(New Haven Police arrest Raymond Clark in connection with the murder of Yale graduate student Annie Le. Raymond Clark III (Scumbag) should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law for committing this heinous crime!)
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(Autospy reports state Annie Le was strangled to death.)
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Lab technician held in Yale student’s slaying
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - A Yale University lab technician was arrested Thursday and charged with the suffocation death of a graduate student whose body was found stuffed in a research building wall on what was to be her wedding day.
New Haven police said they arrested 24-year-old Raymond Clark III at the the Super 8 hotel in Cromwell, about 25 miles north of the Ivy League campus. Clark had been staying at the hotel since he was released early Wednesday by police, who had served search warrants looking for evidence linking him to Annie Le's death.
New Haven Police Chief James Lewis said there are no other suspects. Authorities would not comment and a possible motive, other than to call it workplace violence. The arrest warrant was sealed by a judge.
"It is important to note that this is not about urban crime, university crime, domestic crime but an issue of workplace violence, which is becoming a growing concern around the country," Lewis said.
Relentless dedication
More than 150 people have been interviewed in connection with the killing, Lewis said.
"The Yale community is grateful for the collaborative efforts of New Haven Police, state police and the FBI for their relentless dedication over the last eight days," Yale Police Chief James Perrotti added.
Le, 24, was found dead on Sunday, her body stuffed in the basement wall of a campus research building where she worked, just days before she was to marry her college sweetheart, Columbia University graduate student Jonathan Widawsky. The Connecticut state medical examiner said Wednesday that Le died of "traumatic asphyxiation."
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.
The investigation has centered on Clark, the only person publicly named by New Haven police in the case. Authorities served four search warrants this week to compare DNA taken from his hair, fingernails and saliva with more than 250 pieces of evidence collected at the crime scene on the Ivy League campus and from Clark's Middletown, Conn., apartment.
Clark's attorney, David Dworski, did not immediately return calls seeking comment on Thursday. He has previously said Clark is "committed to proceeding appropriately" with police.
Speaking earlier on Thursday, The Rev. Dennis Smith, a spokesman for the Le family, told NBC'S TODAY that any arrest would be "wonderful news" to the family and would help give relatives some closure.
"It's such a terrible thing to have lost Annie as they have and not know who did it. That adds to the grief," he said.
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