Remains Found During Search For Missing Student

SUNOL (AP) -- A body was found Saturday in a remote area of Alameda County during a search by family members and volunteers looking for missing nursing student Michelle Le, police said.

The body was so badly decomposed that investigators were not immediately able to determine if the remains were those of a male or female.

Le, 26, disappeared on May 27 when she took a break from her nursing classes at a Hayward hospital.

Giselle Esteban, a former friend of Le, was arrested earlier this month and has been charged with murder in the case.

Police believe Esteban attacked the nursing student in the hospital parking garage.

Esteban, 27, is due back in court Monday after a judge postponed a plea hearing so she could obtain an attorney. She was being held without bail.

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