and annie le is never seen again. at nearly the exact hour, le's set to walk down the aisle, wedding dress on a hanger in the closet, flowers ordered, the girls's body found stuffed in a two-foot wall cable space. there at yale's research building. bloody clothes found high over investigator's heads behind ceiling tiles. bombshell, tonight, in the early-morning hours police storm a super 8 motel. 30 miles away to arrest 24-year-old yale lab technician, raymond clark on murder one. clark, under police surveillance 24/7 for days. in the late-night hours, connecticut police open the crime lab for emergency dna tests. and within hours the arrest goes down. in the last hours, clark brought in full shackled to a new haven courtroom. there, according to a hearing including a reading outloud, a formal murder charges. tonight, we confirm key card swipes placing clark at the crime scene just before and after le last seen alive. revealing he goes in and out of that lab no less than ten times. clark seeming his work days cleaning

tonight, who murdered 24-year-old annie le? stuffing her body in a wall of her yale research building? >> connecticut state police, western district major crime squad located the remains of a human secured within a wall inside the building at number ten street. >> a grad student. the body's found hidden behind a basement wall and blood-stained clothing. we learn the body has been positively identified. >> confirmation just came moments ago. police found her body in the basement of that building behind a wall. same day she was to have been married. new haven police are saying in their words that this was not a random act. >> we are treating it as a homicide investigation. >> items that could potentially be evidence have been seized. >> body of a 24-year-old has been removed from the wall of the campus laboratory building. she was last seen on tuesday entering the building which was considered secure and required a key card in order to get in. le was never seen leaving the building. >> one professor told us you really get the sen

could this have led to annie le's murder? did he see himself as lord of the lab. >>> and a story about being gang raped. she now finds herself under the hot lights of the media. now it's her turn to be scrutinized. so why were prosecutors trying to protect her identity after plastering pictures and names of the accused rapist all over the media? >>> plus, brace yourself for the very first look inside phillip garrido's house of horrors. more than 100 new pictures were just released of this disgusting hell hole. it's a firsthand look at what police say was jaycee dugard's nightmare. the house is a complete dump. garbage everywhere. what insight does this give us into the sick mind of a rapist and accused kidnapper? "issues" starts now. >>> tonight, a slew of new developments into the investigation and horrific murder of the brilliant bride-to be annie le. take a look at this. "the new york daily news" reporting a trail of shocking physical evidence against raymond clark iii, who was charged with punching and then strangling ann

what kind of a relationship did he have with annie le? >>> plus new developments surrounding casey anthony. two new people set to be grilled in her first degree murder case. her brother lee's girlfriend and a private investigator who worked for the anthony family. a little girl's dead, and they may have inside knowledge. what did they know? love to hear from you. call in on these topics, 1-877-tell-hln. e-mail at cnn.com/primenews or text us at hlntv. start the text with the word "prime." >>> welcome. this is "prime news." i'm mike galanos. first, a story we've been covering for you on a daily basis. just moments ago a jury in louisville, kentucky, announced its decision in the trial of a high school football coach charged in the death of one of his players. the charge, not guilty on both counts 37 the two charges reckless homicide and wanton endangerment. two years ago 15-year-old max gilpin collapsed and died. collapsed in a very intense practice on a hot august day. the emotional reaction, you can almost hear it in the background. tear

le was seen alive, revealing any opportunities a suspect would have had to harm annie le. what could the swipe cards tell us? >> they tell us that they have a means or opportunity. >> there are reports that the cards -- the swipe cards put them both in the last room where she was. >> that's become very crucial information. >> and sources tell us there were also e-mails or text messages between clark and le. that clark at one point claimed about the condition of the mice cages in the lab, that they had been left dirty. it was his job as technician to clean them. this those message -- in those messages he suggested the two of them meet. the authorities would not say if the communication went beyond that. after days of following raymond clark, tuesday night, the detectives moved in with a warrant to obtain dna samples from his hair, his fingernails and a swab from his mouth. they tried to question him, but he invoked his rights to an attorney, offering little to investigators. then 3:00 a.m. wednesday morning they let him go. criminal experts say it's not uncommon to a let a

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le. >> the body of annie le his alleged victim described as a brilliant student was found inside a wall on sunday on what would have been her wedding day. >> what kind of relationship did raymond clark iii have with the victim annie le? >> the police chief did say about the relationship was that it was not a romantic relationship, calling it -- >> an issue of workplace violence. >> he was a lab technician who cleaned cages for laboratory mice that were used in that lab. she, a phd student, who did research in that lab. >> apparently he was very concerned about how people kept their mice, their cages. there have been some reports that he got very upset when people wouldn't wear plastic booties into the lab or when people wouldn't keep their cages clean. and there's some thought that maybe that contributed here to why he might have had a problem with annie. >> i want to go straight back to thomas kaplan, editor in chief yale daily news who broke the story of the missing student. thomas, what can you tell me? have we gotten to the truth finally about who set off that fire alarm? >> no, nan

