CT- Annie Le, missing from Yale, thread #5 FOUND DECEASED

[Labrat]

CANDLELIGHT VIGIL for ANNIE LE

Thank you, Scandi. That is beautiful.

 

[pudd]

I think this article does the best job of "humanizing" Annie.

It's well worth the read, IMO

"When those who knew her talk about Annie Le, they do so in superlatives — best student they ever had, most dedicated volunteer, smartest teenager they've ever known.

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...voted her the female student "Most Likely to be the Next Einstein," according to the class yearbook from 2003, the year she graduated.

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Teachers who recall her as a top student were so distraught they did not want to talk, said DeVille, who was not at the school during Le's time there but spoke with those who knew her.

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He said she was class valedictorian, a member of the National Honor Society and knew early on that she wanted a career in medicine.

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In a yearbook posting, Le said her goal was to become a laboratory pathologist, a career she said would require about 12 years of higher education. She was so dedicated that she spent an hour or two every night applying for scholarships, DeVille said, eventually being awarded more than $160,000.

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Outside school, Le volunteered at a hospital in a program designed for high school students who want to enter the medical profession. She was named volunteer of the year during her senior year.

She worked alongside doctors at Marshall Medical Center in Placerville to further her interest in pathology, the study of disease, and shared her experiences in her high school science classes.

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Dr. Gary Martin, director of operations for the hospital's pathology department, said Le was the best student he's ever had in the volunteer program.

He called Le, who was 4-foot-11, "a little stick of dynamite. She was smart, she was vivacious, always cheery, a ton of energy," he recalled.

"It's difficult when you're a supervisor and the student is smarter than you," he said.

Martin said Le also stood out because she was warm and friendly with others. She was brainy but made friends easily and was humble about her accomplishments. Her high school yearbook shows numerous pictures of her with a beaming smile, surrounded by friends.

Isn't this the most heart-wrenching article? Such a lovely young woman with intellect and an equally sweet personality, and all gone to waste now because of some waste-of-space who was fixated on her. Grrr, I am so mad! I can't wait to find out who it is (and to those I PMed, I notice he hasn't posted for ages! Maybe because he's in custody?).

 

[SeriouslySearching]

Thank you very much for that assistance Nursebeeme.
I tried to catch up on all the posts in the threads and you all are quite adept with deduction. Makes me feel a bit like a flunkie lol.:banghead:

On another note-
I'm so very sorry Annie that someone felt this was their solution to not being able to have what they wanted.

Welcome to WS, Amy~ We have the same problem catching up on the threads if we work or are gone for any amount of time here. LOL

Never feel like you are any less at deduction than the rest of us. Like NeeBee mentioned...we are learning every day here. There are always new challenges with each new case and we have to rely on other members who are familiar in those areas to teach us (including computer and research tricks)! We were all newbies once, too.

Speaking of newbies...Welcome to WS, 2SLS~ People are joining in droves lately and I know I miss some along the way.

 

[Gene]

Could it be that the "lab technician who works with animal testing at Yale" phrasing is meant to muddle this?

That wording phrases it to make it sound like a lower level position and more of an animal handler like Labrat was talking about (or that's the connotation I get) - someone who is more of the rodent handling services type stuff that was just linked a post or two up.

HOWEVER, any technician (or person) working in a lab (including one who publishes) and is doing testing that involves animals also falls under that description, right? It isn't the glamorous way to say it, and it sort of "lessens" their title, but...

I mean, couldn't even Annie fall under that description? She was a technician working in a lab and did testing involving animals...right?

I really wonder if the phrasing is purposely trying to steer one direction over another - to make it look like they are looking another direction.

Technician= working for a salary
Graduate Student= working for a degree (masters or PH.D)
Post-doc= Has already earned a Ph.D.(doctorate)

A technician is usually (though not necessarily) a university gradute. They may have a master's degree. They are often, though not always put on publications, either as an author, or with "special thanks". But they are employees, working a fixed number of hours for a salary and benefits. They are not working on a degree. They do not decide their own projects. They work on the projects given to them by a professor or a post-doc or someone else in the lab. Sometimes the term lab technician maybe used generically to mean any salaried employee working in a lab. For example, an animal technician maybe called a lab technician, even though they may not be doing research, but just responsible for taking care of animals.

A Graduate student is always a university graduate. They are working independantly but with guidance from their advisor, the professor whose lab they are in. They earn no salary. They may or may not have a stipend, a very small monthly allowance, which may either come from the department, or their professor's grant or somewhere else. But they are working for a degree, not for a salary. (As an example, I had a stipend for most of my graduate work from my professor's grant. But one year, my professor lost his grant. My stipend stopped during that period, but I kept working.)

