A body believed to be that of a missing student has been found inside a wall at America's Yale University.
Authorities in the US state of Connecticut say a body found inside a wall at Yale University is that of missing student, Annie Le.
Annie Le, 24, had been missing since Tuesday, when she was seen entering a medical research building.
The state's chief medical examiner said her death was homicide.
Police said she had not yet been identified but they were assuming the body found at a medical building on Sunday was Le's.
The precise cause of death has been withheld "to help facilitate the investigation", he added.
Police are treating the case as murder. Le was to be married on Sunday to a New York student Jonathan Widawsky.
Ms Le, 24, was reported missing last week and was due to marry days later. Police say it was a targeted killing and other students are not in danger.
"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.
The victim was last seen entering a medical research building accessible only to Yale students and staff, police said on Sunday.
Assistant Police Chief Peter Reichard: "Detectives have a large amount of physical evidence"
Surveillance video showed her arriving but not leaving.
"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.
Police say her fiance is not a suspect and has assisted in the investigation.
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.
