UPDATED: Body thought to be missing Yale graduate student Annie Le found stuffed inside wall at college lab
Updated Monday, September 14th 2009, 1:09 AM
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On what should have been Annie Le's wedding night, cops on Sunday believed they found the Yale grad student's body stuffed into a basement wall of her lab building.
State police made the heartbreaking discovery inside 10 Amistad St., the five-story building where Le was last seen on Tuesday morning.
The grisly find came at almost the exact moment Le expected to walk down the aisle with fiancé Jonathan Widawsky in a plush ceremony on Long Island.
"Our hearts go out to the family of Annie Le," said Yale President Richard Levin.
New Haven Police Assistant Chief Peter Reichard said cops found "a large amount" of physical evidence and that the case is being treated as a homicide.
The body was found in an area that houses utility cables that run between floors, police said.
Levin met with Le's family, Widawsky and his family on Sunday and pledged the university's full resources to solve the crime.
Widawsky is not a suspect and is assisting with the investigation, police said.
A police source said cops had questioned a Yale student about Le's disappearance and he had failed a polygraph test.
Reichard refused to answer questions about the other student.
The California-bred daughter of Vietnamese immigrants was poised to marry Widawsky, 24, in an outdoor ceremony in Syosset, L.I., Sunday. Some 160 guests were expected to attend.
"I feel so badly for Jonathan," said Cantor Sandra Sherry of Temple Beth El in Huntington, L.I., who would have led the wedding service. "This really makes a mark on your whole life."
The North Ritz Club in Syosset was empty and dark Sunday. Widawsky, a physics graduate student at Columbia, started dating Le when the two were freshmen at the University of Rochester.
The couple had planned to fly to Greece for their honeymoon later this week.
"It was a lovely day . . . and now it's just sad," said Lucille Mayer, a neighbor and family friend of the Widawskys. "It's not only horrible for Annie's life being gone, but for Jonathan and his life being changed forever," she said.
The gruesome discovery plunged an already weary campus into mourning and fear.
Students received an e-mail from college President Levin titled "Tragic News."
"It shows that Yale is no different then any other place in this country," said engineering student Ken Hargrove, 26. "This idea that despite all the crime around New Haven, Yale was somehow immune was burst in a heartbeat."
Officers and others are on the scene at the Yale Medical Building at 10 Amistad in New Haven where Annie Le was last seen on Tuesday.
Rest In Peace Annie!
Annie Le pictured with her fiance Jonathan Widawsky. They were to marry Sunday, September 13.
Article:
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/200..._student_annie_le_stuffed_inside_a_wall_.html
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OFFICIAL YALE UNIVERSITY MESSAGES
To: All Yale Faculty, Students & Staff
From: Richard C. Levin
Summary: Tragic News
Date: 13-SEP-2009 09:15:00 PM Message ID: 45276
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To the Yale community:
It is my tragic duty to report that the body of a female was found in the basement of the Amistad Building late this afternoon. The identity of the woman has not yet been established. An identification and autopsy will be undertaken by the Connecticut Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
Our hearts go out to Annie Les family, fiancé and friends, who must suffer the additional ordeal of waiting for the body to be identified. I have met again with her family and conveyed to them the deeply felt support of the Yale community.
Law enforcement officials remain on the scene; this is an active investigation, and we hope it is resolved quickly. The University has again pledged its full resources and cooperation to assist all the authorities in their work. I will update you as soon as there is more information.
Richard C. Levin
President
Article:
https://light.its.yale.edu/messages/univmsgs/detail.asp?Msg=45276
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FEMALE BODY FOUND AT 10 AMISTAD ST.; POLICE 'ASSUME' IT IS ANNIE LE MED 13
Published Sunday, September 13, 2009
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Investigators have found the body of a female inside a wall in the basement of 10 Amistad St., the building where Annie Le MED 13 was last seen, authorities said Sunday evening.
At a press conference at New Haven Police Department headquarters, NHPD Assistant Chief Peter Reichard said the remains were found shortly after 5 p.m. on Sunday, adding that he could not confirm whether the remains were Le's. Still, he said, authorities are now classifying the case as a homicide investigation.
