Reporter's Notebook: A Murder Arrest

(The following blog was put together by Patch Associate Regional Editor David Mills as he attended this afternoon's Hayward Police Department press conference detailing the arrest in the case of Michelle Le.)

2:41 p.m.: Press conference has ended.

2:39 p.m.: Brother Michael Le says his 24th birthday is tomorrow, a day Michelle Le always called him. "I want to hear her voice so badly," he said.

2:38 p.m.: Cousin Krystine Dinh says the family is still searching for Michelle Le and they still "want to bring Michelle home."

2:37 p.m.: Cousin Krystine Dinh says "No words can express the emotion we are feeling today and the fact we can't bring Michelle home with us."

2:35 p.m.: FBI spokeswoman says the Michelle Le investigation was a "personal case" for them since Le was a niece of an employee at the FBI San Francisco office. She complimented the Le family for keeping the case in the public spotlight.

2:33 p.m.: Hayward police Lt. Roger Keener says they believe Michelle Le was attacked in the parking garage where her car was parked, but they don't know if she was killed in that garage.

2:29 p.m.: Hayward police Lt. Roger Keener says suspect Giselle Esteban has refused to speak with investigators so far about the murder of Michelle Le. They add Esteban may be the only person who can lead them to Le's body.

2:25 p.m.: Hayward police Lt. Roger Keener says there is evidence suspect Giselle Esteban was in Michelle Le's abandoned car.

2:24 p.m.: Hayward police Lt. Roger Keener says they found Michelle Le's blood inside her abandoned car. They also say Le's blood was also found on one of Giselle Esteban's shoes during a search of her apartment. They also say Le and Esteban's cell phones traveled on the same pathway the night Le disappeared.

2:20 p.m.: Hayward police Lt. Roger Keener say they have arrested Giselle Esteban on suspicion of murder. Authorities say they believe Esteban is "responsible for Michelle's demise."

2:18 p.m.: Hawyard police officials and Le family have just entered the room.

2 p.m.: Media is assembled at Hayward Police Department, awaiting the start of the press conference on the arrest made today in the Michelle Le murder investigation.