts untrue. and potentially damaging to the case, as well. now, there is of course a $65,000 reward out for le's return. and also, the search for her is going to continue this weekend. they have been ramping that up for the last several weekends. she has now been missing last seen here in hayward two months ago. frank? >> okay, anne makovec life in hayward, anne, thanks. >>> berkeley unified school board is trying to keep guns off campus. the safety committee presented the school board with several ideas at aiming last night including further limiting access to schools and using student id cards as security tools. the district has already rejected a plan to install metal detectors. the concer

. >>> and where hayward police are focusing their investigation this morning as they continue to search for a missing nursing student. it's all ahead on the ktvu morning news. >>> and good morning. i'm claudine wong. pam cook has the morning off. it is thursday june 2nd. what a strange start to the month it's been in terms of weather. so what can we expected to? meteorologist steve paulson is here to tell us. hi, steve. >>> claudine wong, good morning. yes. very advantage early june weather. it will continue all the way into the weekend. no sign of a warm up. 50s and 60s. a heat wave in morgan hill. go 70 degrees. here comes another round of off and on rain. look at that and take a look at the upcoming weekend in about five minutes. here's sal. >>> traffic looks good but a little bit of road work you can see at the coliseum. one lane is closed. it's so early and light that the traffic is not going to be effected so far. also this morning's commute looks good in san francisco. 4:31. let's go back to the desk. >>> and we begin with developing news out of oakland. power lines are down on 4

hayward police are saying evidence is pointing to murder in the case of nursing student michelle le. that's not dissuading the family. they are still holding out hope of finding her alive. christin ayers reports. >> reporter: that's right. hayward police spent today analyzing everything from phone records to physical evidence and putting together search warrants. police believe that michelle le died in a kaiser hospital parking garage. but they are not sharing the proof leaving the family clinging to hope that she will still come home. >>> reporter: >> people, please do not give up hope because we know we still belief that she is still alive. >> reporter: a desperate plea from the father of michelle le speaking out for the first time since the police declared her disappearance is a homicide investigation. >> everything that we have is telling us that unfortunately we have to do. grim reality that there is a -- we have to come to the grim reality that michelle is death. >> reporter: a possibility in which police are funneling all of their search efforts. our chopper captured these pic

yesterday her family got the bad news from investigators at the hayward police department. rom le's car and from search warrants and interviews all point to murder. now police are out there searching for her body and for her killer. >> we are not going to pull back on resources. we're going to continue to commit the same amount of resources that we have all week with this. we will continue our search efforts for recovery and for evidence. >> now michelle le was last seen may 27th at the hospital in hayward. police have several persons of interest in the case and the focus will be on the rural east bay area in the search for her body. the reward in the michelle le case has grown now to $65,000. samuel merit university contributed $25,000. her employer, turner construction, pledged $20,000, the le family also contributed $20,000 to this reward fund. according to the family's website the reward is for information leading to michelle's safe return. it's not known if the reward will be carried over to find her killer. >>> well, a unanimous vote came late last night. palo alto cit

hayward police say they do have evidence that le was murdered shortly after she vanished from kaiser medical center on may 27th. more than a half-dozen police searches over the past two weeks have failed to show up any sign of her." mark class of the class kids foundation plans to join the family today in the flyer distribution. >> alameda residents plan to wade chest deep at crown beach to show how easy it would have been to rescue a suicidal man who drown on memorial day. 53-year-old raymond zach died while police and firefighters stood by on the beach. they said they were obeying policy from entering the water because they lacked the proper training. that training is now being reinstated. today in similar weather and tidal condition about ten people will wade into the water to show how easy it would have been for rescuers to reach the man from the shore. >>> contra costa firefighters are investigating four suspicion fires in the last week of that threatened homes in antioch. homeowners say they have been dealing with threatening fires for the past three years. >> they burned that a

