Animal Lab Tech Reported Missing
by Paul Bass | December 10, 2009 6:42 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)
A new missing persons case has hit the Yale animal testing laboratory on Amistad Street.
Supervisors at the lab Thursday asked employees for information about where lab tech John DiNello hangs out, and with whom.
They reported that DiNello has not shown up for work for four days. And he has apparently been reported missing from home for some 60 hours, according to an initial report.
DiNello was described as a “floater” who works in various labs — including the labs at 10 Amistad St. where another lab technician has been accused of killing and storing the body of medical student Annie Le.
Yale Chief Communications Officer Tom Mattia said university officials are preparing Thursday night to send out a message to “workers in the field” seeking info on DiNello’s whereabouts.
“We’re aware that there’s a missing persons report,” Mattia said. “We’re cooperating with the West Haven police on that.”
Anyone with helpful information is asked to call the West Haven police department at (203) 937-3700.
A woman answering the phone at the West Haven home listed on voting records as DiNello’s declined to comment and hung up the phone Thursday evening.
There is no information at this point to suggest that the incident has anything to do with the Annie Le case.
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http://www.newhavenindependent.org/archives/2009/12/animal_lab_tech.php