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Murder and Violence In the Ivy League
December 3, 2009 - 2:26am
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For many, universities are symbols of excellence and higher learning, typically not associated with crimes, let alone violent assaults or murders. This image is perpetuated even more so by Ivy League schools because of their storied histories and reputations as places where future leaders are made. But failing to realize that universities are also representations of society at large can be harmful, and in some cases even deadly.

Yale was in the media recently when Yale grad student Annie Le&#8217;s murder made headlines all over the country after her body was found stuffed in a wall on her wedding day. Le, who was studying pharmacology, worked alongside her alleged killer, Raymond Clark III, who was an animal research technician. The New Haven police are calling this incident a case of &#8220;workplace violence.&#8221;

Le&#8217;s murder brought back memories of the murder of Suzanne Jovin, a senior at Yale University, who in 1988 was stabbed 17 times in the back of her throat and neck after dropping off one of the final copies of her senior thesis. Her throat was also slit. Her killer was never found, and the case remains unsolved.

Article:
http://www.cornellsun.com/node/40041

 

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Annie Le Case: Newly Released Documents Hold Some Details On Suspect's Arrest
December 3, 2009
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Clark and his girlfriend, Jennifer Hromadka, were seen leaving a coffee shop in the Taurus hours after Le was killed, according to the affidavits.

The Associated Press reported that police have asked for a DNA sample from Hromadka. Robert Berke, Hromadka's attorney, told the AP that it's not clear why authorities want her DNA.

Investigators said Clark accessed the Internet several times between Sept. 8 and Sept. 12 using his cellphone, but they were not able to determine which websites he had used. In their application to seize Clark's phone, police said crime suspects use the Internet to "seek specialized information that will assist in the cleaning of blood and other body fluids found in a crime scene."

Article:
http://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/yale-annie-le/hc-yale-warrants-1203.artdec03,0,430070.story

 

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Police seek DNA from Clark's fiancée
Clark still sole suspect as more records are released in murder investigation
Published Thursday, December 3, 2009
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A representative of the FBI who was involved in the Le investigation said the agency is not involved in requesting the DNA. Connecticut State Police spokesman Lt. Paul Vance would not confirm whether investigators are seeking the sample. But he added that the New Haven Police Department is in charge of the investigation and that &#8220;there will be further details from the prosecutor.&#8221;

Though video surveillance showed Clark wearing a black jacket with white stripes, a black T-shirt and jeans on the day of Le&#8217;s disappearance, police were unable to find any of these items of clothing.

FBI agents subpoenaed cell phone records from Clark&#8217;s Blackberry as early as Sept. 12, before Le&#8217;s body was found, the warrants show. Police seized the phone at the beginning of October. The warrant does not reveal whom Clark called on the phone.


Article:
http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/city-news/2009/12/03/fiancees-dna-sought/

 

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Police Want DNA From Yale Murder Suspect's Fiancée
December 03, 2009 03:08 PM ET
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Yale reporters asked forensics experts why investigators are looking for Hromadka's DNA. Experts provided three possible scenarios.

*First, the investigators may simply want to confirm where Hromadka was when the murder happened.

*Second, they may want to eliminate any other suspects. American Academy of Forensic Sciences President Thomas Bohan says that investigators may have identified an unknown piece of DNA. "It may be from the fiancée, perhaps because of intimate relations, and [the police] need to eliminate that piece of evidence," Bohan tells the Daily News.

*The third possibility is that there may be another unidentified victim, California Association of Criminalists President-elect Adam Dutra tells the Daily News. To get the complete picture of what happened, police like to have DNA from all possible persons who could have been at the crime scene, Dutra says.

Article:
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/paper-t...ant-dna-from-yale-murder-suspects-fiance.html

 

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No case against Clark&#8217;s fiancée, lawyer says
Reasons for seeking DNA remain unclear in investigation into murder of Annie Le GRD &#8217;13
Published Friday, December 4, 2009
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He would not confirm or deny whether a warrant for Hromadka&#8217;s DNA had been filed. A clerk at the New Haven Superior Courthouse said the office had not received any new documents in the case as of Thursday morning.

Though Berke declined to say when he had been hired by Hromadka, he said relatives of her fiancé, Raymond Clark III, hired lawyers after authorities named him as a suspect in Le&#8217;s murder in September. Clark&#8217;s relatives &#8212; including his sister and brother-in-law, Denise and Shawn Kent &#8212; still have lawyers, said Ed Gavin, a Bridgeport lawyer who represents Clark&#8217;s mother, Diane. Gavin declined to say whether she, too, is facing police scrutiny.

Hromadka, a 2004 graduate of North Haven High School, is still employed at Yale as an animal technician, Yale spokesman Tom Conroy said Thursday. He declined to say whether she has taken a leave recently or on whether this development in the case could affect her employment status.
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Article:
http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/city-news/2009/12/04/no-case-against-clarks-fiancee-lawyer-says/

 

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3 months after slaying, Yale lab tech goes missing
December 11., 2009
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University spokesman Tom Conroy says 47-year-old John DiNello hasn't shown up for work in four days and hasn't been seen at his West Haven home in nearly three days.