No one would use the term technician in relationship to Annie. It makes no sense at all. She was a graduate student.

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Yale student's killing 'completely senseless,' roommate says
updated 4 hours, 24 minutes ago
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quiet rendition of "Amazing Grace" capped an emotional candlelight vigil Monday night for slain Yale University student Annie Le, whose body was found on what was to have been her wedding day.

Several hundred people turned out on the Yale campus for the vigil, crying and hugging each other. Le's roommate, Natalie Powers, said the 24-year-old graduate student in pharmacology "was as good a human being as you'd ever hope to meet."

"She was also really tenacious and had a sense of humor that was never far away, and she was tougher than you'd think by just looking at her," Powers said.

Connecticut state medical examiners announced Monday that the body found in a Yale medical research building over the weekend was that of Le, who had been missing for nearly a week. Her body was found Sunday hidden in a basement wall. Bloody clothes were found hidden above tiles in a drop ceiling elsewhere in the same building, investigators said.

No suspects are in custody, but investigators are questioning several people in the case, New Haven Police spokesman Joe Avery said.

At a meeting Monday for members of the campus community, Yale officials discussed security and provided an update on the investigation. A faculty member and a student who attended the meeting told CNN that Yale officials said police have narrowed down suspects.

Video: Body found in wall 2:13
CNN's Susan Candiotti says police think remains found inside a wall may be those of Yale student Annie Le. Added September 14, 2009
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/09/14/missing.yale.student/index.html#cnnSTCVideo

Video: Yale student's friend 6:35
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Video: Student found dead 4:27
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Video: Search for Yale student leads to corpse
[ame]http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/crime/2009/09/14/candiotti.yale.student.cnn[/ame]

Video: Annie Le time line 1:06
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Video: Inside the Yale murder 3:29
[ame]http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2009/09/14/nr.inside.yale.murder.cnn[/ame]

Article:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/09/14/missing.yale.student/index.html

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[scandi]

Isn't this the most heart-wrenching article? Such a lovely young woman with intellect and an equally sweet personality, and all gone to waste now because of some waste-of-space who was fixated on her. Grrr, I am so mad! I can't wait to find out who it is (and to those I PMed, I notice he hasn't posted for ages! Maybe because he's in custody?).

 

[scandi]

I've been wondering what Annie wanted to do for a career with her PHD in Pharmacology. Become a professor, work for a large pharmaceutical co in research - don't know what else.

Then I read she wanted to be a pathologist. The only kind I know of are in forensics ;}, and wonder what other applications there are. xox

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Today Show video: Sources: Suspect, but no motive on Yale murder
Sept. 14: Although police haven't made an arrest in the murder of Yale student Annie Le, they are reported to be closing in on a suspect. NBC's Jeff Rossen reports.
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/32848445#32848445

Today Show video: Suspect in Yale student slaying 2:24
Sept. 14: Law enforcement sources tell NBC News that police have a suspect in the killing of Yale graduate student Annie Le. Msnbc's Contessa Brewer and NBC's Michelle Franzen report.
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/32842609#32842609

Today Show video: The strategy to hunt down Yale killer 2:29
Sept. 14: TODAY's Ann Curry talks to former FBI criminal profiler Clint Van Zandt about the investigation into the disappearance of Yale graduate student Annie Le and the strategy to find a culprit.
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/32837662#32837662

Today Show video: Le&#8217;s friend: &#8216;She was great with people&#8217; 2:39
Sept. 14: Following the discovery of a body inside a Yale campus building believed to be that of graduate student Annie Le, TODAY's Ann Curry talks to one of Le's high school friends, Laurel Griffeath.
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/32837648#32837648

Today Show video: Body found inside Yale campus building 3:34
Sept. 14: Police in Connecticut say they found what they believe is the body of missing Yale graduate student Annie Le, who disappeared less than a week before she was supposed to get married. NBC's Jeff Rossen reports.
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/32837637#32837637
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Evidence in Murder of Yale Student Annie Le May Point to Suspect
Body in Wall Positively Identified as Missing Grad Student Annie Le
Sept. 14, 2009
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Investigators zeroed in on a suspect as the medical examiner positively identified the body found stuffed in a wall in a Yale University lab as the missing grad student. The medical examiner's office listed the cause of death as homicide, but withheld the exact manner in which Le died.

The body was discovered Sunday, the same day that Le was supposed to get married.

