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Search warrant on Yale suspect's fiancee released
Posted: 03/15/2010 04:08:40 AM PDT
Updated: 03/15/2010 08:25:17 AM PDT
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Authorities investigating the killing of a Yale University graduate student sought the DNA of the suspect's girlfriend to determine whether she had any involvement, according to a newly released search warrant.
The warrant released Monday does not indicate the test results of the DNA taken from Jennifer Hromadka, whose fiance, Raymond Clark III, is charged with killing 24-year-old Annie Le in September. Hromadka hasn't been charged, and police have said they don't expect to make any more arrests in the case.

Police say Clark's DNA was found on a pen under Le's body, and his and Le's DNA was found on a bloody sock. The warrant was obtained to compare DNA on Hromadka's ID lanyard with DNA on the sock and pen.

Telephone messages left Monday for Hromadka's attorney, police and a prosecutor weren't immediately returned.

Clark and Hromadka were seen leaving a coffee shop in a car in which "blood-like stains" were found hours after Le was killed, according to search warrant affidavits unsealed in December.

Experts said investigators may seek someone's DNA to exclude him or her as a source of the DNA that was collected as evidence.

Article:
http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_14677892
 
Fiancee of Yale Murder Suspect Was Also Investigated
Annie Le Was Found Murdered in a Yale Labratory in September 2009
March 15, 2010
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According to a search warrant released today, DNA found on a lanyard that attached to Jennifer Hromadka's university key card was found on a pen and a bloody sock found in the wall where Le's body was stuffed.

The search warrant claimed that because of the apparent DNA matches between Hromadka's lanyard and on the bloody socks, there was "probably cause that evidence of the crime of murder... will be found within the ... swab taken from Jennifer Hromadka."

But the results of the DNA tests, which were taken more than three months ago in November, are not revealed in the search warrant, and Hromadka has never been accused or charged in connection to Le's murder.
*More at link!

Article:
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Law/ray-clarks-fiancee-dna-annie-le-murder/story?id=10104470
 
Warrant in Yale murder case unsealed
DNA taken from Ray Clark's girlfriend
Updated: Monday, 15 Mar 2010, 3:15 PM EDT
Published : Monday, 15 Mar 2010, 11:43 AM EDT
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The search warrant is for the DNA of Jennifer Hromadka, Clark's fiance. Hromadka has not been charged in the case.

New warrant released in Yale killing
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Read PDF: Arrest Warrant
http://media2.wtnh.com/_local/documents/2010_03_15_hromadka_warrant.pdf

Article:
http://www.wtnh.com/dpp/news/crime/new-haven-yale-murder-case
 
Le slaying: No evidence links Clark's fiancee
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
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Robert Berke, the attorney for Raymond Clark III&#8217;s fiancee, Jennifer Hromadka, confirmed Monday that police had obtained a court order to get a saliva sample from her in late November or early December in order to get her DNA. He said he did not know the results. &#8220;As far as I know, she is not a suspect,&#8221; Berke said. &#8220;But no one has told me either way.&#8221;

The warrant was obtained to compare the DNA on her lanyard with DNA on the sock and pen. A source noted Monday that Hromakda could have come into contact with objects such as the pen and sock during her regular domestic activities at the Middletown apartment she shared with Clark.

Although Hromadka occasionally is assigned to 10 Amistad St., the document said, a review of her electronic key card usage for Sept. 8-13 showed she did not use her card to access that building in that period. Le was reported missing Sept. 8, and her body was found behind a wall at the research building Sept. 13.

But the affidavit also added, &#8220;It is not uncommon for an individual employed and assigned to work at 10 Amistad St. to access the facility by following behind others accessing and using their respective electronic key cards.&#8221;

Article:
http://www.middletownpress.com/articles/2010/03/16/news/doc4b9e608027337537357512.txt
 
Warrant: Clark's Fiancée Submitted Saliva Sample To Police
March 16, 2010
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The warrant, obtained by police Nov. 25 and made public Monday, sought samples from Jennifer Hromadka to compare her DNA profile with evidence found at the crime scene. Her attorney, Robert Berke, said police had not contacted him since the warrant was issued. He said he did not know the outcome of the tests.

Prosecutor John Waddock declined to comment on the case Monday, as did Beth Merkin, Clark's public defender.

A report on the testing of the lanyard showed "the findings of a single female DNA profile obtained from the neck area of the lanyard which has Jennifer Hromadka's identification card attached and the results of a comparison of that lanyard to other pieces of evidence described as a pen and a sock, both of which were located within the wall cavity where Annie Le's lifeless body was found," the search warrant said.

Scientists testing the samples told police "that an object consistently or routinely worn by an individual is expected to generate a DNA profile from that individual," the warrant said.

