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The Murder of Annie Le

Background and Previous Developments

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Annie Le

Annie Le

Yale University
On Sept. 8, 2009, days before she was planning to be married, 24-year-old Annie Le disappeared from the Yale University Medical School research laboratory where she was a pharmacology doctoral student. Surveillance cameras showed her entering the building, but never leaving it. He body was found five days later stuffed inside a wall of the building.

Current Developments

Yale Lab Technician Gets 44 Years
June 3, 2011
A former Yale animal research technician has been sentenced to 44 years in prison for killing a graduate student in the university's medical laboratory building. Raymond Clark III pleaded guilty in March to charges of murder and attempted sexual assault of Annie Le.

Yale Student's Killer Pleads Guilty
March 17, 2011
A man accused of killing a 24-year-old Yale University graduate student has entered a guilty plea to murder and attempted sexual assault. Raymond Clark III admitted to the murder of Annie Le inside the medical building on Sept. 8, 2009, nine days before she was planning to be married.

Previous Developments

Lab Tech Pleads Not Guilty in Yale Killing
Jan. 26, 2009
A Yale University animal research technician charged with the death of a graduate student the week she was supposed to get married has entered a not guilty plea to murder and a new felony murder charge.

Blood, DNA Link Suspect to Yale Student
Nov. 24, 2010
Blood and DNA evidence links a lab technician to a slain Yale University medical student, according to details in an arrest warrant issued in the case. DNA from Raymond Clark and victim Annie Le were found on a sock hidden in the ceiling near where Le's body was found, the warrant said.

Police Arrests Man in Yale University Murder
Sept. 17, 2009
A 24 year old man who took care of research animals at the Yale University medical research laboratory has been arrested for the murder of a graduate student killed in the building September 8. Ray Clark III was arrested early today for the murder of Annie Le, 24.

Missing Yale Student's Body Found
Sept. 13, 2009
A body found Sunday hidden inside the wall of a Yale University building is believed to be doctoral student Annie Le, who has been missing since Tuesday. Le was last seen on videotape going into the Yale Medical School building where her body was found.

Yale Student Vanishes Days Before Wedding
Sept. 8, 2009
A massive search is underway for a 24-year-old Yale University graduate student who disappeared the week that she was scheduled to be married. Annie Le, a pharmacology doctoral student, was last seen in her laboratory Tuesday.

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