the medical examiner says annie le was strangled. a lab technician who works in the building where her body was found held for questioning and release. will dna evidence link him to the crime. >>> police are swarming the home of a convicted rapist turning it upside down phillip garrido and his wife accused of kidnapping jaycee dugard, linked to other missing children? this hour, we'll talk to a mom clinging to hope for 21 years. as always, we'll take your phone calls, love hearing from you 1-877-tell-hln. e-mail at cnn.com/primenews or send us a text, as well. just start your message with the word "prime" your chance to be heard. >> controversy, opinion, your point of news. this is "prime news." >> welcome this is "prime news." big news as police investigate the murder of yale grad student annie le, a lab technician has been questioned in the case his apartment searched overnight. the guy's name is raymond clark iii, 24, engaged to another lab tech, taken into custody last night. the cops took a dna sample from him and let him go. al

annie le is never seen again. at nearly the exact hour le is set to walk down the aisle, wedding dress on the hanger in the closet, the bride's body founds stuffed in a wall, hidden behind ceiling tiles. bombshell tonight. in the last hours, police storm the tiny apartment of a 24-year-old yale lab technician. raymond clark. clark, in handcuffs, escorted to police headquarters for questioning. spends his workdays in the research basement, cleaning cages. cages that house experimental mice. multiple search warrants, 250 pieces of evidence, dna samples, clark's ford mustang, all seized as evidence. as we go to air, we learn le's official cause of death. traumatic asphyxiation due to neck compression, le, brutally strangled to death. but tonight, 24-year-old raymond clark walks free from police headquarters. that's right. he is free, free to go book to the tiny apartment he shares with his fiance and three cats. why? with a community and a university reeling, a family grieving, and a young groom left at the altar wit

le. >> the body of annie le his alleged victim described as a brilliant student was found inside a wall on sunday on what would have been her wedding day. >> what kind of relationship did raymond clark iii have with the victim annie le? >> the police chief did say about the relationship was that it was not a romantic relationship, calling it -- >> an issue of workplace violence. >> he was a lab technician who cleaned cages for laboratory mice that were used in that lab. she, a phd student, who did research in that lab. >> apparently he was very concerned about how people kept their mice, their cages. there have been some reports that he got very upset when people wouldn't wear plastic booties into the lab or when people wouldn't keep their cages clean. and there's some thought that maybe that contributed here to why he might have had a problem with annie. >> i want to go straight back to thomas kaplan, editor in chief yale daily news who broke the story of the missing student. thomas, what can you tell me? have we gotten to the truth finally about who set off that fire alarm? >> no, nan

annie le is never seen again. at nearly the exact hour le is set to walk down the aisle, wedding dress on the hanger in the closet, flowers ordered, the girl's body is found stuffed in a wall there in a yale university research building. bloody clothes found high over investigators' heads hidden beneath ceiling tiles. bombshell tonight. reports today le's killer is not a student, but then it's retracted. why? if it is known the killer is not a student, do we know who is the killer? and if so, why no arrest? while investigators say they've narrowed the pool of suspects, the state medical examiner backs down from a promise to reveal the cause of death. why? and tonight, is the crime scene compromised? ruined for trial or any real evident area purpose? major blunder. the building where le's dead body stuffed behind a wall was not sealed for five full days. an evidence nightmare. with a community and university reeling, a family grieving, and a young groom left at the alter with a broken heart, tonight, all indicators

the search for annie le seems to be intensifying. fbi agents and state police search dogs enter the building where she was last seen. >> state police, bloodhounds, and german shepherds left the scene around 8:00 thursday night. and authorities remain tight-lipped about the status of the investigation. >> i'm jean casarez of the legal network in session in for nancy grace tonight. well, as authorities comb the yale university medical campus, fbi, state authorities, local authorities, we do want to tell you the family has cancelled the wedding. it was set for this sunday. it was set in long island, new york at the north ritz club. it was going to be a very lavish and wonderful affair between the families. in fact, annie le had written on her facebook page that she was so excited about her dress and the decorations and even the food that was going to be at this celebration that is no more. the family has cancelled it for this sunday. let's go out to the callers. marjorie in north carolina. hi, marjorie, thanks for calling. >> caller: th

annie le is never seen again. and nearly the exact hour le set to walk down the aisle, wedding dress on a hanger in the closet, flowers ordered, the girl's body found stuffed in a two-foot wall cable space there at yale's research building. bloody clothes found high over investigators' heads behind ceiling tiles. in the early morning hours, police storm a super 8 motel to arrest 24-year-old yale lab tech raymond clark on murder one. bombshell tonight. we confirm lab tech raymond clark spotted frantically trying to clean his own cleaning equipment. bottles, a lab cart. now we know clark was allegedly trying to clean away le's blood. stunning lab results reportedly place clark and le's dna both in that 24-inch wall space. her blood on his boots. his dna on her body. waiting tonight to determine whether it's blood or sperm. we also confirm clark's favorite signature green ink pen found lodged in a crevice in the basement where le's body concealed. he even allegedly went back to retrieve it. when asked on a polygraph,

