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'''Annie Le''' ([[July 18]], [[1985]], in [[Placerville]], [[California]] – [[September 8]], [[2009]], in [[New Haven, Connecticut]]) was a 24-year-old first generation [[Vietnamese American|American of Vietnamese descent]] who was a [[doctoral]] student at [[Yale University School of Medicine]] in the Department of [[Pharmacology]], who disappeared on [[September 8]], [[2009]] from a research building on the [[New Haven]] campus. <ref>http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/09/10/us/AP-US-Missing-Yale-Student.html?scp=6&sq=annie%20le&st=cse</ref> Annie Le's purse, containing her belongings, was subsequently found at her laboratory office. She was due to be married on [[September 13]],[[2009]] in [[Syosset]], [[New York]] to a graduate student at [[Columbia University]], Jonathan Widawsky. <ref>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/09/10/missing.yale.bride/index.html?iref=newssearch</ref> [[The FBI]], [[New Haven Police]] and [[Connecticut State Police]] were all involved in the search, and on September 13, police found remains that they believe were those of Annie Le in a wall between floors used to house utility cables. <ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/14/nyregion/14yale.html?hp</ref> The police have identified a suspect, a student who has defensive wounds and failed a [[polygraph test]]. <ref>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32810822/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/</ref>
'''Annie Le''' ([[July 18]], [[1985]], in [[Placerville]], [[California]] – [[September 8]], [[2009]], in [[New Haven, Connecticut]]) was a 24-year-old first generation [[Vietnamese American|American of Vietnamese descent]] who was a [[doctoral]] student at [[Yale University School of Medicine]] in the Department of [[Pharmacology]], who disappeared on [[September 8]], [[2009]] from a research building on the [[New Haven]] campus. <ref>http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/09/10/us/AP-US-Missing-Yale-Student.html?scp=6&sq=annie%20le&st=cse</ref> Annie Le's purse, containing her belongings, was subsequently found at her laboratory office. She was due to be married on [[September 13]],[[2009]] in [[Syosset]], [[New York]] to a graduate student at [[Columbia University]], Jonathan Widawsky. <ref>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/09/10/missing.yale.bride/index.html?iref=newssearch</ref> [[The FBI]], [[New Haven Police]] and [[Connecticut State Police]] were all involved in the search, and on September 13, police found remains that they believe were those of Annie Le in a wall between floors used to house utility cables. <ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/14/nyregion/14yale.html?hp</ref> MSNBC and other news networks reported on September 14 that police have identified a suspect, a student who has defensive wounds and failed a [[polygraph test]]. <ref>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32810822/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/</ref>. A New Haven police spokesman, however, denied those reports and indicated that no suspects had yet been identified.<ref>http://www.yaledailynews.com/crosscampus/2009/09/14/police-shoot-down-report-about-polygraph/</ref>



The last on-campus murder at Yale University was the 1998 stabbing death of 21-year-old [[Suzanne Jovin]], which remains unsolved.<ref>http://abcnews.go.com/US/evidence-annie-le-murder-lead-killer/story?id=8565647/</ref>
The last on-campus murder at Yale University was the 1998 stabbing death of 21-year-old [[Suzanne Jovin]], which remains unsolved.<ref>http://abcnews.go.com/US/evidence-annie-le-murder-lead-killer/story?id=8565647/</ref>

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Annie Le (July 18, 1985, in Placerville, CaliforniaSeptember 8, 2009, in New Haven, Connecticut) was a 24-year-old first generation American of Vietnamese descent who was a doctoral student at Yale University School of Medicine in the Department of Pharmacology, who disappeared on September 8, 2009 from a research building on the New Haven campus. [1] Annie Le's purse, containing her belongings, was subsequently found at her laboratory office. She was due to be married on September 13,2009 in Syosset, New York to a graduate student at Columbia University, Jonathan Widawsky. [2] The FBI, New Haven Police and Connecticut State Police were all involved in the search, and on September 13, police found remains that they believe were those of Annie Le in a wall between floors used to house utility cables. [3] MSNBC and other news networks reported on September 14 that police have identified a suspect, a student who has defensive wounds and failed a polygraph test. [4]. A New Haven police spokesman, however, denied those reports and indicated that no suspects had yet been identified.[5]


The last on-campus murder at Yale University was the 1998 stabbing death of 21-year-old Suzanne Jovin, which remains unsolved.[6]

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