<p>I’ve never seen a press conference where no info was given out. There was no reason to have it unless they were actually going to tell us something. They should’ve waited till they tested the bloody clothing.</p>
<p>The false fire alarm is very suspicious. Someone didn’t want people to know what they were doing in the building, presumably with her.</p>
<p>Unless the info was leaked, I really wish they didn’t publicize the finding of the bloody clothes. Its making the students at Yale and the community more nervous and antsy about the situation and, some, hopeless for her safe return home. Wherever she is, I hope she is not struggling. I pray for her safe recovery.</p>
<p>“Body of missing Yale student Annie Le found on campus in medical school lab”</p>
<p>The article should not have been titled in this unqualified way.</p>
<p>It’s the NY Daily News - tabloid journalism at its finest. You’ll notice that both that article and the Fox News one linked above it have been changed.</p>
<p>Mertz is not in a position to colclude that there is criminality involved?</p>
<p>What?</p>
<p>Bloody clothes secreted behind ceiling tiles, a 24 year old student missing, and she won’t connect the dots?</p>
<p>Sad story, I pray for her family, and fiance especially. It’s unfortunate, but safe to presume that she isn’t alive. I want to know why this happened though. I doubt she committed suicide, and most homicides are committed by people who knew the victim and vice versa.</p>
<p>There is no doubt but that in this situation and following this story . . . we are all Yalies today.</p>
<p>Guys, blood doesn’t necessarily mean death! Bloody clothes can indicate struggle, not that that is any better… I don’t think we have to presume she is dead!</p>
<p>You are so right, plinz. I was just driving home and I thought about the post I made last night and was thinking how poorly I worded my thoughts. I was reacting to comments about crime-free towns and unfortunately my thoughts went to how my quiet town in a bucolic setting was rocked by violence recently. Poor judgement to make such a post.</p>
<p>None of the circumstances surrounding Ms. Lee makes any sense so I am hoping that she is still alive. I think what must be making this difficult for authorities is that the pieces don’t add up to any plausible theory. </p>
<p>Anyway, I think all of us are worried greatly for Ms. Lee and those who love her. I just can’t imagine their pain.</p>
<p>thank you Pton grad for your kind thoughts.</p>
<p>[Yale</a> Daily News - Investigators search trash at Hartford incinerator](<a href=“http://www.yaledailynews.com/crosscampus/2009/09/13/investigators-search-trash-hartford-incinerator/]Yale”>http://www.yaledailynews.com/crosscampus/2009/09/13/investigators-search-trash-hartford-incinerator/)</p>
<p>Incredibly tragic- I hope there is some way she can be found OK, even though the odds are exceedingly slim-</p>
<p>my sister started at Yale two years after the Suzanne Jovin murder and she said off-campus/surroundings were unsafe for women to walk alone at night. New Haven is well known to be among the most dangerous cities in the country for violent crime- just walking from the train station to campus takes you through some sketchy places… </p>
<p>But what is so shocking here is that Annie was (presumably) abducted at lunch time on a busy day in a university building.</p>
<p>Sorry, cmburns, but New Haven is not that dangerous and is actually a pretty nice town. Women walking anywhere late at night alone are at risk. On campus Yale is very safe. There are two difficult areas late at night, past the garage out at the edge of campus near Science Hill and over to the med school. </p>
<p>My understanding is she disappeared from a lab that’s not even near campus. It’s on the other side of the freeway close to the Amtrak station and not on the main medical campus either. To repeat, this is not campus. </p>
<p>If reports are correct that clothes were found stuffed in the ceiling, then this is certainly not street crime at all but would be done by a person she knows or someone with access to the lab, meaning an “insider.”</p>
<p>well New Haven is ranked 37th most dangerous out of 324 major U.S. cities by Morgan Quinto, with a murder rate in 2006 of more than 3 times that of New York (23 for 124,000 residents, 18.5 per 100,000) vs. 5.9 per 100,000 in New York City- which includes areas like Mott Haven, Hunts Point, Bed Stuy, Bushwick and East New York…</p>
<p>Do we have confirmation that a crime has been committed here?</p>
<p>I’m at Yale on a recruiting visit and they just sent out an e-mail to students that they found her body. It was in the basement of the office building. There’s a very grim mood here and our thoughts and prayers all go out to her family.</p>
<p>^^Yes, that human remains have been found was just reported on local news.^^</p>
<p>[Police:</a> Missing student case now a homicide investigation - CNN.com](<a href=“http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/09/13/missing.yale.student/index.html]Police:”>Police: Body found could be missing Yale student - CNN.com)</p>
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<p>are you Linda Lorimer? She seems to have this smirk on her face when she said tabloid Fox News. Makes me want to pull her teeth out now that the body is found.</p>
<p>It was untrue that a body was discovered yesterday, as published by both NY Daily News and the Fox News. A body was only discovered after 5pm today. So, both Ms. Lorimer and Booklady were correct in discrediting the source of the false information to stop the spread of the rumor.</p>
<p>It’s unbearably tragic. Thoughts and prayers to her family and her family-to-be…</p>
<p>This is such a tragedy.</p>
<p>Here is the text of a recent email sent by President Levin:</p>
<p>To the Yale community:</p>
<p>It is my tragic duty to report that the body of a female was found in the basement of the Amistad Building late this afternoon. The identity of the woman has not yet been established. An identification and autopsy will be undertaken by the Connecticut Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.</p>
<p>Our hearts go out to Annie Le’s family, fianc</p>