"She hasn't been identified, but we're assuming that it is [Le] at this time," Reichard said.
In a campuswide e-mail titled "Tragic News," University President Richard Levin said an autopsy to identify the body will be performed by the state Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
The news comes a day after officials said they seized bloody clothes from a ceiling at 10 Amistad St., where Le was last seen. A source within the Yale Police Department said the clothes are not what Le was wearing when she entered that facility Tuesday, adding that the blood on the material could be either human blood or animal blood, since many animal experiments are conducted in the research facility.
The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation, said officials are currently analyzing the blood to determine its origins.
Four Yale graduate students, all of whom declined to give their names, left daisies and roses at the entrance of Amistad Park on Sunday night after the authorities announced a body had been found in 10 Amistad St.
Police set up a one-block perimeter around 10 Amistad St. late Sunday night. Human remains were discovered inside the laboratory building around 5 p.m. Sunday.
Article:
http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/university-news/2009/09/13/remains-found-10-amistad-street/
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UPDATE: Human remains believed to be Annie Le found
Published: Sunday, September 13, 2009
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Human remains believed to be Annie Le were found Sunday in the Amistad Street building where the Yale grad student was last seen Tuesday, authorities said.
Tests are being performed on the remains, which were found inside a wall, authorities said late Sunday
Police are now treating the case as a homicide. The remains were found at about 5 p.m.
New Haven Assistant Police Chief Peter Reichard said "our sympathies" go out to Le's family, whom police officials spoke to eariler Sunday.
"We assume it is Annie Le," Reichard said.
Employees of Johns Refuse were preparing to bring Dumpsters to the CRRA location in Hartford Sunday night, something they dont normally do, owner Andrew Bozzuto said. Typically, the trash business picks up garbage from different Yale locations each day to bring to the New Haven transfer station on Middletown Avenue, and Bozzuto said he was not sure of the exact schedule.
But Sunday afternoon, Yale officials asked the business to bring two Dumpsters from a Church Street South location that is "in proximity to a location for evidence," Bozzuto said.
By 7 p.m., Yale officials had not yet given the go-ahead for Johns Refuse employees to bring the large Dumpsters to Hartford and be escorted by police on the highway. But the sanitation workers were on-call and waiting to go, Bozzuto said.
"Weve been working with them (police) all week on these kinds of things. We want to be a part of the solution," he said.
Article:
http://www.nhregister.com/articles/2009/09/14/news/new_haven/doc4aad8e5604e7d951608873.txt
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UPDATED: Human Remains Found In Wall Of Yale Lab
Remains Tentatively ID'd As Missing Yale Grad Student
POSTED: 7:53 pm EDT September 13, 2009
UPDATED: 12:16 am EDT September 14, 2009
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Human remains, tentatively identified as belonging to missing graduate student Annie Le, were found inside a wall in a Yale University laboratory, police said.
The remains were discovered by members of Connecticut State Police at 10 Amistad St. just after 5 p.m. Sunday, the day Le was scheduled to be married.
She hasnt been positively identified at this time, however were assuming that it is her at this time, New Haven Assistant Police Chief Peter Reichard said.
Police said the investigation into Les disappearance has moved from being a missing persons case to a homicide investigation. Reichard said the New Haven Police Department has assumed the lead role in the homicide investigation.
Detectives and investigators right now have a large amount of physical evidence at the scene that were going through to determine if its linked to this case or not, Reichard said.
Le received her undergraduate degree from the University of Rochester in New York and majored in cell and developmental biology with a minor in medical anthropology. She conducted a summer project at the National Institutes of Health on bone tissue engineering using mouse mesenchymal stem cells, according to a biography posted on the NIH Web site. While at the University of Rochester, she conducted research involving parasitic wasps.
She is originally from California, and graduated from Union Mine High School in 2003, where she was named "Best of the Best," and "Most Likely To Be The Next Einstein."
