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mello_yello_jen · Sep 13th, 2009, 01:38 PM

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,549527,00.html

'Bloody Clothes' Found Inside Lab Where Missing Yale Student Worked
Sunday, September 13, 2009

Bloody clothing was found inside a science laboratory building where missing Yale student Annie Le was last seen, FOX News confirms.

Police sources said the clothing was found late Friday night above ceiling tiles in the basement of the five-story building where Le worked as a pharmacology graduate student. The items have not yet been linked to her disappearance by investigators.

The FBI said Saturday that only "potential evidence" has been seized in the search for Le, a 24-year-old pharmacology graduate student who disappeared days before she was scheduled to be married. Le was last seen Tuesday entering the lab building on 10 Amistad Street in New Haven, Conn.

Parts of the building have been labeled a crime scene, WTNH-TV reported Sunday.

"Items that could potentially be evidence have been seized. None have yet been associated with Annie Le,” FBI Special Agent Kim Mertz said while declining to confirm reports that the evidence included bloody clothing.

Mertz also told reporters Saturday evening that there was no truth to a report that a body had been found.

"We are not in a position to conclude whether this is a missing persons case or whether criminality is involved," Mertz said.

University officials have urged the public not to jump to conclusion.

"The investigation is at a very difficult stage," University Vice President and Secretary Linda Lorimer said, adding that many agencies are working together to find out what happened to the student.

She said Le's family, which has asked for privacy, doesn't think Le would simply run away.

Le was last seen about 10 a.m. Tuesday morning on surveillance camera outside a lab in the Yale School of Medicine complex, less than a mile from the main campus.

About the same time, she swiped her Yale ID at the facility's entrance. There was no footage of her leaving the building, in spite of a fire alarm that went off about 12:40 p.m. The alarm isn't thought to be connected to her disappearance.

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Her purse, cell phone, credit cards and money were found in her office, a few blocks from the lab. She has not contacted her fiance, family or friends since Tuesday.

The New York Daily News, citing an unnamed police source, reported earlier Friday that detectives had questioned a Yale professor. Le, a doctoral student in pharmacology at the Ivy League university, was supposed to attend the professor's class Tuesday afternoon, but the course was canceled shortly before Le was reported missing, according to the Daily News.

But Lorimer told the Yale Daily News later that there was no reason to believe a professor is a suspect in the case.

Click here for photos.

Meanwhile, the missing woman's family canceled her Sunday wedding on Long Island, N.Y., according to a supervisor at the hall where the ceremony and reception were to have taken place.

"The wedding is off," Nadeen Fotopoulos, a manager at the North Ritz Club in Syosset, told the News. She said 160 guests were supposed to attend.

"It's very sad," she told the paper. "The hall will be dark Sunday morning."

Detectives were spotted Saturday questioning a man outside the lab where Le worked. When they finished talking, the man got in the front seat of an unmarked car and one of the FBI agents got in the back seat. The car then drove away.

Authorities previously said they had no evidence to indicate foul play in Le's disappearance. More than 100 investigators are working on the case.

On Friday, Yale offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to the missing student. Investigators searched her office, the lab facilities where she did research and her apartment.

Investigators were examining security camera footage from some 75 cameras near the building where Le was last spotted.

"They are going frame by frame, looking at every image," Conroy said Friday.

Le, a California native, was to be married to Jonathan Widawsky, a graduate student in physics at Columbia University. The two met as undergraduates at the University of Rochester. Widawsky has been cooperating with the investigation and is not considered a suspect, authorities say.

Le is 4-foot-11, 90 pounds and of Asian descent with brown hair and brown eyes.

Anyone with information on Le’s whereabouts is asked to contact the Yale Police Department at (203) 432-4400.

FOX News' Rick Leventhal and the Associated Press contributed to this report.

twin53 · Sep 13th, 2009, 01:59 PM

and today was her wedding day. this is awful.

Lieu · Sep 13th, 2009, 02:21 PM

It just breaks your heart... I'll pray for her&her family.

cjy · Sep 13th, 2009, 02:28 PM

Originally Posted by Megs

When I was watching the news coverage on this last night they were saying that with the FBI and police and university officials being SO extremely hush hush, it would seem like they have found something but will not share yet.

