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Lab Technician Pleads Not Guilty in Murder of Yale Grad Student

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

NEW HAVEN, Conn — An animal research technician charged with killing a Yale University graduate student pleaded not guilty Tuesday to murder and a new charge of felony murder.

Raymond Clark III is accused of strangling 24-year-old Annie Le, of Placerville, Calif., in September, five days before her planned wedding. He appeared in New Haven Superior Court on Tuesday in an orange jumpsuit with his hands and legs shackled to enter the pleas and to waive his right to a probable cause hearing at which he could have challenged whether prosecutors had enough evidence to try him.

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Yale lab tech pleads not guilty in student killing
24-year-old graduate student Annie Le slain days before her wedding day
updated 2 hours, 15 minutes ago
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An animal research technician charged with killing a 24-year-old Yale University graduate student pleaded not guilty Tuesday to a murder charge and a new count of felony murder.

Prosecutors said in New Haven Superior Court on Tuesday that the new felony murder count had been filed against Clark. Both murder and felony murder carry 25 to 60 years in prison on conviction.

Felony murder is alleged when someone dies during the commission of a felony or attempted felony. Under Connecticut's felony murder law, prosecutors don't have to prove that a killing was intentional.

New Haven defense lawyer Hugh Keefe, who is not involved in the case, said the charge gives a jury another option if it finds that a homicide wasn't intentional.

Details of the new charge, including what the alleged felony was, were not released. Clark's lawyer, Beth Merkin, declined to comment on specifics of it.

Article:
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/35078897/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/
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Video: Man accused of killing a yale university classmate in court
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Dr. S. David Bernstein Expert Commentery of the Anni Le case at Yale University 1/29/09
TV News interview and expert commentary from Clinical Forensic Psychologist, Dr. S. David Bernstein on the Annie Le murder case at Yale University. Specific commentary focuses on workplace violence...
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People who were killed in their worst months
Sat, 01/23/2010 - 20:57.
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Annie Le (born July 3rd, killed Sept. 8th) &#8211; a water sign, killed in a month of an earth sign

Meredith Kercher (born Dec. 28th, killed Nov. 1st) &#8211; an earth sign, killed in a month of a tiffany water sign

Matthew Shepard (born Dec. 1st, killed Oct. 7th to Oct. 12th) - a fire sign, killed in a month of an air sign

John Lennon (born Oct. 9th, killed Dec. 8th) and tiffany co Abraham Lincoln (born Feb. 12th, killed April 15th) &#8211; air signs, killed in months of fire signs

As we can see, they were all killed about wedding dresses two months before or after their birthdays.

There are also people who were killed about six months from their birthdays: JFK (born May 29th, Killed Nov. 22nd), Harvey Milk evening dresses (born May 22nd, killed Nov. 27th).

Article:
http://jacksonville.com/interact/blog/hljjh/2010-01-23/people_who_were_killed_in_their_worst_months
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Clark Pleads Not Guilty in Yale Slaying
Updated 11:58 AM EST, Tue, Jan 26, 2010
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Raymond Clark III, the former Yale lab tech charged in the murder of Yale grad student Annie Le, pleaded not guilty to murder in court on Tuesday. He also pleaded not guilty to a new count of felony murder.

He also waived his right to a probable cause hearing.

His case has been delayed because of a backup at the state forensics lab, according to news reports.

During a probable cause hearing, prosecutors would have to prove they have enough evidence to justify the charge.

New Haven defense lawyer Hugh Keefe, who is not involved in the case, said the new charge gives a jury another option if it finds that a homicide wasn't intentional.

Article:
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local-beat/Yale-Slaying-Case-Goes-Back-to-Court-82584067.html
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Clark pleads not guilty in Yale slaying
Tuesday, January 26, 2010 11:11 AM EST
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Four months after he was arrested and charged in the slaying of Yale graduate student Annie Le, Raymond Clark III today entered a not guilty plea in Superior Court.

Also today, a second charge, felony murder, was added. Clark, of Middletown, had previously been charged with murder. Prosecutors did not explain why the new charge was added, but an attorney for Clark said it alleges that the death occurred in the process of committing another underlying felony.