The suspect who police are looking at has what appear to be defensive wounds, a key piece of circumstantial evidence. In addition, the suspect, who authorities believe knew Le, failed a lie detector test, sources told ABC News. Sources also told ABC News that bloody clothing removed from the lab contained evidence that links the killer to the crime.

Investigators have been looking at everyone from Yale maintenance people to people who worked in the lab and fellow students.

"We're not believing it's a random act," Officer Joe Avery, a police spokesman, told The Associated Press. He would not provide further details but said no one else is in danger.

Though police have seemingly narrowed in on a suspect, the mood around Yale is still one of sadness and uncertainity. The last on-campus murder was the 1998 stabbing death of 21-year-old Suzanne Jovin. There has been no arrest in her death.

Reached in Germany, Thomas Jovin told ABCNews.com that he did not wish to comment on Le's murder or his daughter's.

New Haven Police Officer Joe Avery told ABCNews.com today that authorities didn't start focusing on the lab until a few days after Le was reported missing. Police were initially unsure, he said, if she had voluntarily disappeared in advance of her wedding, scheduled for Sunday, or if she had been a crime victim.

WATCH: Yale Murder Victim Found on Wedding Day
http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=8574201

WATCH: Body Believed to Be Missing Yale Student
http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=8565928

WATCH: Missing Student's Friend Speaks Out
http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=8554735

Article:
http://abcnews.go.com/US/evidence-annie-le-murder-lead-killer/story?id=8565647
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Tragic Find In Search for Yale Student
Body of 24-year-old Bride-to-be Apparently Found in Wall of University Building Accessible Only to Students and Staff
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Sept. 14, 2009
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Just seven months before police found what they believe is Annie Le's body hidden in a Yale University building, the graduate student wrote a magazine article about how to stay safe on the streets around the Ivy League school.

The 24-year-old bride-to-be, who had been missing since Tuesday, apparently met a violent death in a secure Yale building accessible only to students and staff, police said Sunday on what was supposed to be her wedding day.

Police would not confirm reports that another student was being questioned and had failed a lie detector test, CBS News correspondent Randall Pinkston reported on CBS' "The Early Show."

Video: Yale Student's Body Found
[ame="http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=5309231n"]Yale Student's Body Found - CBS News Video[/ame]

Photos: Student Found Dead on Wedding Day
http://www.cbsnews.com/elements/2009/09/11/crimesider/photoessay5303665.shtml

Article:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/09/14/national/main5309172.shtml?tag=contentBody;cbsCarousel
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Yale Student's Slaying an Inside Job?
Police Say No Suspect in Custody Despite Reports that a Student Suspect Failed Polygraph Test
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Sept. 14, 2009
Updated 6:16 p.m. EDT
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Clues increasingly pointed to an inside job Monday in the slaying of a Yale graduate student whose body was found stuffed inside a wall five days after she vanished from a heavily secured lab building accessible only to university employees.

Police confirmed Monday that the body found Sunday was Le's and that Chief State Medical Examiner Wayne Carver had ruled the death a homicide.

Police on Monday sought to calm fears on the Ivy League campus, saying the death of 24-year-old Annie Le was a targeted act. But they declined to name a suspect or say why anyone would want to kill the young woman just days before she was to be married.

Earlier, media outlets reported that a student was being questioned and had failed a lie detector test, CBS News correspondent Randall Pinkston reported on CBS' "The Early Show." Later reports said the suspect also had defensive wounds.

"We're not believing it's a random act," said officer Joe Avery, a police spokesman. No one else is in danger, he said, though he would not provide details and denied broadcast reports that police had a suspect in custody.

Yale officials said the building would reopen under increased security. Still, some students worried about their safety.

"I'm not walking at nights by myself anymore," said student Natoya Peart, 21, of Jamaica. "It could happen to anyone, anytime, anywhere."

Michael Vishnevetsky, 21, of New York, said he did not feel safe when he made a late trip to his lab Sunday in a different building. "It felt very different than how I usually felt," he said.

Twenty-year-old Muneeb Sultan said he's shocked that a killing could take place in a secure Yale building.

"It's a frightening idea that there's a murderer walking around on campus," said Sultan, a chemistry student.

