9/8 Annie Marie Le missing from Yale University (BODY FOUND)

[Gypsy DD]

I think this was just Clark's way of communicating via email he wanted to set up a meeting with her.  The mice would be a subject she would respond to speaking with him.   I think with his past involvement with Asian culture perhaps he had a crush on her and she did not return the affection.  Then  she was getting married at the end of that same week..that just leads me to believe this is more about unrequited love or worship then about treatment or cleanliness of research mice.  He had this job since 2004..that's 5 years.  If he was so adverse to mice being used in research or their treatment I don;t think he would have been there that long.  I think he used that as an excuse to see Annie alone.

[cece]

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[no rose colored glasses]

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Thanks

[cece]

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[cece]

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j3Z7m0uROG-_CM8GzpRCqE2M9IbwD9AP8I0O0

AP source: Yale suspect's work attitude examined

By RAY HENRY (AP) – 26 minutes ago

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A law enforcement official says authorities are investigating whether the Yale killing suspect's work attitude led to the confrontation.

The official said Thursday that investigators don't know why Raymond Clark III might have killed 24-year-old Annie Le, because he won't talk to police. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing and many details remain sealed.

People interviewed by police have painted Clark as a controlling man who viewed the laboratory as his territory.

Authorities are investigating whether that led to the killing, but the official says that's just a theory.

Clark has been transferred to a state prison in New Haven.

[cece]

http://www.middletownpress.com/articles/2009/09/17/news/doc4ab250a846f18414164227.txt


At the Haddam home of Clark’s sister and brother-in-law, Denise and Shawn Kent, a black and orange “No Trespassing” sign was taped to a garbage can that sat in the middle of the driveway Wednesday. Taped to a beam on the front porch was a handmade sign that read, “Private Property — No Trespassing.” Curtains in the home were all drawn; no one appeared to be at home.

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[cece]

http://www.newhavenindependent.org/archives/2009/09/annie_le_suspec.php

Annie Le Suspect Knew Cops Were On His Tail

by Paul Bass | September 17, 2009 12:18 PM | Permalink | Comments (5)

A day after playing softball in New Haven and attending the Hebron Fair, the suspect in the murder of a Yale graduate student noticed the seven cops following him around. They wanted him to.

That word comes from Lt. John Velleca, head of New Haven police’s narcotics unit.

Chief James Lewis assigned Velleca’s crew to follow around Raymond Clark III (pictured) starting Saturday night — and never let him out of their sight.

That was when it became clear that the case of Annie Le, the 24 year-old pharmacology student strangled to death last week inside a Yale medical building, was becoming a criminal case, not a missing person case.

It was also clear by that time that Raymond Clark III was the prime suspect, Chief James Lewis said in an interview in his office Thursday morning following a press conference announcing Clark’s arrest.

Lewis’s department was preparing to take over the investigation from the FBI. That happened the following day, when Le’s remains were found inside a basement wall.

So Lewis assigned the narcotics unit to follow Clark’s every move while investigators plowed through tapes from 70 security cameras and what would become 300 pieces of physical evidence.

Why the narc unit?

“That’s what they do” — follow suspects around, Lewis said. “They do that every night, working narcotics cases. They have the right kind of vehicles for it.” The department recently revamped the unit under Velleca’s command. (Read about that here.)

At First, Covert



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Velleca (pictured) had one supervisor and six detectives on Clark’s tail at all times. They worked in 12-hour rotations, Velleca said in an interview Thursday.

On Saturday night Clark, a 24 year-old Yale lab technician, was staying at his family’s home in Cromwell, according to Velleca.

At first the detectives laid low. They didn’t want Clark to see them. Typically the unit will do that in the earlier stages of an investigation.

So that first Sunday Clark was busy — “life as usual,” as one of the detectives put it.

Clark traveled to New Haven to play softball in East Shore Park, Velleca said. “We had detectives in the crowd. He’s actually pretty good.”

Next Clark traveled to Higganum to visit relatives, according to Velleca. That night, he hung out at the Hebron Fair. Then he returned to Cromwell.

By Monday, “he became a stronger suspect. We switched to overt surveillance,” Velleca said.

Now detectives made a point of parking right in front of Clark’s window. They would get out of the car and walk around. They had their badges visible.

Their main mission was to make sure Clark didn’t flee. They also had a second goal at this point, Velleca said: To see if Clark wanted to come talk to them.

They couldn’t approach Clark. In an FBI interview, he had clammed up and cited his right to avoid self-incrimination. He got a lawyer. So detectives couldn’t legally interview him.

But if he chose to go up to a cop and start talking, that’s legally OK, Velleca said.