Pleas of not guilty are routine at this stage of pretrial proceedings. Entering such a plea does not prevent Clark from pleading guilty to some of the charges at a later date in order to avoid a trial and seek a lesser sentence, if prosecutors agree to it.

Clark this morning also waived a probable-cause hearing. In such proceedings, the defendant asks prosecutors to show they have enough evidence to justify the charges. Defendants and their attorneys often waive those hearings.

The defense attorneys were also expected to ask Judge Roland Fasano to extend an order sealing one of the search warrant affidavits.

Other affidavits were unsealed in December, but Merkin said the warrant she and Lopez want to keep confidential is a later one. She said she could not say anything else about it because it&#8217;s sealed.

Article:
http://www.middletownpress.com/articles/2010/01/26/news/doc4b5f0d0c1d4f1962290861.txt
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Yale lab tech pleads not guilty in student killing
Posted: 01/26/2010 08:24:04 AM PST
Updated: 01/26/2010 11:31:40 AM PST
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Prosecutors say the felony murder charge against Clark is new. Felony murder is alleged when someone is killed during a felony or attempted felony. Details of the new charge, including what the alleged felony was, haven't been released. Under the felony murder law, prosecutors don't have to prove that a killing was intentional.

Both crimes carry a sentence of 25 to 60 years in prison.

Article:
http://www.mercurynews.com/crime-courts/ci_14270358
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Yale Suspect Pleads Not Guilty; Car To Be Returned
Raymond Clark III Appears In Court, Next Court Date Is March 3
10:59 a.m. EST, January 26, 2010
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Raymond J. Clark III entered not-guilty pleas to two counts &#8212; murder and felony murder &#8212; during a brief appearance in Superior Court Tuesday morning.

He also waived his right to a probable-cause hearing.

His next court date is March 3.

Also in court Tuesday, the judge agreed to return Raymond Clark's mother's car, a 1999 Ford Taurus, which had been confiscated shortly after Clark's arrest in September. Police said Clark was a passenger in the Taurus the day Le disappeared. According to search warrants, police found "blood-like stains" in the car. Clark and his girlfriend were seen leaving a coffee shop in the Taurus hours after Le was killed, according to affidavits.

Article:
http://www.courant.com/news/connect...ii-annie-le-yale-killing-0126,0,6180488.story
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Accused Yale Killer Hit With New Murder Charge
Clark Pleads Not Guilty in Murder of Grad Student Annie Le
Jan. 26, 2010
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A new charge of felony murder was filed today against accused Yale killer Ray Clark, indicating the homicide of graduate student Annie Le during the commission of another crime.

The new charge was revealed when Clark was arraigned in a Connecticut courtroom where he pleaded not guilty to both the original murder charge and the new charge of felony murder.

Clark, 24, appeared in the New Haven Superior Court clad in an orange jumpsuit and with his arms cuffed behind his back and his legs restricted in chains.

His hair neatly coiffed, Clark said little at the hearing, during which he waived his right to a probable cause hearing. Clark made one of his few public comments when Judge Roland Fasano when asked if he understood his rights. "Yes sir, your honor," Clark answered.

Clark's public defenders, Beth Merkin and Joe Lopez, told ABCNews.com following the brief hearing that their client's mood was "good" and that the hearing "went as expected."

The judge agreed today to allow Clark's mother's car, which had been kept by authorities to test for evidence, to be released.

The next court date is March 3, when the judge will hear arguements about whether to unseal a search warrant issued after Clark's Sept. 17 arrest.

Ray Clark Gets Visitors, Cell Mate in Connecticut Prison
Recent reports indicate that Clark receives regular visits from his parents as well as his former fiancee, all of whom often come at night or on the weekends when it is less likely that they get spotted.

According to prison records obtained by Newsday, one jailer described Clark as "nervous," "very respectful," and as one who asks "many questions."

In his own paperwork, Clark writes neatly, according to the paper, that his nickname behind bars is "Ray Ray."

Newsday cited prison records that state that when he first arrived at jail, Clark was "forced to wear a bulky anti-suicide smock upon intake to being strip-searched multiple times in a single day."
But in recent weeks Clark has been assigned a cellmate and is allowed to go outside for recreation time with other inmates.

