Michelle Le case: Items found in area near decomposed remains

Officials in Alameda County on Sunday found more items in the secluded area where volunteers searching for missing nursing student discovered a body.

Alameda County coroner's officials will determine whether the decomposed body found on a dirt trail Saturday is that of Le.

The body was discovered about 10:30 a.m. Saturday by members of a search party made up of family members and volunteers looking for 26-year-old Le, who went missing in May.

Marc Klass, whose daughter Polly was kidnapped and killed in 1993, was helping the Lee family in the search. "We've always had one goal, and that's to help the family find Michelle," Klaas told the San Francisco Chronicle. "And if that's what occurred today, then we've been successful in our efforts."

Crime scene investigators were inspecting the remains, which were found in a brushy area near Pleasanton Sunol Road and Verona Road, said Sgt. J.D. Nelson of the Alameda County Sheriff's Department.

Investigators said it could not immediately be determined whether the body was that of Le. Because of the condition of the remains, not even the gender could be discerned, according to a news release by the Hayward Police Department.