Photos: Annie Le murder
http://www.cbsnews.com/elements/2009/09/11/crimesider/photoessay5303665.shtml

"Crime and Safety in New Haven," By Annie Le (PDF)
http://bbs.yale.edu/images/B10_1.pdf

Video: The Early Show:" Yale Student's Body Found
[ame="http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=5309231n"]Yale Student's Body Found - CBS News Video[/ame]

Video: Yale Murder Investigation
[ame="http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=5310951n"]Yale Murder Investigation - CBS News Video[/ame]

Article:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/09/14/national/main5310607.shtml?tag=contentMain;contentBody
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Annie Le&#8217;s Facebook page: A wall of tributes
September 14, 2009
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The body found in a Yale University building over the weekend is that of student Annie Le, the Yale student missing for nearly a week, medical examiners said. The remains were found inside a basement wall in the medical research building.

Le, a 24-year-old graduate student, was last seen entering the building Tuesday morning. She was to be married Sunday.

Article:
http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2009/09/14/annie-les-facebook-page-a-wall-of-tributes/
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Evening Buzz: Yale Murder Mystery
September 14, 2009
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An autopsy confirms the body found in a Yale University medical research building over the weekend is that of Annie Le, a grad student who vanished last week.

The 24-year-old was supposed to get married on Sunday, the day her body was found hidden in the basement of the building. Investigators also found bloody clothes hidden in a drop ceiling. A Yale professor tells CNN the circumstances in the case suggest there could be a &#8220;murderer among us.&#8221; Tonight we&#8217;ll have the latest on the investigation.

We&#8217;re also digging deeper on the political rage in America. Did you see the anti-Obama march on Saturday in Washington? I&#8217;m sure you remember Rep. Joe Wilson calling Pres. Obama as he gave a speech on health care to Congress last week. What&#8217;s fueling the outbursts? We&#8217;re talk it over with our political panel.

Join us for these stories and much more starting at 10pm ET. See you then!

Article:
http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2009/09/14/evening-buzz-yale-murder-mystery/
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[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UfIlYmxbmU"]YouTube - Positive ID made in Yale killing[/ame]

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[Angel Who Cares]

Sierra foothill town mourns its 'next Einstein'
September 15, 2009
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It's a long way to Yale University from the roomy ranch house at the end of a dirt road where Annie Le grew up.

Snuggled beneath thick oak trees about 2,000 feet above sea level in the Sierra foothills, the home where Le lived with her aunt, uncle and a brother is a 15-mile drive along twisting, mostly paved roads from the 1860s Pony Express stop of El Dorado, population 1,583.

That's where her high school classmates voted Le "most likely to be the next Einstein." It's a prophecy the whip-smart 24-year-old seemed on the path to fulfilling before her body was found in Connecticut, packed into a wall at the Yale School of Medicine building where she was last seen Sept. 8.

Now, 3,000 miles back west in the wooded backwater of horse ranches and cow pastures where she was raised, those who knew her are reeling at the news that the brightest girl anyone can remember coming out of here is gone.

Her senior yearbook depicts a pretty girl, dark hair curving to her shoulders, who was class co-valedictorian with a 4.28 grade-point average, played tennis and was active in the campus Culture Club. She and her fellow valedictorian were named "most likely to be the next Einsteins."

Beneath her class picture she wrote: "I shall assert that until I assume the place in society which mere whim assigns me, humanity must advance but feebly."

Article:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/09/14/BA2M19N4QG.DTL&tsp=1
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BODY IS IDENTIFIED; CAMPUS MOURNS
Published Tuesday, September 15, 2009
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After the speeches and the prayers, Cross Campus fell silent, the faces of over 2,000 people illuminated by burning candles. Then out of nowhere a hum began. It grew until it became a tune: &#8220;Amazing Grace.&#8221; Once that faded, the sound of a lone violin came out of Berkeley College, playing the same song.

Students, faculty members and staff from around Yale gathered on Cross Campus on Monday night to honor the memory of Annie Le MED &#8217;13 in a candlelight vigil arranged by undergraduate organizations, cultural houses and Yale administrators. The vigil came after a day of mourning within the Yale community.

&#8220;I am reminded that we are an extraordinary community, a community of concern,&#8221; University President Richard Levin said during the 20-minute service. Levin also asked all concerned students to &#8220;please seek help&#8221; during what he called &#8220;this horrendous trauma.&#8221;

His introductory remarks were followed by a prayer by University Chaplain Sharon Kugler, who had been with Le&#8217;s family prior to the vigil. As Kugler finished, she brought up Le&#8217;s roommate of two years, Natalie Powers GRD &#8217;13, who struggled to describe her friend, fighting back tears. Powers apologized for stumbling through her remembrance.

