Yale Offers $10K Reward in Missing-Student Case

Cops see no evidence of foul play involving Annie Le, missing since Tuesday

(NEWSER) - A Yale graduate student due to be married on Sunday hasn’t been seen since Tuesday, the university’s Daily News reports. Video shows Annie Marie Le, 24, entering a building on the New Haven, Conn., campus, but there’s no evidence of her leaving. Authorities say her fiancé, family and friends haven’t heard from her. A school spokesman told the AP today there’s no evidence of foul play. More»

One of Annie Le's professors abruptly canceled class around the time she vanished

(NEWSER) - A Yale professor has been interviewed by police over the disappearance of graduate student Annie Marie Le, New York Daily News reports. Le was due to attend the professor's class on Tuesday but it was abruptly canceled and Le was found to be missing hours later. The cancellation so close to the time Le is believed to have disappeared raised police suspicions, a law enforcement source says. It is unclear whether the professor is a suspect. More»

(NEWSER) - Hundreds of students and faculty members turned out tonight on the campus of Yale University, NECN reports, for a candlelight vigil in memory of Annie Le, the 24-year-old grad student found dead yesterday on the New Haven, Conn., campus. Le’s body was discovered inside a wall in a lab building; authorities have a suspect in the case. More»

Annie Le's remains recovered on her would-be wedding day

(NEWSER) - A body believed to be that of a Yale graduate student missing since Tuesday has been found, the New Haven Independent reports. Annie Le, 24, had last been seen in the building that housed her lab; "we are assuming" the remains found within a wall in the basement of that building are hers, said a police official. The case is now being investigated as a homicide. More»

Lawsuit: University should have done more to protect murder victim

(NEWSER) - Yale University could have, and should have, done more to protect Annie Le and other women on campus, Le’s family claims in a lawsuit filed yesterday. The family is suing for wrongful death over the murder of Le, who was killed by a co-worker at a campus lab in 2009. Yale has “long taken inadequate steps to ensure the safety and security of women on its campus,” the family’s attorneys said in a statement, according to the Hartford Courant . The lawsuit claims that sexual attacks and harassment are “well-documented and long-standing” problems at Yale. More»