Annie Lee Cause of Death Released: Strangled PHOTOS
Story Highlights: UPDATE, PHOTOS, Annie Lee Cause of Death Strangled, Lab technician Raymond Clark suspect DNA taken, he has now been released from police custody. Traumatic Asphyxiation
Raymond Clark & Fiancée in Love Photos
Police are hoping to compare DNA taken from Raymond Clark’s hair, fingernails and saliva to more than 150 pieces of evidence collected from the crime scene where Annie Le’s body was found. That evidence may also be compared at a state lab with DNA samples given voluntarily from other people with access to the crime scene. Clark is seen here with fiancée Jennifer Hromadka. More photos here
CNN Crime Reports: Yale University graduate student Annie Le, whose body was found Sunday in the wall of a basement lab near the campus, was strangled (tramatic asphyxiation) to death, a spokesman for the Connecticut medical examiner’s office said Wednesday.
Lab Technician’s DNA Is Examined in Yale Killing
Earlier, a Yale employee was released from police custody after investigators detained him Tuesday night to collect DNA, said a spokeswoman for the city of New Haven.
Annie Le Case: Full Coverage
Police took Raymond Clark, 24, into custody after obtaining a search warrant for his home and a body warrant that allowed them to collect DNA samples as authorities probed Le’s death.
The student’s body was discovered in the basement wall of an off-campus medical research building on the day she was to have been married.
Clark, a technician, could have been arrested if he declined to provide DNA samples, but he was released after complying, said Jessica A. Mayorga, a spokeswoman for the city of New Haven. Police vehicles were parked outside Clark’s home Tuesday in Middletown, Connecticut. Read more here
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