While many students received anxious calls from their parents in the days prior, Dean of Yale College Mary Miller sent out an e-mail to parents of undergraduates to reassure them of their children&#8217;s safety. In addition to listing Yale&#8217;s existing security services, Miller urged parents to tell their children to seek counseling through Yale&#8217;s resources if troubled by the events.

Several residential colleges held informal gatherings after the vigil while Yale&#8217;s cultural houses held open hours throughout the day.

But for all the talk, perhaps the most profound moment of the day was the silence of Cross Campus as attendees lingered around the steps leading from Sterling Memorial Library to the lawn. Slowly and one-by-one, mourners placed their candles in a single file line along the steps, letting the flames burn as a remembrance of Le&#8217;s life cut short.

Photo Gallery: Sep. 15: Remembering Annie Le
A candlelight vigil on the Yale University campus brings students and faculty together to honor and remember Annie Le MED '13
http://www.yaledailynews.com/media/2009/09/15/remembering-annie-le/

Over 2,000 members of the Yale community gathered on Cross Campus last night for a candlelight vigil remembering Annie Le MED &#8217;13.

Slideshow: Mourning the Death of Annie Le
http://www.yaledailynews.com/media/2009/09/15/mourning-death-annie-le/

Article:
http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/university-news/2009/09/15/university-unites-mourn-le/
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Killer likely works in Amistad Street laboratory
Published Tuesday, September 15, 2009
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The authorities are focusing their efforts on several individuals &#8212; including a laboratory technician &#8212; known to have been in the basement of 10 Amistad St. at the time when Annie Le MED &#8217;13 was murdered, according to three sources familiar with the investigation.

A spokesman for the New Haven Police Department, Joe Avery, said at 1 p.m. Monday that there were no suspects in the investigation. But by 10 p.m., Avery no longer denied that authorities have narrowed in on a few people of interest.

&#8220;We have nothing to give out at this point,&#8221; he said.

Nevertheless, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Connecticut confirmed yesterday that the body found in the Yale research facility on Sunday was Le&#8217;s. The medical examiner did not release the cause of death; officials at the office said they would announce it this afternoon.

At a meeting of the medical school community Monday afternoon, several audience members &#8212; concerned by evidence that the killer had a Yale ID and access to the basement of 10 Amistad St. &#8212; asked if the perpetrator is still at large. University President Richard Levin responded by saying that he has confidence Le&#8217;s homicide will be resolved. Because security systems in the building recorded who entered the basement and the times at which they entered, the number of potential suspects has been limited to a very small pool, Levin explained.

In his address to the medical school community Monday afternoon, Levin explained that the material of the wall behind which Le&#8217;s body was hidden made it difficult for dogs or humans to locate her.

&#8220;It was only after a number of days that the scent became detectable,&#8221; he said.

Article:
http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/university-news/2009/09/15/killer-likely-works-lab/
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Cross Campus: 09.15.09
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
3:25 a.m.
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The flag will be flown at half-mast today at the University of Rochester, where Annie Le MED &#8217;13 received her undergraduate degree in cell and developmental biology with honors in 2007.

The Undergraduate Career Services workshop &#8220;Killer Cover Letters&#8221; will occur at 7:30 p.m. today at UCS. In an e-mail message sent to seniors yesterday afternoon, UCS Director Philip Jones apologized for any insensitivity perceived by the name of the program in light of the killing of Annie Le MED &#8217;13.

Article:
http://www.yaledailynews.com/crosscampus/2009/09/15/cross-campus-091509/
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Medical students flock to community meeting
Monday, September 14, 2009
6:18 p.m.
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A community meeting at the Yale School of Medicine to reflect on Annie Le MED &#8217;13 had to be moved from its original location in the Hope Memorial Building to the Harkness Auditorium at 333 Cedar Street to accommodate the roughly 550 concerned members of the medical school community who chose to attend.

University President Richard Levin, Vice President Linda Lorimer, Deputy Secretary Martha Highsmith, Security Director George Aylward and Chief Psychiatrist Lorraine Siggins were present to discuss new security measures being implemented on campus and answer questions from the community.

Although he was open to audience members&#8217; suggestions that there be more police presence and camera surveillance in the area, Levin said those things may not have been enough to save Le.

&#8220;No amount of hardware can overcome the darkness of the human soul when an evil person decides to do a terrible thing,&#8221; Levin said.

