Just a hypothesis on this Yale murder case

[bluestateguy]

Was Annie Le a teaching assistant (TA)? If so, a disgrunbtled student who got a bad grade could be a suspect.

Just a hypothesis.

[Demobrat]

1. The suspect is a lab tech

who may have been suffering from a bad case of unrequited love (sorry I cant find the link but I read it somewhere this morning).

[Hansel]

4. Sounds reasonable given the proximity to her wedding date.

That was my guess.

[CTyankee]

7. I hate to say this but I think it was a "If I can't have her, no one can have her" scenario.

All too common. Very sad, but I think this is it. Someone was moonstruck by her and could not have her so he decided that no one could.

I have heard this before. It is not uncommon. Wow.

[Liberal In Texas]

11. My theory has been ex-boyfriend since I heard she was getting married

the next day.

[proteus_lives]

12. One of the oldest reasons in the world.

I would bet on this as well. I've seen it happen in my town as well.

[Demobrat]

22. The surprise would be if it were anything else.

Women are murdered by rejected suitors way more often than random strangers.

[Gwendolyn]

23. Looks like you're probably right.

The focus is still on the lab technician and they're saying an arrest might happen as early as tomorrow.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32810822/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/

[Frank Cannon]

30. That's the first thing my wife said when she heard about it

And yes. This kind of thing is unfortunately VERY common.

[marmar]

19. Sounds like an episode of "Law & Order"

n/t

[LisaL]

26. Sounds like something from "Law and Order SVU."

I think they've done at least one on a student being killed on campus.

[Gabi Hayes]

2. where was obama that day?

cant believe the wingnuts haven't come up with a vince foster yet....

[rug]

3. The bunsen did it.

[YOY]

5. Another Hypothesis...unspoken but it should be so obvious!!!

Has this woman had any contact with Glenn Beck at all?

[Frank Cannon]

31. Who's Glenn Beck?

The only time I've ever heard that name is in association with the rape and murder of a young girl in the early '90s.

[TxRider]

6. I have a feeling

With 70 cameras around they know every person who entered and who was there between the time she entered and last person who left.

I expect them to have their man in less then a month.

[CTyankee]

8. I think they got the f***er now.

Seems pretty logical at this point...bet there is DNA under her finger nails...

[Chemisse]

10. I read earlier today that they have a suspect

And this person had defensive wounds.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/09/14/2009-09-14_killing_of_yale_grad_student_annie_le_not_random_say_police.html


But other stories have police denying this.

[Demobrat]

21. They've already got him.

He has scratches on his chest - defensive wounds. If his DNA is under her fingernails - done and done.

[Barack_America]

34. It sounds like he murdered her in the mouse lab in the basement.

Mouse labs are ridiculously secured due to fears of animal liberation groups (seriously). You would be hard-pressed to find a more secured place on the campus. Security knows exactly who is down there and when. Their total suspect list was probably less than a dozen people. And that white thing that Annie was carrying as she entered the building? That was a covered mouse cage. So she almost certainly went directly to the mouse lab.

[Demobrat]

35. Why would anybody familiar with the setup

think they could get away with something like this? Rhetorical question, of course .....

[LisaL]

9. With the semester just starting, she wouldn't even have time to

give anyone any grades.

[CTyankee]

13. My guess is that it is someone she has had prior contact with.

I don't know if she is new on campus just this fall or if she had been here last semester (I live in New Haven)?

[undeterred]

14. It will be another student who just had his first psychotic break.

[FirstLight]

15. My question is : what kind of lab was this? and what was she working on?

I guess my tinfoil must be on a little tight...but that is the first thing I think of... some kind of science espionage

but then again, i have not been following very closely, so it am out of the loop and full of conjecture! lol

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

17. i heard adult stem cells.

[FirstLight]

18. ...yikes...

that is not encouraging...anything broken or missing? or have they even looked at that aspect of the case?

oh dear, that just makes my :tinfoilhat: feel a little less comfortable!

[LisaL]

25. You will need a lot of tinfoil.

:eyes:

[undeterred]

20. Pharmacology... proteins... diabetes

thats about all I got.

[BuyingThyme]

16. Why is this one getting attention?

I never get the memos on this stuff.

[Malikshah]

27. Human interest. It may sound crass to say this, but look for it on L&O SVU this season or next

It is a tragedy for her, her fiance, and all their loved ones.

[Frank Cannon]

32. Because of the unusual "locked door" aspects of the case

She went missing from a highly secure research lab peppered with security cameras and doors that required a security badge to enter. And she was found behind a wall.

[pipi_k]

24. In an example of top notch police work, they announced

earlier that it was a homicide, after we were told some of the details yesterday.

Holy cow, that's a surprise on me....I thought she killed herself, hid those bloody clothes in the ceiling tiles, then stuffed herself into the wall space.

:eyes:


Anyway, I agree with some of the others who think it might be a jilted former lover or maybe someone who's even been stalking her...


damn, there are some sick assholes out there :(

[ddeclue]

28. Nancy? Nancy Grace is that YOU?

never heard of a student killing a teaching assistant over a grade.

For one thing, the professors usually have the last word on grades, not the T.A.'s...if you don't like the grade you see the professor.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

29. Local NY news...arrest early as this AM expected. A lab worker which makes sense.

Whoever did it was familiar with the building.

[Barack_America]

33. .

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