we will go live to amy hole field in hayward for the other top story. >> good morning, nick. policenow what happened to missing nursing student michelle le. based on forendsic evidence and cell phone records and interviews they believe she was murder paying a lot of attention to former close friend giselle estaban and searched her home for evidence and at her home the day after le disappeared. estaban told abc news that she hates michelle for stealing her former husband but had nothing to do with the disappearance of michelle le. police have not named estaban or anyone as a suspect. le, disappeared two weeks ago and they will search remote areas for her body. they don't think it was a random attack. they think she was killed by someone who knows her. her family doesn't want to believe she was murdered and her brother postod facebook page saying we believe she is still alive. we are not giving up hope. reporting live in hayward. amy hollyfield, abc sevennews. >> she is ready for the sunshine that comes later this afternoon. >> mike, tell us more. we are seeing breaks in the cloud cov

>>> the family of missing nursing student michelle le clings to hope she may be alive as hayward police saying they have conclusive evidence of targeted murder. we are excepting more information today. i'm aim is live at the hayward police department with the latest. >> slowly there is some acceptance this morning that michelle le may have been murdered. samuel merited university released a statement that michelle le was student and it's with heavy heart that michelle le's missing person case is now a murder vision. the pain we feel is indescribable. they called michelle, energetic and compassionate. >> police are behind closed doors with investigators and yesterday their actions said a lot. they revisited the home of le's friend gizelle esteban. they already searched her home butthey went back for more evidence. she has told "abc 7 news" she openly hates michelle for stealing her husband but she has nothing to do with the disappearance. they have named her as a suspect but have said they believe le was murdered. >> forensic examination of the car and the parking structure where it was

>>> the family of missing nursing student michelle le clings to hope she may be alive as hayward police saying they have conclusive evidence of targeted murder. we are excepting more information today. i'm aim is live at the hayward police department with the latest. >> slowly there is some acceptance this morning that michelle le may have been murdered. samuel merited university released a statement that michelle le was student and it's with heavy heart that michelle le's missing person case is now a murder vision. the pain we feel is indescribable. they called michelle, energetic and compassionate. >> police are behind closed doors with investigators and yesterday their actions said a lot. they revisited the home of le's friend gizelle esteban. they already searched her home butthey went back for more evidence. she has told "abc 7 news" she openly hates michelle for stealing her husband but she has nothing to do with the disappearance. they have named her as a suspect but have said they believe le was murdered. >> forensic examination of the car and the parking structure where it was

hayward police think michelle le was murdered.55. time for news headlines from cbs 5. i'm sydnie kohara. hayward police think michelle le was murdered. she vanished 11 days ago during class break at kaiser hospital. police say evidence indicates she was killed in the parking garage there. they are searching for her body and have several persons of interest. >>> public tributes are planned in san francisco for two firefighters who died battling a house fire. coit tower will be lit up in red for four nights starting tonight. and mayor ed lee will throw a ceremonial first pitch tonight at at&t park. >>> and today, voters in hercules will decide whether to recall the mayor and a city councilman. the allegations against the elected officials include financial mismanagement as well as sweetheart deals and jobs for friends and relatives. but one of the challengers has now admitted to padding his resume'. >>> we'll take a look at traffic and weather right after this. stay with us. ,, ,,,,,,,,,, >>> good morning. well, we are dealing with

the hayward police have now listed it officially as a homicide.ent to take a break during placer at the kaiser hospital. and now they are classifying it instead of less search is now, >> they also believe that information to pass along said it was not a random act it was our plan that act. this is a video of kaiser hospital it is the key scene. she told her classmates she was going to take our break and she took her keys and herself on and walked to the parking garage. there could of been a confrontation in the parking garage and she drove off and a founder as you the of few blocks away from the hospital. they have had and a massive hunt for her. they have interviewed over 25 a people. it is nil longer pay missing persons investigation is now a murder investigation. they said everything they have put together with the fbi with the fibers from the back of the car. they also searched ourself phone records they started getting on the case. and saturday her phone went dead maybe somebody turned off their of interviewed a lot of people. they also inter

