Human Remains | featured news

Human remains found in a concrete-filled drum in a New Jersey home belong to a mother who vanished Aug. 17 after a fight with her husband, her family said Saturday. Natalie and family pick up Zara from the shelter.

Human remains found Saturday in Sunol Canyon in Alameda County have been identified as those of missing nursing student Michelle Le, Hayward police said Monday night. But the Alameda County coroner has yet to determine how Le died. The suspect in Le's slaying, former high school friend Giselle Esteban, 27, of Union City made a brief appearance Monday morning at the Hayward Hall of Justice but did not enter a plea. She will return to court next week.

Authorities find human remains Saturday in a DeKalb, Ill., park where missing Northern Illinois University student Antinette Keller was though to be heading before she was reported missing.