West Haven police Sgt. Martin Garcia says the case is being treated as a missing person, not a criminal investigation. He says DiNello takes daily medication and doesn't have it with him.

The Yale Daily News reports DiNello works at the building where another lab technician is alleged to have strangled 24-year-old grad student Annie Le (LAY') and stuffed her body behind a wall. Conroy couldn't confirm that Thursday. He says DiNello works for the Yale Animal Resources Center, which offers services in several campus buildings.

Article:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jB6Exv3GUi2z5wKW7cWiruuEOmvgD9CGSJA80

 

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John DiNello, lab technician who works at same Yale facility where Annie Le was killed, is missing
Friday, December 11th 2009, 4:00 AM
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John DiNello, 47, hasn't been at work in four days and hasn't been seen at his West Haven, Conn., home in at least 60 hours, university spokesman Tom Conroy told the Yale Daily News yesterday.

DiNello's sister, Gabrielle, said she hasn't seen her brother in several days. She said the family only knows that police are investigating.

"Maybe to us he's missing," she told the Yale newspaper. "Maybe to him he's not missing."

Article:
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/200...ician_missing_from_site_of_yale_lab_slay.html

 

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Missing Yale employee found near home
Updated: Friday, 11 Dec 2009, 1:16 PM EST
Published : Friday, 11 Dec 2009, 9:13 AM EST
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Police say 47-year-old John DiNello was found safe near his home in West Haven at about 6:30 a.m. Friday. Police declined to release other details, saying their investigation was done.

University spokesman Tom Conroy said DiNello hadn't shown up for work in four days and hadn't been seen at his home in nearly three days.

DiNello's sister, Gabrielle, said the case wasn't a disappearance, "just a lack of communication."

Article:
http://www.wtnh.com/dpp/news/new_haven_cty/missing-yale-lab-tech-found-near-home-

 

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Man charged in Yale killing due back in court
December 20, 2009
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Twenty-four-year-old Raymond Clark III is scheduled to appear Monday in New Haven Superior Court. His attorney, Joseph Lopez, said he will likely ask that the case be continued during the hearing.

Article:
http://www.lohud.com/article/200912...Man-charged-in-Yale-killing-due-back-in-court

 

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Yale Murder Case Continued To January
2:26 p.m. EST, December 21, 2009
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Neither Clark nor his attorneys appeared in Superior Court today, but Assistant State's Attorney John Waddock told Judge Roland D. Fasano that law enforcement officials were still awaiting test results from the state laboratory. Fasano granted a continuance to Jan. 26, when they may schedule a probable cause hearing.


Article:
http://www.courant.com/community/new-haven/hc-web-yale-murder-1222dec21,0,5769661.story

 

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January date set for man charged in Yale killing
Monday, December 21, 2009
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On Monday, a New Haven Superior Court judge ordered the case involving 24-year-old Raymond Clark III continued to Jan. 26.

Clark did not appear in court during Monday&#8217;s hearing.

A judge will decided Jan. 26 on a probable cause hearing.

Article:
http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/news...-227/january-date-set-for-man-charged-in.html

 

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Clark hearing put off until January
Published Monday, December 21, 2009
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Raymond Clark III&#8217;s next appearance in court, which was scheduled for today, will be put off until Jan. 26 because not all of the materials in the case have been made available to lawyers, said his attorney, Beth Merkin.

Merkin said that all of the police records, lab reports, photographs and other evidence have not yet been collected. In this case, she said, it has taken longer than usual to compile all of the materials because there were four investigating agencies involved: the New Haven Police Department, the Yale Police Department, the Connecticut State Police and the FBI. But, she added, postponing a court date is not uncommon.

&#8220;The starting point is the lawyer to have discovery materials before we take any next step in any case,&#8221; she said.

The prosecution is in charge of obtaining the materials in question, Merkin said. John Waddock, the state prosecutor handling the case, declined to comment on the case specifically but said that, in general, once the prosecutor&#8217;s office obtains the materials, they are provided to the defense counsel.

Article:
http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/university-news/2009/12/21/clark-hearing-put-until-january/

 

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Lab backlog delays Le slaying case
Published: Tuesday, December 22, 2009
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Citing a backlog of requests for lab test results from across Connecticut at the state forensic lab, a prosecutor in the Annie Le slaying case told a judge Monday the pretrial proceedings needed to be continued to Jan. 26.

Authorities assert they have solid DNA evidence against Clark, who was an animal technician in the Yale research building where Le conducted experiments. Police found her body behind a wall there on Sept. 13, the day she had planned to get married.

The case includes 75-100 DNA samples from investigators and Yale employees that are compared to evidence found at the scene. Such samples are routinely taken to ensure that any DNA found at a crime scene belonged to people with legitimate access to the area.

