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Killer 'Smashed' Le's Body to Fit in 8-Inch Hole

Yale student's bones broken so she could be crammed into wall

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(Newser) – Annie Le’s killer broke her bones and mangled her body to fit her into a hole in the wall the size of a computer monitor, an anonymous source tells the New York Post. “He just crushed her in there,” the source says. “She was like mush—she was so smashed up you couldn’t recognize her.”  The source says Le’s body was hidden in a utility space in a bathroom wall near her basement lab.

The source believes accused killer Ray Clark is indeed responsible, and says he accidentally tripped the fire alarm after hiding her body. “He was ghost white,” by the time the building was evacuated, the source says. “His answers weren’t making any sense.” Investigators found the 8-inch-deep hole Le’s body was hidden in when they noticed a “foul odor.” The hole, which housed water pipes, was behind a metal panel.

A police officer stands outside a cordoned-off area surrounding the research building at the Yale University School of Medicine, where grad student Annie Le's body was found, Sept. 14, 2009.
A police officer stands outside a cordoned-off area surrounding the research building at the Yale University School of Medicine, where grad student Annie Le's body was found, Sept. 14, 2009.   (AP Photo/George Ruhe)
,Yale graduate student Annie Le who disappeared on Sept. 8, 2009. Raymond Clark III, 24, a Yale lab technician was arrested Thursday Sept. 17, 2009 and charged with murdering Le.
,Yale graduate student Annie Le who disappeared on Sept. 8, 2009. Raymond Clark III, 24, a Yale lab technician was arrested Thursday Sept. 17, 2009 and charged with murdering Le.   (AP Photo/New Haven Police Dept.)
Yale graduate student Annie Le is seen in a video image entering 10 Amistad the morning of her disappearance on the campus at Yale University in new haven, Conn. Sept. 8, 2009.
Yale graduate student Annie Le is seen in a video image entering 10 Amistad the morning of her disappearance on the campus at Yale University in new haven, Conn. Sept. 8, 2009.   (AP Photo/New Haven Police Dept.)
In this Thursday Sept. 17, 2009 photo released by the New Haven, Conn. Mayor's Office, Raymond Clark III is shown.
In this Thursday Sept. 17, 2009 photo released by the New Haven, Conn. Mayor's Office, Raymond Clark III is shown.   (AP Photo/New Haven Mayor's Office)
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stacysaw
Sep 21, 09 12:42 PM CDT
does this really need to be reported for the public's information and/or good? her family and friends will be horrified to know this and see it in the news. we didn't get every gory detail of something like jaycee dugard being raped, why tell about the destruction done to this woman's body? this is like a horror movie... Reply
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Reader64481089
Sep 21, 09 12:45 PM CDT
Stacy I agree, Reporters/News Agencies no longer report News, they either manufacture it or sensationalize it to the point they surpass peoples emotions and feelings without care to the victims families for example the young soldier who's photo they published as he lay dieing even against the wishes of his family.
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vendetta
Sep 21, 09 12:50 PM CDT
censorship of the media is never good. go stick your head in the sand if you dont want to acknowledge reality.
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DJM420
Sep 21, 09 12:54 PM CDT
the tragedy porn stuff is getting old...every single detail IS getting a little overboard. why dont ratings apply to the 'news'? (i dont need them to, but i am curious)
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Jojo
Sep 21, 09 1:35 PM CDT
These details being published, as well as gruesome details of other crimes, are exactly the reason these type of crimes continue to increase. The more you desensitize people to it, the more likely they are to not really care if they do it themselves. So Vendetta, it's not about censorship of the media, it's about responsibility.
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