Neighbors called 911 to reports shots fired around 5 a.m. Monday. She describes that place as "evil and haunted" because it has been home to so much drug activity in recent years. How safe is your neighborhood? Police in Hayward confirm having received a report of possible abuse dating from September. The location is currently an active crime scene with patrol officers and investigators searching for clues and attempting to identify possible witnesses. A Hayward mother is facing a first degree murder charge in the death of her 8-year-old daughter. Le attended San Jose State and later transferred to San Francisco State University and studied nursing at Samuel Merritt University in Oakland, California.[1]. The defendant in Le's slaying, Giselle Esteban, 27, of Union City, has not entered a plea. Call (510) 224-4854 for more information. Urban said police believe Aguilar was killed in Hayward before her body was disposed of in Fremont. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Get Morning Report and other email newsletters. Esteban entered a not guilty plea. Police are investigating the murder of a woman found dead with stab wounds one block east of the Hayward BART station Wednesday afternoon, authorities said. The investigation into a body found floating in Lake Ontario in Toronto is not criminal in nature, police say. Prior to that he worked for the San Francisco Chronicle for more than a decade. He covers breaking news, crime, courts and aviation. Police have just put up a pop-up tent over the scene. Police said they received report of a body floating in the lake at roughly 7 a.m. in the area of . March 1, 2023. All rights reserved. E-mail Henry K. Lee at hlee@sfchronicle.com. She was a sweet little girl, playful, nurturing, loved to dance, loved to sing. Bay Area. She showed scabbed-over areas on her legs. He covers breaking news, crime, courts and aviation. Carrie . At the December 10 sentencing, Esteban was given 25 years to life in prison. She didn't witness the shooting but tells us that the man who police found in the driveway this morning was a regular user of drugs. Police records show that in January of last year, officers took Sophia from her relatives and turned her over to her mother, Samantha Johnson. If it was your child, when would you give up? Mother searches for 5-year-old son swept away in January floods The coroner is on the way. She graduated from Mt. HAYWARD, Calif. (KGO) -- Police are classifying a body found today on a chiropractic college campus in Hayward as a homicide, police said. Authorities did not release the mans name as of Monday afternoon. Police have not made an arrest. Toronto police say a human body was recovered from Lake Ontario near downtown on Tuesday morning. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma), FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Hayward Police Department shows 26-year-old female nursing student Michellei Le. Deputies are investigating the death of a man whose body was found on a road during the weekend. A man was found dead behind the shopping center at 426 West Harder Rd. With a softer body and larger accessories, Mattel designed an updated . Hayward police said a woman reported. By KTVU Staff. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma), Overview of a crime scene area in Sunol, Calif., Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011. Officers responded at 1:19 p.m. to a report of an unresponsive. Carrie McGonigle, the mother of 14-year-old Amber Dubois, and her search dog found Le's remains Saturday in Sunol Canyon in Alameda County, said Hayward police Lt. Roger Keener. Soon after, a concerned Emerald filed a missing persons report, telling police that Samantha had been diagnosed as bipolar and had stopped taking medication and was unable to fully care for her daughter., A month later, child protective services workers met Emerald and other family at nearby San Felipe park outside Hayward at a location where Samantha and Sophia were going to meet with a case worker. Hayward police are investigating a homicide after after a woman was found dead with stab wounds Wednesday afternoon. Crews Working on Patching Potholes Before Next Storm Arrives in SF, Vice President Kamala Harris to Visit San Francisco, San Mateo Police Arrest Massage Parlor Owner on Suspicion of Operating Brothel, High School Fight in Santa Rosa Leaves 1 Student Dead, 1 Injured, Sierra Snowfall Report: Over 7 Feet of Snow in 72 Hours, Police Activity Halts VTA Light Rail Service Through Downtown San Jose. Goetting was arrested and taken to Eden Valley Medical Center where he remains in police custody. The KlaasKids Foundation assisted in Saturday's search. Emerald said it was not long after that incident that Samantha stopped having Sophia come to the phone when family called. The woman was identified as 60-year-old, Tracy Denise Benson. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate. Police are looking for information about Fridays shooting and urged anyone with information to contact Det. 