| Murder of Annie Le | |
|---|---|
 Images from missing person flyer released by New Haven police. Right: September 8, 2009, surveillance image taken upon Le's entrance of the research facility where she worked. Left: Undated and uncredited closeup of Le also on flyer. | |
| Location | 10 Amistad Street New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Date | September 8, 2009 |
Attack type | Murder by strangulation, attempted sexual assault |
| Victim | Annie Marie Le |
| Perpetrator | Raymond John Clark III[1] |
| Motive | Unknown |
| Verdict | Pleaded guilty |
| Convictions | Murder, attempted sexual assault
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| Sentence | 44 years imprisonment |
The murder of Annie Le occurred on September 8, 2009, while she was working on the New Haven, Connecticut, campus of Yale University. Annie Marie Thu Le (July 3, 1985 – September 8, 2009) was a 24-year-old doctoral student at the Yale School of Medicine's Department of Pharmacology. She was last seen in a research building on the New Haven campus on September 8. On September 13, the day that she was to be married, she was found dead inside the building.[2]
On September 17, police arrested the perpetrator, Raymond J. Clark III, a Yale laboratory technician who worked in the building.[1][3] Clark pleaded guilty to the murder on March 17, 2011.[4] Clark was sentenced to 44 years imprisonment on June 3.[5] The case generated frenetic media coverage.
- ^ a b Arnsdorf, Issac; Korn, Harrison; Miller, Zeke; Needham, Paul (September 17, 2009). "Clark Charged in Le Grd '13 Murder". Yale Daily News. Retrieved 2009-09-17.
- ^ "Clues point to inside job in Yale killing". NBC News. September 14, 2009. Retrieved 2009-09-14.
- ^ "Yale lab worker arrested in student's killing, police say". cnn.com. CNN. September 17, 2009. Retrieved September 17, 2009.
- ^ "Clark Pleads Guilty to Murder of Yale Student". ABC News. 2011-03-17. Retrieved 2017-09-20.
- ^ "Former Yale Lab Technician Gets 44 Years for Killing Student". Fox News. June 3, 2011.