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US missing student 'body found' | US missing student 'body found' |
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A body believed to be that of a missing student has been found inside a wall at America's Yale University. | A body believed to be that of a missing student has been found inside a wall at America's Yale University. |
Annie Le, 24, had been missing since Tuesday, when she was seen entering a medical research building. | Annie Le, 24, had been missing since Tuesday, when she was seen entering a medical research building. |
Police said she had not yet been identified but they were assuming the body found at a medical building on Sunday was Le's. | Police said she had not yet been identified but they were assuming the body found at a medical building on Sunday was Le's. |
Police are treating the case as murder. Le was to be married on Sunday to a New York student Jonathan Widawsky. | Police are treating the case as murder. Le was to be married on Sunday to a New York student Jonathan Widawsky. |
"Shortly after 1700, the Connecticut state police major crime squad located the remains of a human secreted within a wall inside the building of number 10, Amistad Street," said New Haven Assistant Police Chief Peter Reichard. | "Shortly after 1700, the Connecticut state police major crime squad located the remains of a human secreted within a wall inside the building of number 10, Amistad Street," said New Haven Assistant Police Chief Peter Reichard. |
Assistant Police Chief Peter Reichard: "Detectives have a large amount of physical evidence" | |
"At the same time, the police department is assuming the role as the lead agency in this case, which is more or less moving from a missing person's case to a homicide investigation," he added. | "At the same time, the police department is assuming the role as the lead agency in this case, which is more or less moving from a missing person's case to a homicide investigation," he added. |
Yale President Richard Levin offered support to Le's family and her fiance. | Yale President Richard Levin offered support to Le's family and her fiance. |
"The family and fiance and friends now must suffer the additional ordeal of waiting for the body to be positively identified," Mr Levin said. | "The family and fiance and friends now must suffer the additional ordeal of waiting for the body to be positively identified," Mr Levin said. |