To confirm that the DNA on the lanyard belonged to Hromadka, the warrant says, investigators needed to compare it with Hromadka's DNA. "Obtaining [mouth] swabs from Jennifer Hromadka will either prove or disprove whether or not Jennifer Hromadka is the single source of said DNA profile obtained from the lanyard, the sock and the pen," the warrant says. "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."

Article:
http://www.courant.com/news/connect...clark-affidavit-0316.artmar15,0,6486947.story
 
Fiancee stands by accused Yale killer Ray Clark
Posted on March 16, 2010 at 11:35 AM
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The lawyer for Hromadka told ABCNews.com that she is still supporting Clark and that the results from the DNA tests ordered by the state prosecutor's office in November have still not been released. "As far as I know, they are still together," said criminal lawyer Robert Berke. "And we are waiting, just like every one else, for results [of the DNA test]."

Berke said that Hromadka has been visiting Clark in prison but is not sure how recently she has been to see him. Asked whether his client is concerned about the results of the DNA test, Berke said, "She is not worried."

It is not unusual, said Berke, for results of DNA comparisons to take months due to a backlog at the state's forensic laboratory.

According to a search warrant released today, DNA found on a lanyard that attached to Hromadka's university key card was found on a pen and a bloody sock found in the wall where Le's body was stuffed.

The search warrant claimed that because of the apparent DNA matches between Hromadka's lanyard and on the bloody socks, there was "probably cause that evidence of the crime of murder... will be found within the ... swab taken from Jennifer Hromadka."

Clark entered a not guilty plea on Jan. 26 to two charges of murder and felony murder. He is due in court again April 7.
*More at link!

Article:
http://www.whas11.com/news/crimetra...y-accused-Yale-killer-Ray-Clark-87801847.html
 
Cops wanted fiancée&#8217;s DNA for crime scene tests
Published Monday, March 22, 2010
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The fiancée, Jennifer Hromadka, has not been named as a suspect in the investigation. But police requested her DNA on Nov. 25 in order to determine 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.

Hromadka&#8217;s attorney, Robert Berke, said last week that he did not know whether Hromadka&#8217;s DNA matched any traces found in the crime scene or whether she was now considered a suspect in the case.

According to documents released in December, surveillance videos from the day Le disappeared show Hromadka meeting Clark shortly after he left 10 Amistad St. on Sept. 8, the day Le was reported missing. After sitting at a table on the corner of Congress Avenue and Cedar Street, Clark entered a nearby café and left a few minutes later with Hromadka, also a Yale lab technician, and an unidentified woman. The three left for Clark&#8217;s apartment in a 1999 red Ford Taurus. Police later searched the Taurus and found parts of the car stained with blood.

Clark, whose job as a Yale animal lab technician has been suspended, is being held on a $3 million bond the MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institution in Suffield, Conn. His next court date is scheduled for April 7.

Article:
http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/u...2/cops-wanted-fiancees-dna-crime-scene-tests/
 
Clark&#8217;s lawyers to seek release of his car
Published Wednesday, April 7, 2010
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A judge is expected to decide today whether a car owned by Raymond Clark III and seized by police in September will be returned to Clark&#8217;s family, said Joseph Lopez, one of Clark&#8217;s lawyers.

According to warrants released in December, police discovered a pair of bloody white Converse sneakers, stained hospital scrubs and a dark garbage bag in the red 2000 Ford Mustang, shared by Clark &#8212; who pleaded not guilty in January to the murder of Annie Le GRD &#8217;13 &#8212; and his fiancee, Jennifer Hromadka. Now, the defense has asked the judge to order police to return the Mustang because they say the car contains no evidence linking Clark to a crime, Lopez said.

Clark&#8217;s family is suffering &#8220;undue hardship&#8221; because one of Clark&#8217;s family members, whom Lopez declined to name, co-signed a loan in order for Clark to buy the car and has to make monthly payments on the loan, according to the request.

In addition to the hearing on the car, the prosecution and defense will meet with Fasano in private today to discuss how the case is going.

Clark himself will be at the courthouse today to meet with his lawyers, Lopez said, though he declined to comment on what they will discuss. The defense has not yet decided whether Clark will appear in public, Lopez said.

Waddock said he would not comment on what business might be conducted on the record today.

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Article:
http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/university-news/2010/04/07/clarks-lawyers-seek-release-his-car/
 
Yale memorial concert to be held for Annie Le fund
Published: Wednesday, April 07, 2010
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The concert will be held 7:30 p.m. April 14 at Saint Peter&#8217;s Church at 619 Lexington Ave. All proceeds will benefit the memorial fund. The event will feature works by Bach, Brahms, Debussy and Jolivet.

