<p>Has anyones heard about it? Did Yale announce it to the students? Any inputs/comments would greatly appreciate.</p>
<p>Police:</a> Yale student, a bride-to-be, disappears - CNN.com</p>
<p>I can't get in touch with my D to find out any info.</p>
<p>It certainly has made the national news. I had a pit in my stomach when I read the details - purse, cell phone left behind. I am praying for her safe return.</p>
<p>I heard about it and asked my son. He knew nothing about it, so I don’t know if they sent emails out (they should) or if he just didn’t check his email yet today. Very scary.</p>
<p>I’m hoping this is just cold feet before her wedding, and nothing sinister. It was in the YDN starting yesterday: [Yale</a> Daily News - GRADUATE STUDENT GOES MISSING](<a href=“http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/university-news/2009/09/10/graduate-student-goes-missing/]Yale”>http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/university-news/2009/09/10/graduate-student-goes-missing/)</p>
<p>desiw, there was an e-mail that went out today from the Chief of Police of the Yale Police Department. And, as mentioned, it was in the YDN.</p>
<p>Here is the text of the email that was sent out today:</p>
<p>"As you know from the information we provided publicly through the media yesterday, the Yale Police, with assistance from the FBI, the CT State Police, and the New Haven Police, are investigating the disappearance of Annie Le, a graduate student who is pursuing a joint PhD/MD degree at Yale. Ms. Les last known location was in a Yale research facility at 10 Amistad Street on Tuesday morning.</p>
<p>We have appealed to the general public, as well as to the Yale community, for any information about Ms. Les whereabouts and are actively pursuing all leads. Ms. Les professors, colleagues, friends, family, and her fiancé are assisting in the investigation. The State Police have searched the area of Ms. Les last known appearance with their bloodhounds; law enforcement officers are continuing to undertake detailed searches of the surrounding area; and security officials are reviewing images from closed-circuit cameras in the area.</p>
<p>If you have any information that might assist in the efforts to fine Ms. Le, please call the Yale Police at 203.432.4400 at any time."</p>
<p>Yale should have release the info or make an announcement sooner for helps from the public and someone might have heard or saw something that could help her, my D said it was announced this Wednesday, 9/9, also some students don’t have time to pick up a YDN to read it, they just started classes and are too busy for anything else.</p>
<p>IT HITS HOME (YALE), IT’S SCARY!</p>
<p>I thought she was missing last Tuesday?</p>
<p>She’ll be in our prayer!</p>
<p>It was on the cover of the Yale Daily News today…</p>
<p>ALL PARENTS should be very concerned, we can’t just dropped our kids off to college and not staying in contacts/communications with them (suitemates, classmates, professors, friends, who are involved in their lives) via cell, email, text, picmail, etc…</p>
<p>Please watch the movie called Taken, it might be stupid, but it will educate us.</p>
<p>There is a lot on the national news about sex trade, kidnapping, etc…</p>
<p>We still don’t know the circumstances of this young woman’s disappearance and I don’t think you need to get overwrought. Yale is in general a safe place to be, particularly for undergrads, if you’re sensible about when and where you walk. I’d be more worried about binge drinking and the swine flu than about a potential kidnapping.</p>
<p>Booklady, my first thought was that it was cold feet, too. At least I hope that’s all it is. There was a similar story maybe a year ago about a woman who also disappeared right before her wedding -she wasn’t from Yale - I don’t remember what state she was from, and they found her 2 wks later - she got cold feet before her wedding. We’ll keep our fingers crossed for this young woman’s safe return.</p>
<p>It is quite troubling that there is apparently evidence that she entered the research facility on Tuesday, but no evidence of a subsequent exit.</p>
<p>The photos of the dumpster search (presumably at the research facility) suggest to me that they are looking for a body. Very sad and very scary.</p>
<p>D’s friend, a Yale med student, said the missing girl is very outgoing. Since it is done in broad daylight, this is possibly a well-planned pre-wedding abduction by a stalker. The perpetrator must know the building very well to know where to carry out the crime and leave few traces behind.</p>
<p>Booklady -
We don’t know what happened to this young woman, and I know Yale is a safe place in general, but, kidnapping is a definite possibility, among several other possibilites. I don’t think it’s hyperbole to suggest that this be treated as a kidnapping until proven otherwise. If she was a runaway bride, why did she leave her cell phone and purse behind? </p>
<p>Swine flu in the US has caused generally mild illness, and binge drinking, well, that’s 100% preventable.</p>
<p>I’m very concerned about this young woman. I hope I’m just over-reacting.</p>
<p>What scares me most about that article is that it mentions her entering the building at about 10am and then an unexpected fire alarm with the building being evacuated a few hours later. I don’t know why, and I guess if the CCTV shows nobody fitting her description leaving the building during that time then it probably doesn’t mean anything. But something about that just doesn’t feel right.</p>
<p>I do hope she’s OK.</p>
<p>But I would urge people not to panic about this. Yes it is scary and tragic, but these things DON’T happen that often and as long as you take the same precautions as you normally would you should be fine.</p>
<p>Praying for her same return :(</p>
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<p>Certainly the police and FBI should treat it that way. I just don’t think Yale parents in general need to be overly concerned.</p>
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<p>I agree. I thought of the movie “Inside Man”, where everyone in the bank is released and it’s impossible to tell the good guys from the bad guys.</p>
<p>In any event, I also pray that she’s safe.</p>
<p>RedHerring, I saw the online video, it’s very sad & scary! </p>
<p>Booklady, what is binge drinking? Thanks for any inputs/comments.</p>