Murder of Annie Le
| Murder of Annie Le | |
|---|---|
Images from missing person flyer released by New Haven police. Right: September 8, 2009, surveillance image taken upon Le's entrance of the research facility where she worked. Left: Undated and uncredited closeup of Le also on flyer. | |
| Location | 10 Amistad Street New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Date | September 8, 2009 |
Attack type | Murder by strangulation, attempted sexual assault |
| Victim | Annie Marie Le |
| Perpetrator | Raymond John Clark III |
| Verdict | Pleaded guilty |
| Convictions | Murder, attempted sexual assault |
| Sentence | 44 years imprisonment |
On September 8, 2009, 24-year-old Annie Marie Thu Le was murdered on the New Haven, Connecticut, campus of Yale University. Le was a doctoral student at the Yale School of Medicine's Department of Pharmacology. She was last seen working in a research building on the New Haven campus. On September 13, the day that she was to be married, she was found dead inside the building.
On September 17, police arrested the perpetrator, Raymond J. Clark III, a Yale laboratory technician who worked in the building. Clark pleaded guilty to the murder on March 17, 2011. Clark was sentenced to 44 years imprisonment on June 3. The case generated frenetic media coverage.