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Police: Body believed to be Le found in building
Remains have not been positively identified in what is now a homicide case
updated 9:57 p.m. ET, Sun., Sept . 13, 2009
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Police in Connecticut on Sunday said they found what they believe is the body of a Yale University graduate student and bride-to-be hidden inside the wall of a university building where she was last seen five days before.
New Haven Assistant Police Chief Peter Reichard said officials presumed the body was that of doctoral student Annie Le, although they had not yet positively identified it. Le has been the focus of a massive police search since Tuesday.
Le, 24, of Placerville, Calif., was to be married Sunday in Syosset, N.Y., on Long Island's north shore. New Haven police said they have contacted her family and have assumed control of the investigation, which is now being treated as a homicide.
State police found the body at around 5 p.m. Sunday in an area of the building that houses utility cables that run between floors.
A Connecticut State Police major crime squad vehicle arrives at the Yale medical complex where missing graduate student Annie Le was last seen Sept. 13, 2009, in New Haven, Conn.
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UPDATED: Body, likely Le, found in building
Body discovered in basement wall
Updated: Monday, 14 Sep 2009, 12:11 AM EDT
Published : Sunday, 13 Sep 2009, 8:51 PM EDT
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At a Sunday night news conference, police announced the discovery of the body and said New Haven Police would be taking over the case as a homicide investigation.
New Haven Assistant Chief Peter Reichard said the remains have not been positively identified, but they assume it to be that of Le.
"Detectives and investigators have a lot of evidence regarding this case," Reichard said. "Due to it being a homicide we will not be speaking anymore about the evidence, where it was found or what it is."
The remains were discovered around 5:00 p.m.
Le's family has been notified of the discovery, Reichard said.
The announcement about the discovery of a body follows two other developments in the case earlier Sunday.
The FBI, state police and canine units spent the day sifting through debris at a Hartford trash facility in connection with Le's disappearance.
Also, published reports indicated bloody clothing found at 10 Amistad St. were not the clothes Le was wearing when she disappeared.
Article:
http://www.wtnh.com/dpp/news/new_haven_cty/news_wtnh_new_haven_le_disappearance_2009091301118
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UPDATED: Police news conference on body found
Updated: Sunday, 13 Sep 2009, 11:21 PM EDT
Published : Sunday, 13 Sep 2009, 11:21 PM EDT
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The following is a police news release issued after the news conference.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sunday, 13, September 2009
Human Remains Located Within 10 Amistad Street
NEW HAVEN- Shortly after 5 PM this evening, investigators from the Connecticut State Police Western District Major Crime Squad discovered human remains within a wall of the building at 10 Amistad Street. The New Haven Department of Police Service has assumed the role of lead agency in what is now believed to be a homicide investigation. The New Haven Police Department will be working in conjunction with the Yale University Police Department, Connecticut State Police, the FBI and the Office of the New Haven State's Attorney. Investigators from these agencies are currently working together on this extensive crime scene. Law enforcement officials are in close contact with the family of Annie Le, the Yale student reported missing from this location on Tuesday September 8, 2009. We ask that the privacy of the family be respected during this difficult time.
No further information will be released at this time due to the nature of this on-going investigation.
There will be no opportunities for on camera interviews.
Article:
http://www.wtnh.com/dpp/news/new_ha...ce_news_conference_on_body_found_200909131320
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UPDATED: Body Found is Likely Missing Yale Student
Monday, September 14, 2009
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Police on Sunday said they found what they believe is the body of a Yale University graduate student and bride-to-be hidden inside the wall of a university building where she was last seen five days before.
State police found the body at around 5 p.m. Sunday in an area of the building that houses utility cables that run between floors. The building is in the Ivy League school's medical complex, about a mile from the main campus.
Reichard said police also recovered "a large amount" of physical evidence, but he would not discuss what that included.
Yale President Richard Levin offered support to Le's family and her fiance, Columbia University graduate student Jonathan Widawsky. The couple was to marry Sunday in Syosset, New York, on Long Island's north shore.
Police on Sunday would not say if they have any suspects. They previously have said Widawsky is not a suspect and is assisting with the investigation.
VIDEO: Search for student yields bloody clothes 10:23
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