CT- Annie Le, missing from Yale, thread #2

[Angel Who Cares]

Welcome to WS's duongthai & Rainsbee

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[SeriouslySearching]

did she scan card? who is this holding door?and what do they have on their hand???

Oh, Hello! Where did this photo come from?! She/he is wearing rubber gloves looks like to me. And isn't it a bit unusual to be wearing a hoodie in this weather?!

Is it me or is her body language all of the sudden different when you see it approaching this person? Before it looked like she was about to drop her book, but now it looks almost as if she is defensively pulling back.

 

[SeriouslySearching]

Maybe I am mistaken about the 11:00am sighting, but this is what her co-worker mentions about her being on the street at that time. It is at 1:33:

http://www.wtnh.com/dpp/news/new_ha...n_yale_student_gone_missing_200909081621_rev1

 

[eyes4crime]

I just looked up AB's profile on Biomed experts and it doenst look like he was involved in any research thats considered controversial, ie, stem cells, etc, The only animals used
were mice. Here is a list of disorders he was working on:

Noonan Syndrome
Insulin Resistance
Animal Disease Models
Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney
Heart Valve Diseases
Septic Shock
Sequence Deletion
Obesity

Here is a link showing what his present research involves with Annie on his team.

Bennett labs - welcome pics, staff etc

http://info.med.yale.edu/pharm/bennett/

 

[scandi]

Here is the info about Prof Bennett - very glad to hear he has been cleared.

Pharmacology Department chair Joseph Schlessinger said he first learned of Le’s disappearance from her faculty advisor Anton Bennett, an assistant professor in the pharmacology department. A 2007 graduate of the University of Rochester, Le is studying for a Ph.D. in pharmacology and molecular medicine.

Schlessinger said that Bennett e-mailed him yesterday around noon informing him that Le had not come in to work and that no one knew where she was. Police confiscated all of Le’s materials from the Anton Bennet Lab in the Sterling Hall Department of Pharmacology, where she worked.


http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/city-news/2009/09/09/medical-student-goes-missing/

:crazy:. eh Eyes? I just posted a link that she accessed the bldg at 10am. If he is really cleared I'll eat my hat! I haven't read that or heard it yet except here.

It's pretty early in the case and we usually get mixed info at this point. :blowkiss:


PS: Oh, I get it now. She went to her office in Sterling Hall at 10am. She was suppose to be at her job in a lab at Amistad, where her purse etc were found in her office at that bldg. But evidently she had not arrived there by noon.

Maybe she got there before noon and was attacked before noon. They have said nothing about her accessing both bldgs, right? Because she did if she was at Sterling Hall and then walked 3 blocks to the other bldg with her personal items. Hmmmmm

 

[Sassygerl]

Could the guy be holding a cup or mug?

Looks like a female to me, but it's hard to tell in these pics. I don't think she's holding anything either, but again, who knows!

 

[jnTexas]

Oh, Hello! Where did this photo come from?! She/he is wearing rubber gloves looks like to me. And isn't it a bit unusual to be wearing a hoodie in this weather?!

I don't know about Yale, but my kids wear hoodies to school every day because they freeze in class at school.

I agree it looks like rubber gloves.

 

[duongthai]

I checked on the bio of her former advisor at Rochestor, Rocky S. Tuan (by the way, Tuan is a common VN name, but almost always a first name). He is an expert on stem cells, and also has some patents (checked USPTO database). So, she may have been focusing on stem cells or other sensitive research.

It would seem to be that with the security there, that persons who had access to the site (i.e., ID Card) should be the focus. What about this scenario -- the spouse of a person in the department took her spouse's card and entered the site secretly?

I can only think that she may have been stalked (but how would a stalker access the site? - I imagine just coming in the front door would arouse suspicions, let alone getting into that particular lab), was tricked into going outside briefly and was abducted by someone she knew, or someone in the research group or their spouse had an axe to grind with her for monetary or emotional reasons.

It seems too far fetched that a wacko opposed to stem cell research would commit such a crime?

 

[lucky181]

Bennett was teaching a class from 10:30 to Noon on Tues which seems to go along with him emailing Schlessinger around noon to notify him that Annie had not shown up. I wonder how he found out she wasn't there. Was he looking for her for some reason or did someone tell him that Annie couldn't be found....????

 

[SeriouslySearching]

Bennett, for his part, said he was first contacted by police late Tuesday after Le’s roommate reported her missing.

He emphasized that his eight-person laboratory team, of which Le is a member, works closely together and, as such, her colleagues noticed her absence quickly.

“There was certainly immediate concern about her whereabouts,” Bennett said. “And they grew over the course of the day,” especially after she missed a pathology class for which she is a teaching assistant.

http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/university-news/2009/09/10/graduate-student-goes-missing/ BBM

So which is it? Did he find out before noon she was missing or did the police tell him late Tuesday? Did he notice she was missing or did the lab team tell him?