Article:
http://abcnews.go.com/US/accused-yale-murderer-ray-clark-entered-guilty-plea/story?id=9664901
 
Not guilty plea in Yale murder
Additional charge added
Updated: Tuesday, 26 Jan 2010, 9:08 PM EST
Published : Tuesday, 26 Jan 2010, 5:28 AM EST
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News Channel 8 asked Criminal Defense Lawyer John Walkley if it's unusual to file more charges.

"Really isn't unusual to add on [charges] at any point even up to the point of trial depending on what they feel the facts are going to be," said Walkley.

Clark pleaded not guilty to both the felony murder and murder charge.

Clark is asking for a jury trial that is months away.

"In a murder case it could easily be another year; I would think a year and a half before that case is ready for trial," Walkley said.

Both murder and felony murder carry up to 60 years in prison.

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Article:
http://www.wtnh.com/dpp/news/crime/le-murder-suspect-expected-in-court-yale
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Clark pleads not guilty
Published Tuesday, January 26, 2010
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The felony murder charge was new Tuesday. It means that, if a jury concludes Le's death was unintentional, the prosecution can still get a conviction if it shows that Clark killed her in the course of another major crime, such as kidnapping, robbery or rape.

The prosecution has not presented any likely motive.

Clark spoke only a few words at the 10-minute hearing. He confirmed that he voluntarily chose to follow his lawyers' advice in skipping the probable cause hearing, in which state prosecutors would have to prove they have enough evidence to charge him.

The seal on the remaining search and seizure warrants that have not yet been released to the public will remain in effect until the next pre-trial hearing scheduled for Wednesday, March 3, at 2 p.m.

Article:
http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/university-news/2010/01/26/clark-pleads-not-guilty/
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Middletown man accused of killing Yale grad student enters not guilty plea
Published: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 2:13 AM EST
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Four months after he was arrested and charged in the slaying of Yale graduate student Annie Le, Raymond Clark III today entered a not guilty plea in Superior Court.

During previous pretrial proceedings, Lopez and Merkin said they needed more files from prosecutors to decide about the probable-cause hearing. Although both attorneys, who are public defenders, are busy with the trial of a Meriden man charged with murder, they said Monday they have had enough time to go through the most important information in the state&#8217;s Clark file.

The defense attorneys were also expected to ask Judge Roland Fasano to extend an order sealing one of the search warrant affidavits.

Other affidavits were unsealed in December, but Merkin said the warrant she and Lopez want to keep confidential is a later one. She said she could not say anything else about it because it&#8217;s sealed.

Article:
http://www.middletownpress.com/articles/2010/01/27/news/doc4b5fb8f59d5b3332109424.txt
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Clark pleads not guilty
Published Wednesday, January 27, 2010
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Also at the hearing, Judge Roland Fasano said the remaining search and seizure warrants that are still under seal will be discussed at the next pre-trial hearing, scheduled for March 3.

Beth Merkin, one of Clark&#8217;s two public defenders, said the additional charge of felony murder allows the prosecution to construct a number of possible scenarios in which Clark could have caused Le&#8217;s death.

&#8220;In any hypothetical homicide, felony murder ensures the prosecution won&#8217;t get boxed-in,&#8221; she said. &#8220;It provides for alternate theories to be made about the crime.&#8221;

Jack Ford &#8217;72, a prominent legal commentator and retired trial lawyer, said the decision to plead not guilty does not preclude Clark from later pleading guilty and seeking a plea a bargain at some point during the trial process.

With regard to the court documents that remain sealed, Merkin said she is confident some new information will be released at the next pre-trial hearing in March. She added, however, that she expects any information already redacted in the materials, originally released in November, will remain unavailable to the public, as will any content related to the redactions.

One of the defense&#8217;s worries with the release of the remaining sealed documents is that the details contained in them may affect the defense&#8217;s ability to select an unbiased jury if Clark&#8217;s case goes to trial, Merkin said.

But in the actual legal proceedings, Ford said, the defense should not be so preoccupied with keeping certain information from a potential jury pool.

