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And meeting with the police. and thats when detectives began to understand michelle a little. how kind she was and bright and self-reliant. very much like this young woman. phuong le. also vietnamese american. also a 20-something nursing student. also living in the san francisco area. who 13 months earlier also disappeared. >> theres a lot of similarities obviously in that shes the same age category, same ethnicity, same profession. >> reporter: even the same last name. was a pattern developing?...

Began arriving from san diego and meeting with the police. and thats when detectives began to understand michelle a little. how kind she was and bright and self-reliant. very much like this young woman. phuong le. also vietnamese american. also a 20-something nursing student. also living in the san francisco area. who 13 months earlier also disappeared. >> theres a lot of similarities obviously in that shes the same age category, same ethnicity, same profession. >> reporter: even the same last n...

And meeting with the police. and thats when detectives began to understand michelle a little. how kind she was and bright and self-reliant. very much like this young woman. phuong le. also vietnamese american. also a 20-something nursing student. also living in the san francisco area. who 13 months earlier also disappeared. >> theres a lot of similarities obviously in that shes the same age category, same ethnicity, same profession. >> even the same last name. was a pattern developing? coming,...

And meeting with the police. and thats when detectives began to understand michelle a little. how kind she was and bright and self-reliant. very much like this young woman. phuong le. also vietnamese american. also a 20-something nursing student. also living in the san francisco area. who 13 months earlier also disappeared. >> theres a lot of similarities obviously in that shes the same age category, same ethnicity, same profession. >> reporter: even the same last name. was a pattern developing?...

And thats when detectives began to understand michelle a little. how kind she was and bright and self-reliant. very much like this young woman. phuong le. also vietnamese american. also a 20-something nursing student. also living in the san francisco area. who 13 months earlier also disappeared. >> theres a lot of similarities obviously in that shes the same age category, same ethnicity, same profession. >> reporter: even the same last name. was a pattern developing? coming, police look into t...

After paying mcdougal $150,000 for details on the alleged affair with trump in 2006. >> so we were together ten months before i chose to end it. >> reporter: white house aides deny the relationship and said the claims are completely false. >> and one more thing about that $1 million penalty. the source whos seen the contract between them tells my colleague the legal team is now looking into whether or not ami could also face having to pay the same $1 million penalty to the company breached the a...

And meeting with the police. and thats when detectives began to understand michelle a little, how kind she was and bright and self-reliant. very much like this young woman, phuong le, also vietnamese-american, also a 20 something nursing student. also living in the san francisco area who 13 months earlier also disappeared. there is a lot of similarities, obviously, in that shes the same age category, same ethnicity, same profession. keith morrison: even the same last name. was a pattern developi...

To understand michelle a little. how kind she was and bright and self-reliant. very much like this young woman. phuong le. also vietnamese american. also a 20-something nursing student. also living in the san francisco area. who 13 months earlier also disappeared. >> theres a lot of similarities obviously in that shes the same age category, same ethnicity, same profession. >> reporter: even the same last name. was a pattern developing? coming, police look into the possible connection between t...

Was a pattern developing? lester holt: coming up, police look into the possible connection between those student nurses. and a meeting between police and michelles family. in asian families, when youre younger, youre supposed to be very, very respectful of the hierarchy in the family. youre not supposed to boss anybody around. but i was just livid. lester holt: when "dateline" continues. my "business" was going nowhere... so i built this kickin new website with godaddy. building a website in und...

Leg up both in the commercial sector regarding technology, as well as the military. this gallium nitrate he was working on quite significant. the chinese have a record for going after people for quote, unquote, economic gain. one of the high leaders of china, his wife was indicted for murdering a business man in hong kong last year over business interests. so theres a record here, theres a pattern developing. and third and probably most importantly is that, you know, weve got to look at the fact...