Police: No romantic relationship between arrested lab tech, murdered Yale grad student

Police: No romance between lab tech, Yale student

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The chief of police in New Haven, Conn., says there was no romantic relationship between a lab technician and the Yale graduate student he’s accused of murdering.

Raymond Clark III appeared in court and was charged with murder Thursday, hours after his arrest in the killing of 24-year-old Annie Le.

Le was found dead on Sunday, her body hidden in the basement wall of a building where she worked as a medical researcher, on the day she was to marry her college sweetheart.

New Haven Police Chief James Lewis says Le’s death was a case of workplace violence and elaborated little except to say reports that the two had a romantic relationship were untrue “to my knowledge.”

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NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A lab technician charged with murdering a Yale grad student has been arraigned.

Raymond Clark III kept his head bowed during the three-minute appearance. The accused killer of 24-year-old Annie Le did not enter a plea. He said “yes, your honor” when asked if he understood his rights.

The judge set bail at $3 million.

Clark was arrested Thursday at a hotel and charged with murdering Le, whose body was found stuffed in the wall of a research building on what would have been her wedding day.

Police say it was a case of workplace violence, but didn’t elaborate.

Clark was sent to a holding cell. His next court date is Oct. 6