Article:
http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/city-news/2010/01/27/clark-pleads-not-guilty-tuesday/
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Raymond Clark Pleads Not Guilty In Le's Death
Clark Waives Right To Probable Cause Hearing
POSTED: 10:15 am EST January 26, 2010
UPDATED: 9:30 pm EST January 26, 2010
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Former prosecutor Jeff Meyer, who now teaches law at Quinnipiac University, said felony murder carries the same penalty as murder, but does not require proving Clark intentionally tried to kill Le. Instead, they would have to convince a jury that Clark, while committing a felony, caused the death of Le.

Prosecutors, however, tell Eyewitness News that because the investigation is ongoing, they will not say what underlying felony they plan to charge Clark with.

Both crimes carry 25 to 60 years in prison on conviction.

Video: Raymond Clark III Enters Not Guilty Plea
http://www.wfsb.com/video/22348744/index.html

Article:
http://www.wfsb.com/news/22342766/detail.html
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Suspect In Killing Of Yale Student Now Faces A Charge Of Felony Murder
January 27, 2010
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Former Yale University lab technician Raymond J. Clark III now faces two murder charges in the slaying of graduate student Annie Le.

Prosecutors recently added the charge of felony murder to the charge of murder that Clark already faces. Clark entered not-guilty pleas in Superior Court to both charges during a brief appearance Tuesday.

Neither prosecutors nor Clark's defense attorneys would say Tuesday what felony Clark is alleged to have committed. No information about the new charge was available in Clark's court file.

Article:
http://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/yale-annie-le/hc-clark-plea-0127.artjan27,0,4581839.story
 
Evidence On Hold
DNA Samples, Fingerprints, Rape Kits Wait Months As State Crime Lab Struggles With Backlog
2:35 p.m. EST, January 30, 2010
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For nearly two years, the DNA samples connecting Ronald Brown to the rape of a teenage girl sat in the state police forensic laboratory while the convicted murderer roamed the streets of New Haven. :shakehead: Brown had been released from prison in November 2006 -- but not before giving authorities a DNA sample that was supposed to be analyzed by the state lab and logged into a national DNA databank.

Six months later, Brown's DNA sample was still on the shelf, with thousands of other untested samples, when a 15-year-old girl was dragged behind a house on Chapel Street in New Haven and sexually assaulted. A rape kit, including DNA evidence from the girl's attacker, was taken the day after the May 4, 2007, assault and sent by New Haven police detectives to the state police lab in August 2007.

But two more years would pass before scientists in the lab analyzed Brown's DNA sample -- and found that it matched the DNA in the New Haven rape. Brown was arrested last week, 32 months after the crime, and charged with first-degree sexual assault and kidnapping.

DNA analysis has revolutionized crime-solving. But heavy backlogs have become the norm at Connecticut's once-renowned forensic laboratory, leading to long delays that critics say put the public at risk.

The laboratory now has a backlog of 10,600 DNA samples from convicted offenders that haven't been processed and entered into the databank.

The November 2009 memo, written to State Police Commissioner John A. Danaher III, says:

--Police departments submitting DNA evidence from a homicide scene can expect to wait as long as nine months for processing, unless it is a high-profile case such as the killing of Yale student Annie Le. Evidence from 35 homicides has not yet been processed. --Latent fingerprints found at a crime scene can take a year for the laboratory to analyze against a national database. --Rape kits with potential DNA evidence may be shelved for up to a year. The state has 110 rape kits that have not been analyzed. --Firearms submitted for identification can take from nine months to a year to review. In the memo, Director Kenneth Zercie blames the backlog on staff cuts. He wrote that in July 2009, for example, the lab had five examiners who handled fingerprints and documents; now it has one.

Danaher said the lab has to prioritize cases. In the Annie Le killing, for example, authorities collected hundreds of pieces of evidence and the lab worked around the clock to do the DNA tests that allowed police to charge Raymond Clark with murder. "There were a lot of bodies from the lab that worked a lot of hours on the Annie Le case and they are still working a lot of hours on that case right now,'' Danaher said. "Every time a priority case comes in other cases get pushed back.''

