Police State No Suspect IDed Yet in Annie Le's Death

While some media outlets reported last night that police had identified a lab technician as a possible suspect in the death of Yale student Annie Le, police on Tuesday denied that they were close to an arrest.

In fact, the police seemed somewhat upset at the media speculation over a possible suspect. Annie Le, a 24-year-old pharmacology doctoral student originally from Placerville, CA was last seen on Tuesday of last week. Hers was the body found inside the wall of the same lab building she worked in.

Because of the security around the lab, which includes approximately 75 surveillance cameras as well as passcard access, some have labeled Annie Le's murder an "inside job." This could be the reason that some outlets have jumped to the possibility of a lab technician being a suspect in the Yale student's death.

New Haven police officer and spokesman Joe Avery said the following:

"You guys made up the fact that we had somebody in custody, the media in general. We're talking to a lot of people."

Ouch.

The state's chief medical examiner on Monday ruled Le's death a homicide. Autopsy results with a cause of death were expected to be released Tuesday afternoon.

Annie Le's death is the first killing at Yale since the still unsolved December 1998 death of Yale student Suzanne Jovin. The 21-year-old senior was stabbed 17 times in New Haven's East Rock neighborhood, which is located about 2 miles from campus.