Article:
http://www.yaledailynews.com/crosscampus/2009/09/14/medical-students-flock-community-meeting/
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Ben-Meir: Let us mourn Annie Le
Published Tuesday, September 15, 2009
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Any tragedy contains within itself an untold number of smaller tragedies. Already, the murder of Annie Le MED &#8217;13 is being discussed as an attack on our most basic sense of security, as an act of violence against our city, as a savaging of the natural order. These interpretations are not incorrect, but they confuse the part for the whole. We cannot allow ourselves to forget that the ultimate tragedy of this week&#8217;s events is also the smallest in scale; the event, not its implications. When we mourn, we must mourn Annie Le.

This is not as obvious as it sounds. Many of us, myself included, did not know Le. We learned that she loved pigs-in-a-blanket from a profile written after her disappearance, not from having seen her enjoying hors d&#8217;oeuvres at parties. To us, her impending marriage was a provocative detail in her story, not the culmination of an actual love, witnessed and understood. We have no knowledge of her as she lived, we know her only in death.

Is it not almost arrogant for us to mourn her personally, when a week ago we did not know her name? Is it not better for us to come to terms with the effect her death has had on our own lives?

The answer is a resounding no. A woman is dead, a marriage destroyed, a future cut short. If we are human, we cannot escape empathy. Le&#8217;s tragedy could have belonged to any of us, our friends, our acquaintances. This is not to say that we should mourn her tragedy because she could have been us. We must mourn because she was us.

Let us mourn Annie Le as Annie Le; a woman, not an idea. She walked these streets; she talked in these halls. She read these books and sat with these friends. She lived here, and she died here. Though we did not know her, we mourn Annie Le.

Ilan Ben-Meir is a sophomore in Trumbull College.

Article:
http://www.yaledailynews.com/opinion/guest-columns/2009/09/15/ben-meir-let-us-mourn-annie-le/
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A crime scene, unsealed
Published Tuesday, September 15, 2009
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On Friday, about 72 hours after Annie Le MED &#8217;13 was last seen entering 10 Amistad St. through its front doors, two Yale Daily News reporters walked through that same entrance.

They showed their Yale identification cards to a security guard and took the elevator down to the building&#8217;s basement. They walked out of the elevator and scoured the basement for information about what was, at the time, thought to be a missing person&#8217;s case. At one point, a group of investigators wearing FBI jackets passed them in the hallway but said nothing to them.

All the while, Le&#8217;s remains were hidden behind a wall somewhere on that same floor. But the building remained open to Yale faculty, staff and students until Sunday &#8212; five full days after Le was last seen &#8212; when investigators found Le&#8217;s corpse.

&#8220;That&#8217;s a no-no,&#8221; said Henry Lee, a retired commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Public Safety and a director of the Henry Lee Institute of Forensic Science at the University of New Haven. &#8220;That&#8217;s not supposed to happen.&#8221;

Le, who was last seen entering the Amistad Street facility at 10 a.m. Tuesday, was reported missing at about 9 p.m. that night, though police did not inform media outlets until Wednesday afternoon and did not send a message to the entire campus community until Thursday morning.

&#8220;We would try to get that out earlier in the future,&#8221; Perrotti said of that e-mail. &#8220;Hindsight is always 20-20.&#8221;

The basement of 10 Amistad St., where the body was found.

Article:
http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/university-news/2009/09/15/crime-scene-unsealed/
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Safety in New Haven: a tale of two cities
Published Tuesday, September 15, 2009
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In the wake of the murder of Annie Le MED &#8217;13, the national media has portrayed New Haven as a very &#8220;dangerous&#8221; place.

&#8220;Right next to the Yale campus, there is a dangerous neighborhood,&#8221; a &#8220;Today&#8221; show reporter said Thursday.

&#8220;Some say the area around Yale can be a very dangerous area,&#8221; an ABC correspondent reported Friday.

But Yale has tried to paint a very different picture.

&#8220;It is worth remembering that the city reports that crime in New Haven has decreased by more than 50 percent since 1990,&#8221; University Vice President and Secretary Linda Lorimer wrote in an e-mail to the Yale community Saturday.

Even before Le&#8217;s killing, students themselves were unsure. In a survey of Yale undergraduates conducted by the News in the three days before the University announced Le&#8217;s disappearance, just as many students said they believed New Haven was a safe city as said they believed it dangerous.

Like the similarly jarring murders of students Christian Prince &#8217;91 and Suzanne Jovin &#8217;99, Le&#8217;s murder has brought Yale, New Haven and their respective security structures under intense scrutiny.

Rather, Silva said, a murder creates an opportunity to reflect on the way we treat and respond to one another.

Other students took a wait-and-see attitude.