her family believes ha hayward police don't have the staff to take it on. they didn't search her apartment until four days after she disappeared. it would take two weeks to get results back from the search of her car. in a statement, the family says, we have been assured they have personnel working around the clock and only six personnel are assigned to the team. of those, three recently went on vacation. the hayward police department said they contacted the fbi early on and utilized some of their reserve. they served search warrants in the case and are committed to solving it. >>> thank you very much, christie. >>> now to the peninsula where a 3-month-old baby is dead caught in the cross fire after gunmen targeted people leaving a baby shower. east palo alto police fired as they were getting into their car at around 1:00 yesterday morning. the baby's father was shot in the shoulder and the mother in the back. she was trying to shield her children from the bullets. they are both expected to recover. a 3-year-old boy was not injured. >> clearly, any shooting

from what police gather a husband and wife were making their way home from a south hayward bart station when two young men in their late teens or early 20s approached them near the overpass. the gunman ordered the couple to hand over their belongings. police say there wasn't a struggle and the couple didn't resist, but somehow in the process the husband was shot twice. paramedics rushed him to the hospital where he remains in critical condition. his wife was not hurt. hayward police say the armed robbers covered their faces during the robbery. so detectives only have vague descriptions of the men. detectives are still looking for the young men of average height between 5'7" and 5'9" with a thin to medium build. the robbers were last seen wearing white t-shirts and dark colored pants. the shooting took place about half a block away from the south hayward bart station. it did not take place on bart property. but the couple had just gotten off of a bart train. we're live in hayward this morning, jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> time is now 5:01. a man is in grave condition after be

again, hayward police expected to give an update on their search for her.tigators have interviewed, questioned, 15 to 20 people or so, but no one has been arrested. laura? >> thank you very much for the details there. it's 6:301 right now. flags are flying at half staff in san francisco this morning in memory of a fallen firefighter. 48-year-old lieutenant vincent perez died of a heart attack after he was -- he suffered from severe burns and smoke inhalation yesterday. another firefighter, 53-year-old tony va layr ois in critical continue. it stems from a house fire in the diamond heights neighborhood yesterday. this morning, investigators are looking into whether a flashover occurred. bay area fire chief says it's something that can happen in seconds. menlo park fire chief harold shapelholeman says it's important for firefighters to read the smoke around them, quickly. he says it reaches maximum ignition, and it's so hot, everything in the room bursts into flames. >> can reach anywhere from 1,200 to 1,500 degrees, even at the floor. so, again, for firefigh

hayward police say they're continuing to follow up on all leads and investigators are working through the weekend to bring le home alive and solve this case. >> family members have raised more than $45,000 in reward money to help find le. >>> new at 11, a 14-year-old boy is charged with killing a store owner even though the man died of a heart attack but investigators say he robbed the store and attacked the owner and his action directly led to the man's medical condition. we have more on what happened. >> reporter: police say the robbery was over two bottles of vodka. the owner died of a heart attack after a 14-year-old boy robbed the stay. witnesses say the boy walked into this area behind the counter and took two bottles of vodka. he was very bold. he was not trying to hide. the owner was obviously very upset and tried to stop him. witnesses say that was when the boy attacked the owner and slammed him against the counter. >> he hit my husband. punched him, his glasses are broken. >> reporter: the victim's wife says the teenager then took off. they know the boy pretty well because h

. >>> hayward police say they are following several new leads in the case of a missing nursing student. police say they've identified some persons of interest in michelle le's disappearance and they have served at least four search warrants. le was last seen on friday at kaiser permanente hospital in hayward. police say they are using all available resources to find her. surveillance video shows le's the streak leaving. but the -- the vehicle leaving but the camera angle makes it difficult to see who was in the vehicle. >>> ahead -- federal government is about to get tougher on a dangerous practice aimed at airplanes. >>> why the photo of a certain man is being passioned around in a bay area neighborhood. >>> meteorologist, mark tamayo, is back in a few minutes with more details and how much rain you can expect in your neighborhood. >>> and the father and daughter who got a lot of attention because of something he did at a baseball game. Ñw? >>> there is a new development in a multi-vehicle pileup that blocked northbound interstate 880 in oakland early this morning. the chp says the dr