Investigators requested a DNA sample from Clark&#8217;s fiancee, Jennifer Hromadka, according to her attorney, Robert Berke. But he has said there is no evidence to implicate her in the case. Clark and Hromadka shared an apartment and car, so her DNA could have been in both places, which were searched.

Article:
http://www.nhregister.com/articles/2009/12/22/news/a3-neclark1.txt

 

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Clark&#8217;s court date delayed
Published Monday, January 11, 2010
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Vance said Waddock may be waiting for additional evidence to be checked for DNA matches. Vance said he does not know how long it will take to complete those reports and acknowledged there is a backlog &#8220;to a certain extent&#8221; at the state forensics lab. However he said all the materials necessary for the case to proceed have been collected.

Joseph Lopez, Clark&#8217;s other attorney, said he expects to have all of the necessary materials by Jan. 26, the next time Clark is expected to appear in court. The case will be delayed again then if Lopez and Merkin do not have enough time to review those materials after they conclude the other murder trial they are working on, Lopez said.

&#8220;We&#8217;re hoping to have enough time to go through the materials,&#8221; Lopez said.

Clark could enter a plea on Jan. 26, Merkin said, and it would be &#8220;not guilty.&#8221; Merkin said that if the public defense team decides the prosecutors have a strong enough case, the defense would waive their right to a probable cause hearing.

Article:
http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/university-news/2010/01/11/clarks-court-date-delayed/

 

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Suspect in Yale killing returns to court
January 24, 2010
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A hearing is scheduled for Tuesday in the case involving 24-year-old Raymond Clark III in New Haven Superior Court.

Lawyers for Clark are expected to tell the judge whether Clark will waive his right to a probable cause hearing at which prosecutors would have to prove they have enough evidence to justify the charge.

Article:
http://www.boston.com/news/local/co.../24/suspect_in_yale_killing_returns_to_court/

 

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Yale Slaying Case Goes Back to Court
Raymond Clark has yet to enter a plea
Updated 7:36 AM EST, Mon, Jan 25, 2010
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Raymond Clark III, the former Yale lab tech charged in the murder of Yale grad student Annie Le is expected to be in court on Tuesday. His lawyers are expected to tell the judge whether Clark will waive his right to a probable cause hearing.

Clark, 24, has yet to enter a plea to charges that he strangled Le, 24, whose body was found stuffed behind a Yale research lab wall on what was supposed to be her wedding day in September.

His case has been delayed because of a backup at the state forensics lab, according to news reports.

During a probable cause hearing, prosecutors would have to prove they have enough evidence to justify the charge.

Article:
http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local-beat/Yale-Slaying-Case-Goes-Back-to-Court-82584067.html

 

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Yale murder suspect's fiancee visits often
January 25, 2010
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The fiancee of accused Yale killer Raymond J. Clark III has visited him in prison nearly every week since Clark's arrest last year in connection with the grisly slaying of Annie Le, according to prison records obtained by Newsday.

Like Clark's parents, fiancee Jennifer Hromadka has made the frequent trips, sometimes at night and on weekends,...

Article:
http://www.newsday.com/long-island/yale-murder-suspect-s-fiancee-visits-often-1.1724366

 

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Raymond Clark To Return To Court
Clark Accused In Death Of Yale Graduate Student
POSTED: 10:17 am EST January 25, 2010
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A hearing is scheduled for Tuesday in the case involving 24-year-old Raymond Clark III in New Haven Superior Court.

Lawyers for Clark are expected to tell the judge whether Clark will waive his right to a probable cause hearing at which prosecutors would have to prove they have enough evidence to justify the charge.

Article:
http://www.wfsb.com/news/22332299/detail.html

 

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Clark to enter not guilty plea
Published: Tuesday, January 26, 2010
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Four months after he was arrested and charged in the slaying of Yale graduate student Annie Le, Raymond Clark III today will enter a not guilty plea, his attorneys said Monday.

The attorneys, Joseph E. Lopez and Beth Merkin, have said previously that Clark would plead not guilty. Police and prosecutors have asserted in court documents that they have extensive forensic evidence implicating him in Le&#8217;s death.

Pleas of not guilty are routine at this stage of pretrial proceedings. Entering such a plea does not prevent Clark from pleading guilty to some of the charges at a later date in order to avoid a trial and seek a lesser sentence, if prosecutors agree to it.

Clark&#8217;s attorneys also are expected not to seek a probable-cause hearing. In such proceedings, the defendant asks prosecutors to show they have enough evidence to justify the charges. Defendants and their attorneys often waive those hearings.

When Superior Court convenes at about 10 a.m. today before Judge Roland Fasano, the defense attorneys also are expected to ask him to extend an order sealing one of the search warrant affidavits.

Other affidavits were unsealed in December, but Merkin said the warrant she and Lopez want to keep confidential is a later one. She said she could not say anything else about it because it&#8217;s sealed.

Article:
http://www.nhregister.com/articles/2010/01/26/news/new_haven/a1_--_clarkplea.txt