&#8220;Realistically, I feel that our world, especially at Yale, is much safer than we imagine,&#8221; Alex Klein &#8217;12 wrote in an e-mail message. &#8220;That said, there is something viscerally terrifying about what happened to Annie Le, which is going to profoundly affect us &#8212; psychologically, as a student body &#8212; for years to come.&#8221;

Perception vs. Fact

Article:
http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/university-news/2009/09/15/safety-new-haven-tale-two-cities/
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BODY IDENTIFIED AS ANNIE LE MED &#8217;13
Published Monday, September 14, 2009
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The body found at 10 Amistad St. has been identified as the remains of Annie Le MED &#8217;13, according to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Connecticut.

The manner of death has been classified as a homicide, though the office declined to release the cause of death in order to facilitate the ongoing investigation into Le's death. The cause of death will be released tomorrow at 3 p.m., according to the office.

Since it was classified a homicide on Sunday, the case is being investigated primarily by the New Haven Police Department. NHPD Spokesman Officer Joe Avery said Monday afternoon that there are no suspects, adding that police believe Le was targeted and her killing was not a random act.

Speaking to reporters outside Woodbridge Hall late Sunday night, University President Richard Levin conveyed the &#8220;deeply felt support of the entire Yale University community&#8221; and said &#8220;our hearts go out to the family of Annie Le, to her fiance, to her friends.&#8221;

&#8220;The investigation will continue,&#8221; Levin said. &#8220;We have every hope that it will be successfully resolved.&#8221;

Article:
http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/university-news/2009/09/14/body-identified-annie-le-med-13/
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Levin addresses shaken medical school community
Published Tuesday, September 15, 2009
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University President Richard Levin addressed a tense audience of roughly 550 students and faculty gathered at the Sterling Hall of Medicine, beginning by reiterating his condolences to Annie Le&#8217;s family and loved ones. When he opened the floor to questions from the community, concerns about safety and security quickly became the focus of discussion.

Discussing the range of emotions Le&#8217;s death has provoked, Chief Psychiatrist Lorraine Siggins, who spoke after Levin, urged listeners to draw on each other for strength.

&#8220;Sadness, loss, anger and distress can make us more irritable and brittle in a time when we should be supportive of each other,&#8221; she said.

Levin said he regrets the slow relay of information about developments in the case to the Yale community this past week, calling it a flaw in the University&#8217;s handling of the situation thus far. He said the e-mail he wrote to faculty and staff when Le&#8217;s body was discovered in the Amistad building Sunday night was sent as soon as it was possible to share the news without impeding the ongoing investigation.

Levin announced there will be a community meeting in Amistad the morning it opens. Although some &#8220;essential&#8221; researchers will return to Amistad tomorrow to continue their work, officials have not decided when the building will open up to the general public, he added.

Article:
http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/s...in-addresses-shaken-medical-school-community/
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The principal of Union Mine High School in El Dorado, Calif., remembers former student Annie Le. Le's body was found Sunday stuffed inside a wall five days after she vanished from a heavily secured lab building at Yale University. (Sept. 15)
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RxHjOKjcN8"]YouTube - First Person: Yale Student's High School Mourns[/ame]
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Clues increasingly pointed to an inside job Monday in the slaying of a Yale graduate student whose body was found stuffed inside a wall five days after she vanished from a heavily secured lab building accessible only to university employees. (Sept. 14)
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBAjZ_bnNuw"]YouTube - Clues Point to Inside Job in Yale Killing[/ame]

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[Waddles]

http://info.med.yale.edu/yarc/keyservices.htm
is this a full list?

 

[~greeneyedgirl~]

RIP Annie, may justice be swift....

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Report: Suspect is Yale lab worker
10 Amistad St may reopen today
Updated: Tuesday, 15 Sep 2009, 6:36 AM EDT
Published : Tuesday, 15 Sep 2009, 5:37 AM EDT
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Investigators appear to be closer to making an arrest in the death of Yale grad student Annie Le, and they may be focusing on a lab worker.

The New Haven Register , citing police sources, reports a lab technician who works inside 10 Amistad St. is the focus of the investigation.

New Haven Police Officer Joe Avery issued a brief statement Monday saying "there are no suspects in custody and no students involved in this case."

The lab building at 10 Amistad St. is expected to be reopened later this morning under increased security. Those who have lab work to do can do so but under the protection of police.

Authorities are analyzing what is being described as a large amount of physical evidence.