That never happened.

“Whenever they would go in” the apartment and see the cops, “they would draw the shades and turn the lights off,” Velleca said. Clark said not a word to them. He made no gestures or any attempts to flee.

Clark’s busy life shut down. He drove to his apartment in Middletown, returned to the Cromwell home, then he didn’t leave.

Until the cops came to get him around 10 a.m. Tuesday. They had a search warrant to collect his DNA. He was taken to a state lab to give fingernail and hair samples.

Around 3 a.m. Wednesday he returned to Cromwell — not to the family home, but to a Super 8 motel. Clark and his parents would stay there to wait out the inevitable journey through a media gauntlet to court, and on to a possible murder trial.

That journey began Thursday morning, when cops arrested Clark and brought him to New Haven to be arraigned.

[BluesyGram]

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Thanks Cece for this video.  I sure like the way that the judge reads in open court the rights of the VICTIMS.  Too bad this POS's victim can't be present to take advantage of these rights personally.  Wonder if they appoint someone to speak for a murdered victim to ask for a speedy trial, etc.?  I also love how these 'murdering bullies' seem all skeered when confronted by people that aren't afraid of them.  I'll never forget how Gary Ridgeway (Green River Killer) expressed how HE didn't want to die. Does he believe in God and is afraid of meeting his maker?   Well it is going to happen some day ..they can prolong it..but sure can't avoid it completely.  

About him not committing suicide over night.  Is my memory correct that his father was with him all night?  And somewhere I read that some sociopaths also have narcissistic traits...thus they would never kill themselves.  Perhaps that describes him.

[Northern Rose]

Raymond Clark III Was Watched For Days

(MYFOX NATIONAL) - Raymond Clark III, the man charged in the murder of Yale graduate student Annie Le , was under constant surveillance since last Saturday, a day before Le's body was found in a campus laboratory basement.

The New Haven Independent reports that police chief James Lewis assigned Lt. John Velleca, head of New Haven police's narcotics unit, to stake out Clark when it became clear that the missing persons case was evolving into a criminal case. Lewis said he chose the narcotics unit to follow Clark because they had the expertise to be able to track someone at all hours of the day.

On Sunday, when Le's body was found, Velleca said Clark was at his family's home in Cromwell, Conn., and it appeared to be "life as usual." Clark played softball in the afternoon at a park, visited relatives in Higganum and spent time at the Hebron Fair. He then returned to his family's home in Cromwell.


MORE...

http://www.foxcharlotte.com/dpp/news/dpgo_raymond_clark_III_watched_for_days_lwf_091709_3558704

[Northern Rose]

AP source: Yale suspect painted as 'control freak'

AP source: Yale suspect painted as 'control freak'
By RAY HENRY (AP) – 7 minutes ago

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A law enforcement official says the Yale lab assistant charged with murdering a graduate student is being described as a "control freak" who viewed the lab as his territory.

The official said Thursday that investigators don't know why Raymond Clark III might have killed 24-year-old Annie Le, because he won't talk to police. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing and many details remain sealed.

New Haven Police Chief James Lewis says Le's death was a case of workplace violence, and his comments mesh with the picture emerging of Clark. But authorities say it is still uncertain what may have sparked the killing.

Clark has been transferred to a state prison in New Haven.

MORE...

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j3Z7m0uROG-_CM8GzpRCqE2M9IbwD9AP961O0

[no rose colored glasses]

People interviewed by police have painted Clark as a controlling man who viewed the laboratory as his territory.      I'll bet Clark viewed everything as his territory, including his girlfriend.

[Northern Rose]

Booking photo
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/slideshow/ALeqM5j3Z7m0uROG-_CM8GzpRCqE2M9IbwD9AP961O0?index=0&ned=ca

[cece]

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gD2lvRjdiwFEzgv3ajUErQeazPKg

One newspaper reported that Clark had been upset by Le's handling of mice in the laboratory, where experiments on animals are performed. Other reports suggested that Clark may have been attracted to the petite Vietnamese-American student.

But Jeffrey Ian Ross, a criminologist at the University of Baltimore, said Clark made a puzzling suspect, given his clean record.

"Twenty-four years old is pretty old to be showing anger," Ross said.

Most such killings, he added, are over "love, money or some sort of disrespect."

It's also possible that the "perpetrator may not have gone into the interaction with the intent of killing the person, but in the heat of the moment things go from bad to worse, a struggle ensues and the person is killed," Ross said.

[no rose colored glasses]

So he was at the motel with his parents, hopefully the girlfriend is long gone.