It took the lab about six months to process the rape kit. But Brown's DNA sample was not processed until Jan. 29, 2009 -- more than two years after it was received. Lab officials realized they had a match in April 2009. :eek:

Berkowitz said failing to analyze DNA samples, particularly in sexual-assault cases, puts the public at risk. "Rapists tend to be serial criminals. They tend to commit a lot of attacks before they're found. And because most cases never get reported to the police, the odds of catching them are even lower," he said. "But in a case that actually is reported to police and the evidence is collected, it's crazy to leave them on the streets."

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A Must Read Article!!! "Caution!": You Will Be :furious:!

Article:
http://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-connecticut-dna-crime-lab-0130,0,4716548.story
 
Yale Murder Case Is Focus of E! Special
Updated 4:00 PM EST, Wed, Feb 24, 2010
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E! is known for dishing on celeb relationships, movies and other entertainment-type news, but E! is broadcasting hard news through E! Investigates,&#8221; and tonight's episode will focus on the Annie Le murder at Yale.

The is called "Crime on Campus" and will focus, in part, on the graduate student slaying, the New Haven Register reports, and it will feature an interview with the editor of the Yale Daily News and New Haven's police chief.

Ross said the show does not just sensationalize the crimes, but also tries to get &#8220;behind the headlines, up close and personal to make it a little more real&#8221; in cases that may or may not have an entertainment connection.

Article:
http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/...ocus-of-E-Entertainment-Special-85032567.html
 
Lab tech charged with student killing in court Wednesday
Sunday, February 28, 2010
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An animal research technician charged with killing a Yale University graduate student is returning to court. Raymond Clark III is scheduled to appear Wednesday in New Haven Superior Court.

Article:
http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local&id=7303064
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Lab tech charged in Yale killing returning to court
Published: Monday, March 1, 2010 9:34 AM EST
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Raymond Clark III, of Middletown, is scheduled to appear Wednesday in New Haven Superior Court.

Clark is accused of strangling 24-year-old Annie Le, of Placerville, Calif., in September. Le&#8217;s body was found stuffed behind a research lab wall on the day she was supposed to get married on Long Island. Clark, 24, has pleaded not guilty to murder charges. He has been jailed in lieu of $3 million bail.

Article:
http://www.middletownpress.com/articles/2010/03/01/news/doc4b8b34d3ed462321169565.txt
 
*NOTE: Hearing Today 2pm ET!

Clark warrant may be unsealed
Published Wednesday, March 3, 2010
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This afternoon a judge will likely unseal the last search warrant in the investigation into Yale lab technician Raymond Clark III, who pleaded not guilty in January to the murder of Annie Le GRD &#8217;13, one of Clark&#8217;s lawyers said Tuesday, even though a motion has been filed to keep the warrants sealed. The lawyer, Joseph Lopez, declined to comment on the warrant&#8217;s contents because it is sealed, but said he does not think it will contain any surprising information.

&#8220;I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s been kept [sealed] longer than the others because of any great surprises,&#8221; Lopez said. &#8220;There&#8217;s not anything particularly unusual about it. It&#8217;s just more of the same.&#8221; The search and seizure warrant in question was issued after Clark was arrested on Sept. 17, Lopez said.

Clark will not appear in court today because his attorneys did not feel his presence was necessary, Lopez said. It is not uncommon for a defendant not to appear in court if details that don&#8217;t require his or her presence or immediate consultation are going to be discussed, Grudberg said.

Article:
http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/city-news/2010/03/03/clark-warrant-may-be-unsealed/
 
Judge To Unseal Final Annie Le Warrant
Mar 3, 2010 3:43 pm
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Judge Roland Fasano issued the ruling Wednesday in the case of Ray Clark, who was charged with strangling Le and hiding her body in a wall in the basement of a Yale lab building where they both worked. Clark waived his right to appear at a brief court hearing Wednesday in state Superior Court on Church Street. In his absence, Judge Fasano ruled on the defense&#8217;s request to extend the seal on a final search warrant affidavit.

