Crime & Safety
San Mateo Nursing Student Missing
Michelle Le was last seen leaving class at a Hayward hospital Friday night.
Police are asking for the public's help locating a nursing student from San Mateo who went missing from a Hayward hospital on Friday.
Michelle Hoang Thi Le, 26, was last seen at 7 p.m. on Friday at Kaiser Hospital at 27303 Sleepy Hollow Ave. South, according to police.
Le was at the hospital taking a class, which is part of a nursing course she's enrolled in with Samuel Merritt University, police said. Le is enrolled in the San Mateo campus of the school, according to a friend.
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Le told many classmates she was planning to drive to Reno after class. She left class during a break and didn't return, according to police.
Police found her car parked a few blocks from the hospital and have not been able to reach Le by calling her cell phone.
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Le is described as 5 feet 6 inches tall with black hair and brown eyes.
According to her Facebook page, Le is originally from San Diego, https://www.facebook.com/michellethile
Anyone with information about Le's whereabouts is encouraged to call Hayward police at (510) 293-7000.
Bay City News contributed to this article.
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