[cece]

Court documents:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/19848149/Clark-Court-Documents

from this website:

http://nhregister.com/articles/2009/09/17/news/new_haven/doc4ab26099008e7985214292.txt

[cece]

So he was at the motel with his parents, hopefully the girlfriend is long gone.

I hope the girlfriend is long gone, as well. 

[cece]

The Annie Le Case in Photos

http://www.nhregister.com/annielephotos/

Annie Le tributes and condolences

http://www.nhregister.com/articles/2009/09/15/news/new_haven/doc4ab05f73db646883033410.txt

[no rose colored glasses]

Thanks, he looks rather crazy to me. Extremely curious what the defense is going to be for him. Could it also be that he felt that nobody took him seriously and looked down on him, and that he took his job way more seriously then most people would? Heck, Annie could have just looked at him the wrong way, and he went off 

[cece]

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2009/09/17/2009-09-17_lab_tech_raymond_clark_under_arrest_in_the_murder_of_yale_student_annie_le.html

Yale grad student Annie Le's accused killer has been tossed into solitary confinement in a Connecticut jail, where he has been somber and silent, an official told the Daily News Thursday.

Raymond Clark 3rd is being held in the private unit at the New Haven Community Correctional Center for his own protection.

"He is in solitary confinement for his own safety because of the nature of his crime," Lt. John Bernard told the News. "We don't know who is out there maybe waiting to take action against him."

In his first few hours behind bars, the 24-year-old Clark has looked shell-shocked, Bernard said.

"He's just somber," Bernard added. "It's his first time in jail. This is all new to him. He hasn't cried. He hasn't said a word to anyone."

"We did a strip search of him and checked his mental state. He's in good mental state."

The glimpse into Clark's life behind bars came hours after he was arraigned on murder charges in the slaying of Le.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2009/09/17/2009-09-17_lab_tech_raymond_clark_under_arrest_in_the_murder_of_yale_student_annie_le.html#ixzz0ROlfuETC

[Blonde]

By WILLIAM KAEMPFFER, Journal Register News Service

NEW HAVEN — Raymond Clark’s DNA is a match to evidence police collected at the Amistad Street lab where the body of Yale graduate student Annie Le was found hidden in a wall Sunday, sources said late Wednesday.

Police were converging on a Super 8 motel in Cromwell where an arrest warrant was expected to be served on Clark this morning. Clark took refuge at the motel after being released from police custody early Wednesday after providing police with a DNA sample. Police have had the motel under surveillance since then to ensure Clark would not try to elude them.

Police collected DNA from Clark Tuesday night after obtaining search warrants in the case. The DNA was sent to a state police lab for immediate processing, but results weren’t expected until later this week, police said.

Sources said Clark’s arrest would probably come early this morning at police headquarters on Union Avenue.

Earlier Wednesday, police served two more search warrants on their “person of interest” in Le’s slaying.

The warrants were for a red Ford Mustang that suspect Clark drove, and for his apartment at 40 Ferry St. in Middletown for items not included in a search warrant executed Tuesday night. Police Chief James Lewis expressed confidence the case would end in an arrest.

With 250 pieces of evidence being analyzed, the investigation is now in the hands of the state crime lab, which is operating 24 hours a day, Lewis said Wednesday evening.

“We know where Mr. Clark is at all times,” he added.

The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner reported Wednesday that Yale graduate student Annie Le, 24, was killed by asphyxiation caused by neck trauma. The results were released Wednesday afternoon, three days after Le’s body was found stuffed in the wall in the basement of a Yale laboratory building at 10 Amistad. Clark worked there as an animal technician. The death was ruled a homicide on Monday. The office could not say “anything at this point” about whether there were signs of sexual assault and Lewis declined comment.

While police continue to investigate other people — so as not to be accused later of tunnel vision — Lewis acknowledged that, at this point, there were no other persons of interest in the case.

What he wouldn’t talk about was motive.

Police have theories, sources have said, but authorities stressed that they were nothing more than that. They range from unrequited romantic advances by Clark toward Le, to Clark being upset over the handling of the mice that he was in charge of caring for. The animals are used in experiments.

A source said detectives also were investigating a testy e-mail Clark may have sent Le over protocols she wasn’t following.

Clark’s Fairfield lawyer said his client was willing to work with police.

“We’re committed to proceeding appropriately with the authorities with whom we are in regular communication,” said Attorney David Dworski. Clark has invoked his right to not speak to investigators.

The New Haven Public Defenders office also is providing advice and support.

According to a source, Clark drew the attention of authorities even before Le’s body was found.