Fasano unsealed redacted versions of eight other search warrant affidavits in Clark&#8217;s case in December. The documents revealed a trove of new information on what led police to justify searching the body and possessions of 24-year-old Clark in the days leading up to his arrest. They revealed, for example, that police claimed they found blood &#8220;in plain view&#8221; on the kitchen floor of Clark&#8217;s Middletown apartment. One more affidavit remains under seal by request of the defense, Judge Fasano said Wednesday. The search warrant was issued sometime after Clark&#8217;s arrest, he said. Clark&#8217;s lawyers, Public Defenders Beth Merkin and Joseph Lopez, requested the seal be extended. Fasano turned down that request. He ruled that the ninth affidavit, like the others, should be redacted and unsealed.

Fasano said he would issue a memorandum ordering that the final affidavit be redacted and released to the public in three working days, allowing time for appeals. The redacted document would likely be released Tuesday morning, depending on when Fasano issues that memo.

Clark was given a new court date of April 7.

Article:
http://newhavenindependent.org/inde...ls_9th_affidavit_in_annie_le_slaying/id_24190
 
Judge To Decide This Month On Release Of Warrant In Annie Le Investigation
4:50 p.m. EST, March 3, 2010
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A Superior Court judge will decide later this month whether to unseal the last search warrant police used to investigate the death of Yale University student Annie Le last September.

Judge Roland D. Fasano said Wednesday that he intends to redact certain passages from the warrant and write a memorandum of his intent to make the document public. Then, interested parties have three days to appeal.

It is unclear how police used this warrant in their investigation. Warrants typically include crime details that police use to support their request to search for evidence.

Article:
http://www.courant.com/news/connect...-annie-le-search-warrant-0303,0,6239794.story
 
Annie Le Yale slaying probe: Final warrant to be released
Published: Thursday, March 4, 2010 2:48 AM EST
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The final search warrant affidavit in the police investigation of Raymond Clark III, of Middletown, and his alleged slaying of Yale graduate student Annie Le soon will be unsealed, a Superior Court judge announced Wednesday during a court hearing. Judge Roland Fasano said he will file a memorandum on the matter and will redact sensitive material, as he did with the previous warrants.

This will be followed by a three-day appeal period for attorneys and prosecutors. The document then will be released to the public.

Clark&#8217;s attorneys, public defenders Joseph E. Lopez and Beth A. Merkin, were unable to be in court Wednesday, but Public Defender Tejas Bhatt represented Clark. The defendant did not appear either, because all parties knew the hearing would be brief.

A court clerk estimated the material will be released within the next few weeks. Fasano scheduled the next pre-trial session for 2 p.m. April 7.

Article:
http://www.middletownpress.com/articles/2010/03/04/news/doc4b8f36a8eebf1632113199.txt
 
Clark warrant to be public
Published Thursday, March 4, 2010
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The last search warrant in the case of case of Raymond Clark III, the man who in January pleaded not guilty to the September murder of Annie Le GRD &#8217;13, will likely be made public in the coming weeks.

New Haven Superior Court Judge Roland Fasano said at a brief hearing Wednesday that he plans to &#8220;apply the same reasoning and the same standards&#8221; to the unsealing of the final warrant as he did in unsealing the other warrants in the case, which were made public in November and December, and that he plans to redact portions of the remaining warrant.

Within a few weeks, Fasano will file a memorandum calling for the documents to be unsealed, and the unsealed portions of the warrant will be held for three days afterward before being released in order to allow for an appeal.

The warrant was issued after Clark&#8217;s Sept. 17 arrest, one of Clark&#8217;s lawyers, Joseph Lopez, said Tuesday.

Article:
http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/city-news/2010/03/04/clark-warrant-be-public/
 
Final Annie Le Warrant To Be Unsealed On Monday
Mar 9, 2010 3:19 pm
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New details in the killing of Yale grad student Annie Le may be revealed Monday, as a judge has ordered a final search warrant affidavit to be opened to public view.

Superior Court Judge Roland Fasano issued a memorandum Tuesday afternoon calling for a 10th search warrant affidavit to be unsealed in the case of Raymond Clark. Clark, a former Yale lab tech, was charged Sept. 17 with strangling Le and hiding her body in a Yale lab building where they both worked. Fasano&#8217;s ruling concerns a final search warrant executed on or about Nov. 30, after Clark&#8217;s arrest. The document has remained under seal at the request of the defense.