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She denied, however, that she had anything to do with Le's disappearance. Missing for two weeks, mushroom hunter is found dead in California forest When officers arrived, they found some damage to a window, apparently caused by a nearby U-Haul truck and white man in his 40's lying on the ground unresponsive. (AP Photo/Hayward Police Department, File), FILE - This is a Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011 file booking photo provided by Hayward Police Department of Michelle Le's former friend Giselle Esteban, taken in Hayward, Calif. Officials have determined that badly decomposed human remains discovered over the weekend in a California canyon are those of Michelle Le, the missing nursing student who disappeared in May while taking a school break. The victim's name has not been released. PUBLISHED: March 12, 2022 at 10:48 a.m. | UPDATED: June 28, 2022 at 5:27 p.m. But Urban said police are "very confident" that the person of interest is "the right person" who's responsible for Aguilar's death. But the coroner's office would not release details on how he died because that's part of BART's ongoing investigation. Is the Stanley Quencher tumbler worth its TikTok hype? Murder: . Investigators responded to Tag Alder Road near the Tag Alder Creek Bridge, which is north of Hayward, on Sunday morning. Lynn linnen is not surprised someone was murdered at the home a couple doors up from her. J.D. Share. The volunteer who found the body of missing nursing student Michelle Le over the weekend was the mother of a slain San Diego teenager, police said Tuesday. The man was with four other snowmobilers when he was buried in an avalanche Feb. 25 near La . A missing snowmobiler was found dead under snow days after an avalanche buried him, officials said. Henry K. Lee is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Is the vulgar anti-Tesla sign on my neighbors truck illegal? Anyone with information may call Hayward police Det . February 22, 2016 / 4:30 PM No other details about the shooting were released. Maggie Angst is an enterprise reporter on the Bay Area News Group breaking news team. 2 #43", where the same thing happens. [7] A trial date was set for September 17, 2012. Emerald Johnson, Sophias aunt, said she reported Sophia missing to Hayward police on March 8 after what she described as a disturbing phone call between her mother and her sister, Samantha Johnson, in which she said that she was planning to travel from Merced to the Bay Area without Sophia because she reportedly gave her away.. She previously covered San Jose City Hall and was awarded first place in local government reporting from the California News Publishers Association in 2021. Kayla Jimenez covers schools and education with a regional focus for The Mercury News and East Bay Times. The dead man found in a U-Haul truck linked to a suspect in an officer-involved shooting at the Hayward BART station on Christmas day has been identified. A man was found shot to death in Hayward last week, police said. IRS delays tax deadline for Bay Area, but California hasnt followed: What should you do? FILE - This undated file image provided by the Dubois family shows Amber Dubois. Giselle Esteban has been charged with the murder. 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The body was found by a passer-by near train tracks at Hampton Road and Western Boulevard in the Cherryland neighborhood about 7 a.m., said Alameda County sheriff's Sgt. All Rights Reserved. Her mother, Samantha Johnson, is charged with murder and police are looking for her boyfriend, Dhante Jackson. BART police have said that Goetting was on probation for burglary and other charges. 'We're broken': Body found in Merced home identified as missing 8-year-old girl from Hayward The girl's mother has been arrested and her boyfriend is being sought on a murder warrant Police. IRS delays tax deadline for Bay Area, but California hasn't followed: What should you do? The victim is described as a male in his early to mid 20s. On May 27, 2011, Michelle Hoang Thi Le (October 12, 1984 May 27, 2011) a 26-year-old American nursing student from the Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, was murdered in the San Francisco Bay Area city of Hayward, California by 27-year old Giselle Diwag Esteban. WEAU 13 News asked for information regarding the circumstances surrounding Gedart's death, but an email response from Chief Deputy Craig Faulstitch said the incident is under investigation and he has no other information to release right now. I knew then that I had to make the report, Emerald said in an interview. Her family put up billboards and offered a reward for information about her whereabouts. The body was found by a passer-by near train. Emerald recalled that Sophia was crying and shaking as she recounted abuse she said she suffered. Scott Adams faces 'consequence culture' as U.S. newspapers drop Dilbert, Tom Cruise's 'ditching' of Suri showcased by Judd Apatow's 'co-parenting' joke, ex-Scientology exec says. This investigation is still ongoing and the exact circumstances surrounding this incident remain under investigation, police said. All Access Digital offer for just 99 cents! "Thank you for your support, prayers and thoughts. 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