When he was questioned by the FBI, agents took note of numerous injuries on his body, the source said, including what appeared to be bruises and abrasions on his arms, a mark under his eye, a scratch on his ear, and a bruise or deep scratch to his chest.

When questioned, he said some of the injuries were a scratch from a cat. Others he attributed to playing softball.

“He had excuses for everything,” the source said.

It was when officials started taking pictures of his injuries that Clark reportedly appeared to get nervous and asked for an attorney.

Le disappeared on Sept. 8 after entering the lab building on the edge of the university’s medical district. At first, authorities treated the case as a missing person. The discovery of the body Sunday switched it to a homicide investigation. City police are collaborating with the FBI, State Police and Yale police.

Shortly before 4 p.m. several individuals whom identified themselves as state police officers entered the leasing office of Wharfside Commons Apartments, where Clark lives with his fiancee, Jennifer Hromadka. Police stayed there for several hours with a few officers leaving and returning after gathering belongings from their car.

“There’s been no arrest,” one of the officers said to the throng of reporters waiting outside the leasing office door. “We’re here gathering some background, please give us some space.” At one point a woman from the Wharfside corporate office left the leasing office, entered an adjacent room and returned with folded boxes.

Through a window of the leasing office, one of the police officers could be seen taping four white banker boxes with red evidence tape. The boxes also each had a bright orange “evidence” sticker on them.

Hours after arriving, the state police officers emerged from the leasing office and broke up into two groups, accompanied by a Middletown Police officer, and began systematically knocking on all the doors of Clark’s apartment building and the adjacent building. They talked for a few minutes with each person who answered the door and walked into one apartment that appeared to be unoccupied. One of the Middletown police officers leaving the scene said he was given little information about what was going on inside the leasing office. “You guys probably know more than we do,” he said.

People who knew Clark from Branford High School expressed shock that their one-time classmate is at the center of a murder investigation that has drawn frenetic national media attention.

In high school, Clark played varsity baseball. He was a member of several clubs, including the Asian Awareness club.

Ryan Santoro, who played ball with Clark for more than five years, said he was a “good kid” and found the situation hard to believe. Over the last few day, he has talked with other former teammates and “we were all shocked.”

“I know it doesn’t look good for him, but you have to let things play out. I wish the kid the best though. I’ll tell you that much.”

Reporters have been calling former classmates non-stop over the last few days as they try to construct a picture of the suspect.

Another Branford graduate who grew up playing baseball with him expressed similar surprise.

While describing him as a good kid and good teammate, he added, “Make sure you express my condolences to the victim’s family.”

He did notice some “anger issues” with Clark that would occasionally flare, like when he didn’t think the coach was playing him enough.

“There always seemed to be something off about him — not like I thought he was going to kill me,” the classmate said, not wanting to give his name. He was more someone whose good side you wanted to stay on, he explained. “I feel bad for him and his family,” he said, adding, “I’ve never known a suspect in a murder case, and it’s pretty intense, especially a main one that’s on CNN.” Another friend, 23, from high school, who asked that his name not be used because so many are being inundated with press calls, described Clark as a “nice kid, sociable kid, respectful kid” and said he finds it all hard to believe.

“I would assume many kids are just as shocked as I am. I will be shocked if the DNA comes back and says he did it. I would be beside myself.”

Clark’s job as an animal-services technician at Yale put him in contact with Le, who worked for a Yale laboratory that conducted experiments on mice. She was part of a research team headed by her faculty adviser, Anton Bennett, that focused on enzyme research that could have implications in cancer, diabetes and muscular dystrophy. Team members have declined to comment.

Clark, his fiancee, his sister and his brother-in-law all work for Yale as animal lab technicians. At the Haddam home of Clark’s sister and brother-in-law, Denise and Shawn Kent, a black and orange “No Trespassing” sign was taped to a garbage can that sat in the middle of the driveway Wednesday. Taped to a beam on the front porch was a handmade sign that read, “Private Property — No Trespassing.” Curtains in the home were all drawn; no one appeared home.

Le’s body was found Sunday stuffed behind the wall of the basement where lab animals are kept. Authorities released no details on how she died, but traumatic asphyxiation could be consistent with a choke hold or some other form of pressure-induced asphyxiation caused by a hand or an object, such as a pipe.

Clark and Le were both 24 years old, but Clark has a muscular build that contrasts sharply to Le’s 4-foot-11, 90-pound frame. Clark also reportedly had a troubling brush with the law in high school after being accused of harassing a girlfriend. A young woman who was his girlfriend declined to discuss the case.

http://www.middletownpress.com/articles/2009/09/16/news/doc4ab1b76a9b333583785672.txt