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and dreams. and its so real, it feels like her. and she just gives me a hug. why did it have to happen to our family? >> why did it have to happen to michelle? why that they? >> a young nursing student disappears. she was still dressed in my hospital scrubs. something drew her out to her car. >> the cousin she grew up with. the brother she raised. desperate to find her. >> they were able to do what a lot of other families have never been able to do. >> text messages, security monitors,...

Otherwise, we will continue to believe she is alive. michelle is still alive. she needs to be rescued. >> we will find you, and we will bring you home. >> two weeks to the day after michelles disappearance, the family organized this vigil. making a public case, that michele was not at. but, instead, a kidnapping victim, in urgent need of rescue. >> we are just focusing on getting her home, and doing what we can. >> i truly believe, she is out there, and we will find her. >> if michelle was going...

It was one camera right above micheles car would reveal everything. in fact, that night the camera wasnt working. what happened in those missing minutes? the police remembered, while talking to the family. so the family presumed its own line of investigation. >> we are looking to human trafficking patterns. >> human trafficking patterns? >> yeah. >> you felt like that was a possibility? >> we did. >> that, was a dead. and then, 34 days into michels disappearance, the le family contacted us to sa...

>> what happened to michelle lem a well-lit parking garage under the protective watch of 18 su hayward police department went over this footage again and again. were they missing something? what happened in those minutes after michelle walked out of camera range and before her car went racing out of the garage? it was infuriating. there was one camera right above michelles car that would have revealed everything. but that night, the camera wasnt working. what happened in those missing minutes mm...

Michelle is still alive and needs to be rescued. were going to find you, and were going to bring you home. keith morrison: two weeks to the day after michelles disappearance, the family organized this vigil to make a public case that michelle was not dead, but instead a kidnap victim in urgent need of rescue. were just focusing on getting her home and what we can do to get her home. i truly, truly believe that shes out there and were going to find her. keith morrison: if michelle was going to be...

Would have revealed everything. but that night, the camera wasnt working. what happened in those missing minutes? the police, remember, werent talking to the family. so the family pursued its own line of investigation. were looking to human trafficking patterns. human trafficking patterns? yeah. you thought that was a possibility? we did, yeah. keith morrison: but that was a dead end. then 34 days into michelles disappearance the le family contacted us to say theyd begun working with a private i...

Investigat investigator. wha what happened? >> reporter: what happened to michelle le? vanished on a sunny evening, from a well-lit parking garage under the protective watch of 18 surveillance cameras. detectives with the hayward police department went over this footage again and again. were they missing something? what happened in those minutes after michelle walked out of camera range and before her car went racing out of the garage? >> it was infuriating. there was one camera right above mich...

Went racing out of the garage? >> it was infuriating. there was one camera right above michelles car. would have revealed everything. but that night the camera wasnt working. what happened in those missing minutes? the police, remember, werent talking to the family. so the family pursued its own line of investigation. >> we were looking to human trafficking patterns and -- >> human trafficking patterns? >> yeah. >> you thought that was a possibility? >> we did, yeah. >> reporter: but it was a de...

And definite proof -- otherwise, we will continue to believe shes alive. michelle is still alive and needs to be rescued. >> were going to find you and were going to bring you home. >> two weeks to the day after michelles disappearance, the family organized this individualt to make a public case that michelle was not dead but instead a kidnap victim. in urgent need of rescue. >> were just focusing on getting her home and what we can do to get her home. >> i truly, truly believe if shes out there...

There was one camera right above michelles car. would have revealed everything. but that night the camera wasnt working. what happened in those missing minutes? the police, remember, werent talking to the family. so the family pursued its own line of investigation. >> we were looking to human trafficking patterns and -- >> human trafficking patterns? >> yeah. >> you thought that was a possibility? >> we did, yeah. >> but it was a dead end. then june 30th, 34 days into michelles disappearance, th...