Article:
http://www.wtnh.com/dpp/news/new_ha..._haven_police_suspect_lab_worker_200909150653

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[Angel Who Cares]

Clues Point To Inside Job In Yale Killling
Body Of 24-Year-Old Placerville Native Apparently Found In Wall Of University Building Accessible Only To Students And Staff
Sep 15, 2009 12:24 am US/Pacific
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Clues increasingly pointed to an inside job Monday in the slaying of a Yale graduate student whose body was found stuffed inside a wall five days after she vanished from a heavily secured lab building accessible only to university employees.

Police on Monday sought to calm fears on the Ivy League campus, saying the death of 24-year-old Annie Le was a targeted act but would not say why anyone would want to kill the young woman just days before she was to be married.

Le was part of a research team headed by her faculty adviser, Anton Bennett. According to its Web site, the Bennett Laboratory was involved in enzyme research that could have implications in cancer, diabetes and muscular dystrophy. Bennett declined to comment Monday on the lab or Le's involvement with it.

Raw Video: Friend Of Slain Yale Student
http://cbs5.com/video/?id=55333@kpix.dayport.com

Raw Video: Officials Discuss Search For yale Student
http://cbs5.com/video/?id=19076@cbslocal.dayport.com

Video: Yale University Mourns Slain Student From NorCal
http://cbs5.com/video/?id=55348@kpix.dayport.com

Video: Did Annie Le's Killer Trigger Fire Alarm?
http://cbs5.com/video/?id=55344@kpix.dayport.com

Video: Tragic Find In NorCal Yale Student Search
Sep. 14, 2009, 12:54 p.m. Pacific
http://cbs5.com/video/?id=55328@kpix.dayport.com

Video: Tragic Find In NorCal Yale Student Search
Sep. 14, 2009, 8:40 a.m. Pacific
http://cbs5.com/video/?id=55308@kpix.dayport.com

Video: Police: Missing NorCal Yale Student's Body Found
http://cbs5.com/video/?id=55298@kpix.dayport.com

Video: Police Say Body Found At Yale May Be Annie Le
http://cbs5.com/video/?id=55295@kpix.dayport.com

Article:
http://cbs5.com/crime/missing.yale.student.2.1182442.html
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Thousands at Yale light candles for Le
Updated: Tuesday, 15 Sep 2009, 6:14 AM EDT
Published : Monday, 14 Sep 2009, 12:52 PM EDT
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Prayers, tears, silence and words of condolence Monday night as thousands of people attended a candlelight vigil for murdered graduate student Annie Le at Yale's Cross Campus.

"That this horrible tragedy happened at all is incomprehensible. But that it happened to her is infinitely more so," said Le's roommate, who spoke at the vigil.

Flames flickered in the night; the yellow glow served as a reminder of how fragile life can be. More than 1,000 people stood in silence, alone with their thoughts and memories and tears.

Le, 24, vanished from her lab building in broad daylight Sept. 8th. Sunday her body was found inside the same building. Annie's roommate asked people to pray.

"Romans 8:28: All things work together for good. It's a comfort that I think she would want us to have; this isn't just senseless, God is in control and something good will come out of this," said Le's roommate.

Article:
http://www.wtnh.com/dpp/news/crime/news_wtnh_new_haven_candlelight_vigil_200909141250

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[Labrat]

http://info.med.yale.edu/yarc/keyservices.htm
is this a full list?

Very doubtful. see previous page for explanation.

 

[Trino]

While we don't know why Annie was killed, it's obvious the murderer isn't the brightest person. Did he really think Annie's body would never be discovered? Did he think the bloody clothing would never be found or stratches on his body would never be seen? Did he really have hopes of getting away with this?

 

[Waddles]

Very doubtful. see previous page for explanation.

Thanks, guess I didn't read properly

 

[Toi]

NBC Today just said that the police told them they expect an arrest shortly.

 

[Toi]

They mentioned that it WAS someone in her lab group.

 

[Toi]

While we don't know why Annie was killed, it's obvious the murderer isn't the brightest person. Did he really think Annie's body would never be discovered? Did he think the bloody clothing would never be found or stratches on his body would never be seen? Did he really have hopes of getting away with this?

He probably wasnt thinking his actions all the way thru. My guess is that he was in love/obsessed with her and she had no clue that is was as strong as it was. He most likely confronted her and she didnt react the way HE wanted her to. The dumbest criminals seem to be those with higher IQ's. They just seem to lack the common sense gene. I know from own personal experiences with my ex hubby. Chances of him being a paranoid schizophrenic or having a severe personality disorder are very likely. JMO

 

[Labrat]

They mentioned that it WAS someone in her lab group.

Oh wow! That would really surprise me- did they mention a press conference or a time frame for an announcement?