hayward police have already reclassified this case as a murder investigation. the organization founder mark class said that the goal is to find le safe and sound. le's father has said that until police can show him some compelling evidence, he will not give up hope that his daughter is okay. hayward police are recommending some areas for the teams to search. >> you know some of the areas that we have in question are large land masses with a lot of trees and shrubbery and although we feel that we were very extensive in our first searches, it's possible we missed something small. by all means there's still evidence out there that we'd like to collect. >> reporter: now sources tell ktvu that investigators were able to pick up a ping on le's cell phone in the miles canyon area within 20 hours of her disappearance. that is one of the areas they are recommending to search. le, a nursing student last seen may 27th off sleepy hollow avenue. she told classmates she was planning to travel to reno after her round at the hospital. she left during a break but never returned

. >> reporter: the le family gathered here at hayward police station earlier this afternoon and told me they think michelle le is still alive and needs to be rescue. the le family said this afternoon despite hayward police changing the investigation from a missing person to a homicide case, the only thing that will convince them michelle le is dead is proof. >> we want to see the body. they just can't tell me they found something and say that she's dead. >> reporter: le disappeared during a clinical rotation shift. police found her honda suv the following day. police tracked her mobile phone and said lab work including evidence from that suv convince them that she was killed. >> a totality again of everything from the phones, to the evidence that was found in the vehicle to the vehicle itself, to the interviews, again everything is leading to a totality of circumstances. >> reporter: police have confirmed they have interviewed a friend of le. >> we've interviewed more than 25 folks so far and that list will grow today. >> reporter: investigators have spent the day talking to people c

i'm christie smith live in hayward. policeay she was likely killed but michelle le's family refuses to give up hope that she's still out there and in need of help. we'll talk about that, plus a person of interest in the case. >>> sunshine in the forecast, hopefully going to burn off these clouds. a live look outside, coit tower, alcatraz island in the distance. it's wednesday, june 8th, "today in the bay." >>> good wednesday morning, thanks for joining us. halfway through the workweek. it's 6:30 right now. let's get looking at that forecast right now with christina loren. >> it's always easier to get over the hump wednesday when the weather is nice. and this morning it's just gorgeous out there already. we do have some low cloud cover but it's burning off quickly and what we do have left over in places like livermore is already starting to break apart so the sun is shining through. 54 in livermore, 57 in hayward. we're headed towards the 70s today, even warmer tomorrow. i've got your forecast coming up in minutes. right now it

as far as any other developments hayward police are tight lipped about this case. are doing everything they can to find michelis killer. in hayward, teresa estacio, kron 4 new. to find her killer. >> beginning to crack down on a gang activity, after a three month old was killed. the suspects are in custody, and da lin spoke with police on what they planned to do. >> the killing of this for a month-old infant with mistaken identity it shocked the entire bay area. waking up and people in palo alto the police chief that so many people called in with information that the arrested gunman was in custody within 24 hours. the want to continue the momentum with residents to respond to gang activity. >> this is not about idle threats, this could take perhaps one, two years it is not an overnight sensation. they are saying that the accountability of a three month old is not acceptable. >> this is unrealistic to eliminate the two rivals pete gangs. rival street gangs, but she is confident that police can ramp up activities of the gangs will not be able to function. >> they are

hayward police also said they received new surveillance video from where the car of michelle le was parked. police are not saying what is on the tape. they have sent it to the fbi for further investigation. reporting live in hayward kraig debro. >>> muni commuters trying to get in and out of the market street area in san francisco shouldn't face any delays this morning. within the last hour muni restored under ground light rail service on its n and j lines. service has been up in the air as we have been reporting crews continue repair work. it started yesterday after a train brought down overhead wires. shuttle buses were in place this morning just in case service couldn't be restored but we have been out there all morning long checking in on the situation be >>> time now 6:33 we are getting new details about bryan stow case. giovanni ramirez is charged with beating stow up. ramirez's lawyers went door to door looking for surveillance video from the day of that beating. they are hoping it will show ramirez had hair that day and not the shaved head. the man who confessed to killing oakland