 

[duongthai]

Lucky181 - this is the key question that I am very curious about also, how did he know she would miss the class?

 

[amysmom]

bennett bio

No awards since 2001..Just saying!

Awards:
1991. 1993 Society of Toxicology Graduate Research Award
1992 Bristol-Myers Squibb Graduate Research Award
1993 Society of Toxicology Graduate Student Fellowship Award
1995 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Association Research Fellowship
1998 Swebilius Cancer Research Award
1999 Hellman Family Fellowship
2000 Pharmaceuticals Manufacturers Association Young Investigators Award
2001 Burroughs-Wellcome Award for New Investigators in Pharmacology

 

[SeriouslySearching]

But a friend and fellow student, Xiao Hung, told Fox 5 News that on a prior occasion near the building, Le "had been approached by other people and she managed to get in the car and escape from that incident."

http://www.websleuths.com/forums/newreply.php?do=newreply&noquote=1&p=4152292

Do we know any more about this incident?

 

[christee]

Could Annie be holding a White Cat?!

 

[wanttohelp]

Anton Bennett, NIH, Myogenesis by Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, 5 years, $1,798,500 (Federal)$

 

[Angel Who Cares]

From yesterday, but may be helpful to view again & add to this thread for reference!

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xJtgf7edyw"]YouTube - Missing Yale Bride-to-Be[/ame]

:angel:

 

[eyes4crime]

:crazy:. eh Eyes? I just posted a link that she accessed the bldg at 10am. If he is really cleared I'll eat my hat! I haven't read that or heard it yet except here.

It's pretty early in the case and we usually get mixed info at this point. :blowkiss:

Hi there scandi! My guess is that it would take an act of G himself to investigate any Bennett involvement. LE/FBI/YALE will look at everybody and anybody before involving him. They don't even like his name being mentioned as it is. mho check out his brilliant resume and publications. Bet his name fizzles soon. Annie first went to the building Bennett is in and left her belongings at her office (Sterling Medical). She walked to her research lab, swiped a card around 10:00am. Unless other lab students saw Annie, I don't know how Bennett knew to notify the other doc about cancelling her class. He texted the other doc around NOON That Annie wasn't coming in. HOW DID HE KNOW THAT? Sorry I can't remember the names but I posted it up above.

 

[SeriouslySearching]

Bennett described his advisee as an extremely diligent and well-organized student. He added that she was always aware of her surroundings and took appropriate precautions when leaving the lab late at night. Colleagues interviewed universally described Le as a bundle of energy — an always upbeat and friendly individual, who, while petite, is readily recognizable by the clickety-clack of her high heels on the lab floors.

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/woman_disappears_before_wedding_JnBXGuC3IPFH13M2UYrHOK BBM

She sure wasn't wearing high heels on Tuesday! I wonder who mentioned the high heels and if it was Bennett? The article only says "colleagues interviewed...".

 

[SeriouslySearching]

This makes no sense to me. She swipes her card, but is missed by all 7 of her lab team early on. This would indicate she never actually entered the lab, but her card was used...wouldn't it? So the last person we know of to actually see her would be the person who held the door open for her who was wearing the hoodie and the possible rubber gloves.

Here it shows a photo supposedly inside the building and I am guessing it would be the door to lab where all the officers are working.

http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/university-news/2009/09/10/graduate-student-goes-missing/

 

[eyes4crime]

Bennett, for his part, said he was first contacted by police late Tuesday after Le’s roommate reported her missing.

He emphasized that his eight-person laboratory team, of which Le is a member, works closely together and, as such, her colleagues noticed her absence quickly.

“There was certainly immediate concern about her whereabouts,” Bennett said. “And they grew over the course of the day,” especially after she missed a pathology class for which she is a teaching assistant.

http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/university-news/2009/09/10/graduate-student-goes-missing/ BBM

So which is it? Did he find out before noon she was missing or did the police tell him late Tuesday? Did he notice she was missing or did the lab team tell him?

This info will help you understand...

Pharmacology Department chair Joseph Schlessinger said he first learned of Le’s disappearance from her faculty advisor Anton Bennett, an assistant professor in the pharmacology department. A 2007 graduate of the University of Rochester, Le is studying for a Ph.D. in pharmacology and molecular medicine.

Schlessinger said that Bennett e-mailed him yesterday around noon informing him that Le had not come in to work and that no one knew where she was. Police confiscated all of Le’s materials from the Anton Bennet Lab in the Sterling Hall Department of Pharmacology, where she worked.

Bolded by me - NOW REMEMBER,her purse and personal belongings were in her office where Bennett is. HOW DID HE KNOW SHE WOULD NOT BE THERE AS A TA FOR THE CLASS???

http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/city-news/2009/09/09/medical-student-goes-missing/