Her wedding was supposed to be today

I have had that same gut feeling. They know more than they can release right now, for whatever reason. Something is just odd about the way they are going about this and the fact that the family has remained so hush hush. I do feel they have info they are holding close to their chest.

ilovepinkhearts · Sep 13th, 2009, 03:10 PM

i pray that she will be found safe and sound, though that doesn't seem like how this story will end. it's so sad...her life with her husband should have started today.

sweetdreamer16 · Sep 13th, 2009, 04:53 PM

so heartbreakingly sad! the outcome doesn't look very good! but with no body there is still hope! so sad that on what was supposed to be the happiest day in her life is now the saddest!

exotikittenx · Sep 13th, 2009, 06:07 PM

This is just heartbreaking. Today was supposed to be their wedding day. Her poor fiance and family. So incredibly tragic, and horrible that a person could destroy people's lives like this.

exotikittenx · Sep 13th, 2009, 06:08 PM

Originally Posted by cjy

I have had that same gut feeling. They know more than they can release right now, for whatever reason. Something is just odd about the way they are going about this and the fact that the family has remained so hush hush. I do feel they have info they are holding close to their chest.

I'm wondering if it has to do with that professor... perhaps they don't want to cause panic or chaos around campus because they want to have all their facts straight before they release anything...?

JSH812 · Sep 13th, 2009, 07:53 PM

It's weird how it's very quiet. And I would think if it does have anything to do with the professor, they would release that information right away, due to safety issues and everything else...

Roo - I'm with you about New Haven - it's a sketchy place.

LVLux · Sep 13th, 2009, 08:08 PM

Maybe they are holding the professor and he has asked for an attorney? That would slow things down if they think he is the one but is not talking-curious to know if he holds class on Monday or if he is a no show.

LushBoutique · Sep 13th, 2009, 08:26 PM

this is so sad, the evidence so far do not look so good, But I really hope that the outcome will be that they find her and she is okay. My thoughts and prayers are to her family and fiance.

Megs · Sep 13th, 2009, 08:38 PM

They have a news conference at 9 pm EST today.

cjy · Sep 13th, 2009, 08:44 PM

Originally Posted by Megs

They have a news conference at 9 pm EST today.

I dread this. Her poor loved ones. I knew they were going to follow the trash, it only makes sense. If she were in the building, she would have been found. I am guessing it was not planned and it was the professor.

LVLux · Sep 13th, 2009, 08:51 PM

Turning n the TV now-What a loss-what is wrong with people? I used to think it was drugs making everyone so crazy but if it is the professor?????

http://news.aol.com/article/yale-uni...nnie-le/665002
Search for Yale Bride Turns to Incinerator

If he dumped her in the incinerator why would he not have put her clothes in there too-weird!

CGS · Sep 13th, 2009, 09:19 PM

On her Facebook account, the academically accomplished Le said, in addition to science, she loves couture. “Adornment is never anything except a reflection of the heart,” Le posted as a favorite quote from Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel, the fashion designer.