The performance will feature Yale School of Music Dean and pianist Robert Blocker, Yale flute professor Ransom Wilson, violinist Akiko Kobayashi, pianist Eric Siepkes, violist Jessica Chang and soprano Francesco Lecce-Chong Idil Alpsoy.

Suggested donation is $25 for general admission and $15 for students. For more information, e-mail yalebenefit@gmail.com or call (914) 434-0573.

Article:
http://www.nhregister.com/articles/2010/04/07/news/doc4bbcc97c709b8588869740.txt
 
Yale Murder Suspect's Car Seized In Investigator Will Be Returned
3:05 p.m. EDT, April 7, 2010
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A Superior Court judge today granted a motion from Raymond Clark III, charged in the death of Yale graduate student Annie Le, to have Clark's 2004 Ford Mustang returned to his family.

Police seized the vehicle as part of their investigation into Le's death.

Clark's attorney, Joseph Lopez, told Judge Roland Fasano that he understood that the car did not have evidentiary value to the case.

Article:
http://www.courant.com/news/connect...aymond-calrk-yale-murder-0407,0,2939903.story
 
Clark's car to be returned
Published Wednesday, April 7, 2010
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Raymond Clark III, who is charged with the murder of Annie Le GRD '13, appeared in court today as New Haven Superior Court Judge Roland Fasano ruled in favor of his attorneys' request to return Clark&#8217;s seized car.

Still, the prosecution can use secondary evidence, such as photographs of Clark&#8217;s red 2000 Ford Mustang, said John Waddock, the state prosecutor handling the case.

&#8220;We don&#8217;t believe there is anything that has been found or connected to that car that has anything to do with the allegations,&#8221; Lopez said Tuesday.

The next pre-trial court date is set for May 5. Clark is being held on $3 million bond.

Article:
http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/university-news/2010/04/07/clarks-car-be-returned/
 
Ford Mustang Returns To Annie Le Suspect&#8217;s Family
Apr 7, 2010 3:31 pm
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Judge Roland Fasano on Wednesday ordered the release of a red 2004 Ford Mustang belonging to murder suspect Ray Clark. The car had been seized by police investigating the death of Annie Le.

In a brief court proceeding in New Haven Superior Court on Church Street on Wednesday afternoon, Judge Fasano granted a defense motion to have the car returned to Clark&#8217;s family.

Clark sat between his attorneys during the brief hearing. He wore orange coveralls, handcuffs, and leg chains.

The prosecuting attorney, John Waddock, told Judge Fasano that the state had no objection to the car being released.

Clark&#8217;s next court appearance is scheduled for May 5 at 10 a.m.

Article:
http://newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/clark/id_25144
 
Judge releases car seized after Le slaying
Thursday, April 08, 2010
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Someone is getting Raymond J. Clark III&#8217;s red Ford Mustang.

But it&#8217;s not clear yet to whom the car belonging to the only suspect in the slaying of Yale graduate student Annie Le will go.

In a Superior Court session that lasted about 30 seconds Wednesday, Judge Roland Fasano granted a motion by Clark&#8217;s attorney, Joseph E. Lopez, to release the car. They did not say where the car would go.

Article:
http://www.middletownpress.com/articles/2010/04/08/news/doc4bbcff173a892646244685.txt
 
Univ. continues expansion of workplace security policies
By Vivian Yee
Staff Reporter
Published Wednesday, May 5, 2010

A month after students leave Yale for the summer, a new round of classes will begin on campus — this time for managers and faculty, who will learn how to prevent workplace violence through a series of workshops.

The training sessions, as well as the expansion of the University’s workplace violence prevention website, are the latest measures designed to fortify Yale’s security policies in the months following the on-campus murder of Annie Le GRD ’13, for which Yale lab technician Raymond Clark III was charged in September.

Vice President for Human Resources and Administration Michael Peel announced several changes to Yale’s workplace violence policy in October, the month after Le’s murder, requiring all employees to report threatening, intimidating or violent behavior on campus. At the time, both Peel and University President Richard Levin said Le’s death and the arrest of gun-wielding former employee John Petrini had prompted a major security review.
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more at link:

http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/u...ontinues-expansion-workplace-security-polici/
 

Father of Annie Le slaying suspect speaks out in New Haven

Published: Wednesday, June 16, 2010
 
Family "may" file civil suit against YALE.....thought you all might appreciate what the local TV station considers high news regarding the case...on the anniversary date of Annie's "abduction".

http://www.wtnh.com/dpp/news/crime/annie-le-family-may-file-civil-suit-against-yale



There are more tidbits regarding this case that will be presented during this week, a sad time for her family, friends and community.
 
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