it is been nearly two weeks since she disappeared from a hayward parking lot. the policethe case is now a homicide, but her family is still holding out hope. the reward has moved up to $65,000 for her whereabouts. san francisco is preparing for the two firefighters funeral tomorrow who lost their lives fighting a fire last week. the caskets for lieutenant vincent perez and anthony valerio were driven to st. mary's cathedral tonight into our services will be held there as well. we will have live coverage of the funeral starting tomorrow at 12:30 p.m.. >> the killing of oscar grant started riots that cost tens of thousands of dollars in damage in oakland for merchants. now, his killer is days away from regaining his freedom. tonight, where grant family plans to be when he walked out of prison, legal and a list on whether justice has been served, and how the city of oakland plans on doing what happens next. >> the former bart police officers oppose a have his first day of freedom on monday, we have the details on his release and what is to follow. >> johannes mehserle will b

conflict with the missing woman. >> while friends and relatives were busy putting up fliers, hayward police have been busy executing four search warrants and interviewing more than a dozen friends of michelle leigh, including a woman with whom she had a falling out. >> she is a person of interest. we did serve a search rpt what at her -- search warrant at her house. >> abc7 news learned that police came to this fremont neighborhood to speak with a male friend of the missing woman. >> and again we have to continue to look at all of our possible persons of interest. leigh was last seen at kaiser hospital in hayward where she was doing her clinical rotations. a friend said she went to pick up something from her car and never came back. her car was found on a street not far from kaiser. police are eek whiching surveillance video from the garage. from san diego where lee grew up, an aunt toll us she is very -- told us she is close to her brother. >> she never leave anywhere without telling michael where she is going or what she do. >> hayward police are comparing notes with investigators in fair

. >>> and right now in hayward, police are searching for two people who robbed a young man then shot him in front of his young wife. more from hayward, we learned it is one of two robberies near the hayward bart station. >> reporter: it is a scary scenario, two sets of robberies taking place within a moment of each other on the street behind me. now police say two teens were targeted as they walked down the road here. the second set of victims, a young couple who happened to walk down these stairs at the wrong time. back alleys, side streets, you name it. >> it is a long way to go. >> reporter: police searched these people carefully, looking for the armed robbery suspects who targeted these victims last night. two of them walking home. police say the teens were not harmed but the robber shot a young man three times at close range, even though he and his wife gave them everything he wanted. he is expected to survive. >> i was not really surprised in this neighborhood. backup but it is scary. >> reporter: residents say they are no strangers to the crime here. but police say it is not t

anne makovec is in hayward where police have not confirmed the details. anne, where are we getting this information from? >> reporter: we are getting this information from a television station in san diego and le's family actually sent out an email late last night calling the claims untrue and police have not confirmed anything yet. but kg-tv down in san diego says it got this new information from a source, quote, close to the investigation. but after michelle le disappeared, her cell phone was used to make two calls one to reno and one to a woman somewhere in arizona, they say. the station says that woman then called le's family herself. here's michelle's brother, michael, who confirms getting a call. >> i did get a phone call from her. i just relayed that to the police. every day gets harder and so my resolve has to be that much stronger. >> now, we don't know anything about -- >> reporter: now, we don't know anything about this arizona woman who supposedly got a call from le's phone, but the san diego report says hayward police did go to arizona to inv

i am in contact with hayward police. they are still working on descriptions of the suspects. of course, as soon as we get that information, we'll bring it to you. that's the latest reporting live in hayward christie smith, today in the east bay. >>> this morning more fallout from a teachable moment gone wrong. today an oakland teenager facing gun charges, instead of joining the rest of his classmates at a middle school graduation. police say the 14-year-old brought a real sawed off shotgun to union point park to videotape an anti-violence video with classmates and two school district staffers. people in the park saw the teen with the gun. they called police and that tee is under arrest. the two staffers, suspended from their jobs. >>> the two adults who were involved, counselors and specialists, not typical classroom teachers, they are both on administrative leave pending the completion of the investigation. that's just a matter of protocol until we've had time to go over the evidence and decide how we need to proceed. >> now, these two staffers say they told students specifi