Vermiste Yale-studente in muur gemetseld

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Yale-studente in muur gemetseld



AMSTERDAM - De verdwijning van de 24-jarige studente Annie Le is waarschijnlijk opgelost.

De jonge vrouw werd vorige week dinsdag voor het laatst gezien op de Yale-universiteit waar ze studeerde. Annie werd vastgelegd door één van de vele bewakingscamera's toen ze een lokaal binnenging. Op geen enkele camera was echter te zien dat ze ook weer naar buiten kwam.

Maandag maakte de Amerikaanse politie bekend dat er een lijk is aangetroffen in een van de kelders van de universiteit. Het lichaam zou zijn ingemetseld in een holle muur, waar kabels doorheen lopen.

Annie zou deze week gaan trouwen.

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NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Just seven months before police found what they believe is Annie Le's body hidden in a Yale University building, the graduate student wrote a magazine article about how to stay safe on the streets around the Ivy League school.

The 24-year-old bride-to-be, who had been missing since Tuesday, apparently met a violent death in a secure Yale building accessible only to students and staff, police said Sunday on what was supposed to be her wedding day.

Authorities have said little about the investigation. They hadn't positively identified the body found hidden in a wall Sunday, but they were assuming it was Le and treating her death as a homicide.

State police found the body in a building in Yale's medical complex, about a mile from the main campus. It was in an area that houses utility cables that run between floors.

Yale President Richard Levin offered support to Le's family and her fiance, Columbia University graduate student Jonathan Widawsky. The couple was to marry Sunday in Syosset, N.Y., on Long Island's north shore.

"The family and fiance and friends now must suffer the additional ordeal of waiting for the body to be positively identified," Levin said.

Police on Sunday would not say if they have any suspects. They previously have said Widawsky is not a suspect and is assisting with the investigation. New Haven Assistant Police Chief Peter Reichard said police also recovered "a large amount" of physical evidence, but he would not discuss what that included.

Last winter, Le, a pharmacology student from Placerville, Calif., wrote a magazine article about how to stay safe around Yale's campus.

The article, titled "Crime and Safety in New Haven," was published in February in a magazine produced by the university's medical school. It compares higher instances of robbery in New Haven with cities that house other Ivy League schools and includes an interview with Yale Police Chief James Perrotti, who offers advice such as "pay attention to where you are" and "avoid portraying yourself as a potential victim."

"In short, New Haven is a city and all cities have their perils," Le concludes. "But with a little street smarts, one can avoid becoming yet another statistic."

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