http://newhavenregister.com/articles...sing_day_2.txt

Body has been found in a wall-

Sep 13th, 2009, 01:38 PM	#46
mello_yello_jen Designated Shopaholic Joined: Jan 2006 Location: nor.cal Posts: 9,232	http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,549527,00.html 'Bloody Clothes' Found Inside Lab Where Missing Yale Student Worked Sunday, September 13, 2009 Bloody clothing was found inside a science laboratory building where missing Yale student Annie Le was last seen, FOX News confirms. Police sources said the clothing was found late Friday night above ceiling tiles in the basement of the five-story building where Le worked as a pharmacology graduate student. The items have not yet been linked to her disappearance by investigators. The FBI said Saturday that only "potential evidence" has been seized in the search for Le, a 24-year-old pharmacology graduate student who disappeared days before she was scheduled to be married. Le was last seen Tuesday entering the lab building on 10 Amistad Street in New Haven, Conn. Parts of the building have been labeled a crime scene, WTNH-TV reported Sunday. "Items that could potentially be evidence have been seized. None have yet been associated with Annie Le,” FBI Special Agent Kim Mertz said while declining to confirm reports that the evidence included bloody clothing. Mertz also told reporters Saturday evening that there was no truth to a report that a body had been found. "We are not in a position to conclude whether this is a missing persons case or whether criminality is involved," Mertz said. University officials have urged the public not to jump to conclusion. "The investigation is at a very difficult stage," University Vice President and Secretary Linda Lorimer said, adding that many agencies are working together to find out what happened to the student. She said Le's family, which has asked for privacy, doesn't think Le would simply run away. Le was last seen about 10 a.m. Tuesday morning on surveillance camera outside a lab in the Yale School of Medicine complex, less than a mile from the main campus. About the same time, she swiped her Yale ID at the facility's entrance. There was no footage of her leaving the building, in spite of a fire alarm that went off about 12:40 p.m. The alarm isn't thought to be connected to her disappearance. RELATED STORIES Yale University Offers $10,000 Reward for Help Finding Missing Grad Student Yale University Graduate Student Disappears Days Before Her Wedding VIDEO Cold Feet or Foul Play? LINKS PHOTOS: Yale University Graduate Student Disappears Her purse, cell phone, credit cards and money were found in her office, a few blocks from the lab. She has not contacted her fiance, family or friends since Tuesday. The New York Daily News, citing an unnamed police source, reported earlier Friday that detectives had questioned a Yale professor. Le, a doctoral student in pharmacology at the Ivy League university, was supposed to attend the professor's class Tuesday afternoon, but the course was canceled shortly before Le was reported missing, according to the Daily News. But Lorimer told the Yale Daily News later that there was no reason to believe a professor is a suspect in the case. Click here for photos. Meanwhile, the missing woman's family canceled her Sunday wedding on Long Island, N.Y., according to a supervisor at the hall where the ceremony and reception were to have taken place. "The wedding is off," Nadeen Fotopoulos, a manager at the North Ritz Club in Syosset, told the News. She said 160 guests were supposed to attend. "It's very sad," she told the paper. "The hall will be dark Sunday morning." Detectives were spotted Saturday questioning a man outside the lab where Le worked. When they finished talking, the man got in the front seat of an unmarked car and one of the FBI agents got in the back seat. The car then drove away. Authorities previously said they had no evidence to indicate foul play in Le's disappearance. More than 100 investigators are working on the case. On Friday, Yale offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to the missing student. Investigators searched her office, the lab facilities where she did research and her apartment. Investigators were examining security camera footage from some 75 cameras near the building where Le was last spotted. "They are going frame by frame, looking at every image," Conroy said Friday. Le, a California native, was to be married to Jonathan Widawsky, a graduate student in physics at Columbia University. The two met as undergraduates at the University of Rochester. Widawsky has been cooperating with the investigation and is not considered a suspect, authorities say. Le is 4-foot-11, 90 pounds and of Asian descent with brown hair and brown eyes. Anyone with information on Le’s whereabouts is asked to contact the Yale Police Department at (203) 432-4400. FOX News' Rick Leventhal and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Sep 13th, 2009, 01:59 PM	#47
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Sep 13th, 2009, 03:10 PM	#50
ilovepinkhearts team edward. always. Joined: Dec 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 4,390	i pray that she will be found safe and sound, though that doesn't seem like how this story will end. it's so sad...her life with her husband should have started today.
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Sep 13th, 2009, 04:53 PM	#51
sweetdreamer16 Member Joined: May 2008 Location: Vancouver Posts: 2,035	so heartbreakingly sad! the outcome doesn't look very good! but with no body there is still hope! so sad that on what was supposed to be the happiest day in her life is now the saddest!
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Sep 13th, 2009, 06:07 PM	#52
exotikittenx Ooh la la! Joined: Jan 2007 Location: The City of Plain 'n Proper Posts: 6,096	This is just heartbreaking. Today was supposed to be their wedding day. Her poor fiance and family. So incredibly tragic, and horrible that a person could destroy people's lives like this.
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Sep 13th, 2009, 02:21 PM	#48
Lieu ILVOEMahina Joined: Sep 2005 Location: Humid USA Posts: 683	It just breaks your heart... I'll pray for her&her family.

Sep 13th, 2009, 07:53 PM	#54
JSH812 horses&hounds Joined: Jan 2008 Location: wild&wonderful Posts: 2,612	It's weird how it's very quiet. And I would think if it does have anything to do with the professor, they would release that information right away, due to safety issues and everything else... Roo - I'm with you about New Haven - it's a sketchy place.

Sep 13th, 2009, 08:08 PM	#55
LVLux Member Joined: Apr 2008 Location: Beautiful Pacific Northwest Posts: 11,172	Maybe they are holding the professor and he has asked for an attorney? That would slow things down if they think he is the one but is not talking-curious to know if he holds class on Monday or if he is a no show.

Sep 13th, 2009, 08:26 PM	#56
LushBoutique Live Glamourously Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 309	this is so sad, the evidence so far do not look so good, But I really hope that the outcome will be that they find her and she is okay. My thoughts and prayers are to her family and fiance.

Sep 13th, 2009, 08:38 PM	#57
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Sep 13th, 2009, 08:51 PM	#59
LVLux Member Joined: Apr 2008 Location: Beautiful Pacific Northwest Posts: 11,172	Turning n the TV now-What a loss-what is wrong with people? I used to think it was drugs making everyone so crazy but if it is the professor????? http://news.aol.com/article/yale-uni...nnie-le/665002 Search for Yale Bride Turns to Incinerator If he dumped her in the incinerator why would he not have put her clothes in there too-weird!
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