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>> reporter: it was indeed phuong le. but that was, by no means, the end of the investigation. >> to this day, we're trying to identify who, in fact, killed phuong le. >> reporter: so during that memorial day weekend in 2011, when detective hurlbut heard about the disappearance of a young woman named michelle le, he wondered -- was this a break in his case? >> you have somebody that looks almost exactly the same, almost the same name, the same circumstances. it's a real bizarre coincidence. >> reporter: michelle's family also heard about phuong le, so when they met with detectives for the firs...

Michelle's disappearance, they asked the dreadful question. could michelle's case be connected to the phuong le murder? >> the community brought that up and thought that they might be linked. and so we -- we brought that up with the hayward police and they said, "you know, we looked into it but we don't think there's any connection." >> reporter: so then there was a wash of relief. the detectives also told the family they'd found michelle's car. that it was locked, appeared undamaged. to the family that was good news. it meant to them that michelle must be alive, held somewhere. though, during...

Ethnicity, even the same last name, vanished from this shopping mall parking lot. her name, phuong le. police lieutenant greg hurlbut caught the case but couldn't find her. >> several weeks later, we got a call from a neighboring county, napa county, saying that they had a body out in the woods that somewhat matched the description of our missing person. >> reporter: it was indeed phuong le. but that was, by no means, the end of the investigation. >> to this day, we're trying to identify who, in fact, killed phuong le. >> reporter: so during that memorial day weekend in 2011, when detective hu...

Asked the dreadful question. could michelle's case be connected to the phuong le murder? >> the community brought that up and thought that they might be linked. and so we -- we brought that up with the hayward police and they said, "you know, we looked into it but we don't think there's any connection." >> reporter: so then there was a wash of relief. the detectives also told the family they'd found michelle's car. that it was locked, appeared undamaged. to the family that was good news. it meant to them that michelle must be alive, held somewhere. though, during that sunday meeting, the polic...

>> reporter: michelle's family also heard about phuong le, so when they met with detectives for the first time on sunday, may the 29th, 48 hours after michelle's disappearance, they asked the dreadful question. could michelle's case be connected to the phuong le murder? >> the community brought that up and thought that they might be linked. and so we -- we brought that up with the hayward police and they said, "you know, we looked into it but we don't think there's any connection." >> reporter: so then there was a wash of relief. the detectives also told the family they'd found michelle's car....