Fasano said he has redacted limited portions of the 10th search warrant affidavit, as he did with prior affidavits. He removed &#8220;specific, offending material.&#8221; He didn&#8217;t publicly state why he was redacting those portions, because doing so would reveal the substance of the redactions.

Clark entered a pro-forma not guilty plea on Jan. 26 to two charges of murder and felony murder. His next court date is April 7.

Article:
http://newhavenindependent.org/inde...10th_annie_le_warrant_to_be_unsealed/id_24359
 
Yale killing search warrant being unsealed
Saturday, March 13, 2010
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A search warrant will be unsealed in the case of an animal research technician charged with killing a Yale University graduate student.

New Haven Superior Court Judge Roland Fasano ruled last week that parts of the search warrant would be unsealed Monday.

Article:
http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local&id=7328853
 
Yale killing: Judge may unseal last warrant today
Published: Monday, March 15, 2010
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The last of the search warrants in the case of Raymond Clark III, of Middletown, who pleaded not guilty in January to the murder of Yale graduate student Annie Le, will be released as early as today.

New Haven Superior Court Judge Roland Fasano on Tuesday issued a ruling saying parts of the search warrant would be unsealed after three business days if attorneys don&#8217;t appeal. A court clerk says that means the warrant would be unsealed today.

The judge ordered portions of the search warrant that he called &#8220;offending material&#8221; be blacked out.

Article:
http://www.middletownpress.com/articles/2010/03/15/news/doc4b9d9a4c96e7e401891765.txt
 
Warrant: Why Cops Sought Saliva Sample From Annie Le&#8217;s Alleged Killer&#8217;s Fiancee
Mar 15, 2010 9:26 am
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Police sought a DNA sample from the fiancee of a Yale lab tech accused of killing Yale grad student Annie Le. They were trying to determine if she played any role in the murder.

That information surfaced in a redacted search warrant affidavit released Monday.

According to the Nov. 25, 2009 warrant, written by New Haven Detectives Scott Branfuhr and Al Vazquez, police had obtained a lanyard attached to the fiancee&#8217;s identification card during a previous raid of a Middletown apartment she shared with Clark. DNA collected from that lanyard matched fiancee&#8217;s DNA. So did part of a DNA &#8220;mixture&#8221; found on a pen and a bloody sock discovered along with Annie Le&#8217;s body in a basement wall cavity of a Yale animal lab testing facility at 10 Amistad St.

&#8220;Obtaining buccal swabs from [the fiancee] will either prove or disprove whether or not [she] is the single source of said DNA profile obtained from the lanyard, the sock, and the pen,&#8221; the detectives wrote. &#8220;Obtaining a confirmatory DNA sample from the source of the DNA found in these items will help investigators prove or disprove any involvement [she] may have had in the murder of Annie Le.&#8221;

But they were at least making sure to cover their bases.

PDF: Read The Warrant
http://newhavenindependent.org/archives/upload/Search__Seizure_Warrant.pdf

Article:
http://newhavenindependent.org/inde...rom_alleged_annie_le_killers_fiancee/id_24514
 
10th search warrant in Le case released
Monday, March 15, 2010
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The 10th search warrant in the investigation of Raymond Clark III and the slaying of Yale graduate student Annie Le focuses on Clark&#8217;s fiancee, Jennifer Hromadka, including tests of her DNA, but there is no evidence linking her to Le&#8217;s death.

The warrant, released this morning, is blacked out in a couple of parts after the phrase, &#8220;Jennifer Hromadka, a white female.&#8221; A Superior Court judge, prosecutors and defense attorneys agreed certain portions would be redacted.

Hromadka works as a Yale animal technician, as did Clark. The document noted that sometimes she works at the Animal Research Center at 10 Amistad St., where Le&#8217;s body was found Sept. 13. She was reported missing Sept. 8.

However, the police affidavit stated Hromodka&#8217;s electronic key card usage from Sept. 8-13 showed she did not use it to access 10 Amistad St. during that period. Police have said Clark did use his key card repeatedly during that time.

10th Annie Le Search Warrant
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Article:
http://www.nhregister.com/articles/2010/03/15/news/new_haven/doc4b9e45178059b319055051.txt
 
Cops wanted fiancée's DNA for crime scene tests
Published Monday, March 15, 2010
Updated: 12:11 p.m.
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Police sought DNA samples from the fiancée of Raymond Clark III, who pleaded not guilty in January to the murder of Annie Le GRD &#8217;13, because they thought her DNA might match traces found at the crime scene, according to documents released today.

The fiancée, Jennifer Hromadka, has not been a suspect in the investigation, her attorney, Robert Berke, said in December. But police requested her DNA on Nov. 25 in hopes of determining whether it matched an unknown female DNA sample found in Clark&#8217;s apartment and on the inside of a bloody green pen at the crime scene, according to the search warrant just released.

As of November, the document said, the sample could not be &#8220;eliminated&#8221; as a possible contributor to the mixture of DNA found on one of Le&#8217;s white athletic socks, which was hidden in a ceiling of the Yale research facility at 10 Amistad St., where Le&#8217;s body was discovered Sept. 13.

Berke said he did not know whether Hromadka's DNA matched any traces found in the crime scene or whether she was now considered a suspect in the case.

Joseph Lopez, one of Clark's defense lawyers, said he does not believe DNA testing for the investigation has been completed and does not know whether Hromadka is a suspect. He added that because they have been dating, their DNA most likely would be found together in various places.

"All DNA can tell you is if someone came into contact with something," Lopez said. "[The warrant] really hasn't changed anything in the case."

Article:
http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/u...es-dna-could-match-le-crime-scene-police-sus/
 
Yale Suspect&#8217;s Fiancée Submitted Saliva for Investigation
Updated 11:45 AM EDT, Mon, Mar 15, 2010
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The fiancée of Raymond Clark III, the former Yale animal lab tech charged in the murder of Annie Le, submitted saliva for DNA analysis as police began investigating the case.

A search warrant released on Monday and shows that police seized Jennifer Hromadka&#8217;s lanyard and saliva to compare to evidence found at the crime scene. Hromadka and Clark both worked as Yale lab technicians and lived together in Middletown.

Police found the lanyard on Sept. 16 while searching the couple&#8217;s home and said they conducted the DNA analysis to determine whether or not Hromadka was the only source of DNA found on the lanyard, a sock and a pen.

&#8220;Obtaining a confirmatory DNA sample from the source of the DNA found in these items will help investigators prove or disprove any involvement Jennifer Hromadka may have had in the murder of Annie Le,&#8221; the search warrant states.

The warrant does not include the DNA results but Hromdaka has not been charged in connection with the case. Clark is the only person to be charged in the case.

Article:
http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/...m-Yale-Suspects-Fiancee-Warrant-87652862.html
 
Warrant: DNA Of Clark's Fiance Tested
Lab Technician Accused In Graduate Student's Death
POSTED: 10:32 am EDT March 15, 2010
UPDATED: 12:54 pm EDT March 15, 2010
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The warrant, released Monday, does not reveal the results of testing of Jennifer Hromadka's DNA. The warrant shows that DNA taken from Hromadka's lanyard was compared to DNA found on a bloody sock and pen.

"The source of the DNA profile from the lanyard cannot be eliminated as a contributor to the DNA profile from the blood-like stain from the outside of the sock," the warrant reads.

Hromadka is engaged to lab technician Clark and also worked at the university. The couple also shared a Middletown apartment.

Sources in the case told Eyewitness News that all people int he lab were asked to voluntarily submit DNA samples. An attorney for Hromadka told Eyewitness News that his client did not agree to submit DNA samples voluntarily.

PDF: Raymond Clark Search Warrant
http://www.wfsb.com/download/2009/1202/21786993.pdf

PDF: Arrest Warrant In Annie Le Case
http://www.wfsb.com/download/2009/1113/21606377.pdf

Video: Warrant In Yale Murder Case Unsealed 1:53
http://www.wfsb.com/video/22843905/index.html

Article:
http://www.wfsb.com/news/22842349/detail.html
 
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