none have been associated with annie le. >> annie. >> annie's family is frightened. none of the news makes sense. >> i feel lost. i don't know what happened to my niece. >> her wedding day comes and goes. and then, at 5:00 that night, the investigators make a grisly discovery. annie's body is stuffed deep into the wall of the basement leaving some to speculate that whoever murdered her had intimate knowledge of the building. >> she hasn't been positively identified at this time, but assuming it is her at this time. so we're treating it as a homicide. i can't give you any more information -- >> by monday, the yale campus scarred with police tape. abc learns police did not think that the murder is random. sources say a suspect who is not a student at the university has been questioned and has failed a polygraph test. they say the suspect has what appears to be defensive wounds. scratches across his chest. tonight, police are looking over raymond clark's apartment 30 minutes from new haven. they also hope to get dna samples from the lab tech. >> if he cooperates, the se

and annie le is never seen again. at nearly the exact hour, le set to walk down the aisle, wedding dress on a hanger in the closet, flowers ordered, the girl's body found stuffed in a two-foot wall space. there at yale's research building. bloody clothes found high over investigators' heads behind ceiling tiles. bombshell tonight. in the early morning hours, police storm a super8 motel 30 miles away to arrest 24-year-old yale lab technician raymond clark on murder i. clark, under police surveillance 24/7 for days in the late-night hours. connecticut police opened the crime lab for emergency dna tests and, within hours, the arrest goes down. in the last hours, clark brought in full shackles to a new haven courtroom. there, for a hearing, including a reading, out loud, of formal murder charges. tonight, we confirm key card swipes placing clark at the crime scene just before and after le is last seen alive. revealing, he goes in and out of that lab, no less than ten times. clark spending his work days cleaning cages that

clark or annie le. so it could theoretically be unrelated to the crime at hand. >> let's bring in our medical examiner, dr. michelle dupree. doctor, we know there was 250 pieces of evidence collected. what specifically do you think linked raymond clark to the annie le murder? >> i think that it was absolutely some sort of dna. back to the bloody clothes for a moment. probably there were defensive wounds. i don't think that she went down easily. and so i believe that there were also reports that she did have defensive wounds. and that there may have been scratches on his chest. the blood could have come from those areas. as well as dna. dna could come from epithelial under her fingernails. they could come from the bloody scratches. hair samples. anything that may have dna on it to tie him to that crime. >> let's take a quick break. when we come back, more on this. we'll take your questions. you guys have had some good ones. 1-877-tell-hln is the phone number. we also want to find out about raymond clark'

none have yet been associated with annie le. the items seized are being examined to determine if there's any association to annie le. >> reporter: 24-year-old med school student annie le was last seen at 10:00 a.m. last tuesday when the surveillance camera caught her entering this office building. three hours later -- >> there was a fire alarm trigger and the building was evacuated. >> reporter: none of the building's cameras saw her then. >> how many could have left a building at the same time? >> reporter: le was to be married today. she wrote on her facebook page lucky i'm in love with my best friend. widawsky has been helping distribute flyers about his missing fiance was not considered a suspect. the medical school dean stated the obvious. >> people are concerned. >> reporter: students said the continuing mystery was especially unsettling. >> you just don't know what happened to her. that's a little bit scary. >> reporter: now stacariest of all, the possibility of that student on this campus has been a victim of a terrible

annie le is stunningly beautiful, educated. why can't i marry that girl? why is she marrying somebody else? that is somebody with a psychopathic nature. they believe they deserve that, and are entitled to that. and when they don't respond to him, how dare you not want me? >> remember, he was aware of the asian awareness club in high school and she's vietnamese-american. your question? >> caller: hi, jane. i was wondering what exactly -- have they questioned his fiancee or talked to him? you know, they're talking to his high school and friends, but have they talked to his fiancee? what does she think? >> i'm sure, lisa bloom, they interviewed his fiancee. first of all, she worked at the lab along with his brother-in-law and sister. >> i'm sure they tried to. she may have refused to cooperate. remember, the people we have seen on tv are the pim who agreed to give media interviews but not the same group who have talked to police. she certainly has not spoken to the media yet and i'm sure all of the morning show bookers are circling her house, trying to get th

annie le is never seen again. and nearly the exact hour le set to walk down the aisle, wedding dress on a hanger in the closet, flowers ordered, the girl's body found stuffed in a two-foot wall cable space there in yale's research building. bloody clothes found high over investigators' heads behind ceiling tiles. in the early morning hours, police storm a super 8 motel to arrest 24-year-old yale lab tech raymond clark on murder one. bombshell tonight -- we confirm lab tech raymond clark spotted frantically trying to clean his own cleaning equipment, bottles, a lab cart. now we know clark was allegedly trying to clean away le's blood. stunning lab results reportedly place clark and le's dna both in that 24-inch wall space. her blood on his boots. his dna on her body. waiting tonight to determine whether it's blood or sperm. we also confirm clark's favorite signature green ink pen found lodged in a crevice in the basement where le's body concealed. he even allegedly went back to retrieve it. when asked on a polygrap

annie le swiped her way into a separate room, her card never used again. it's now believed clark swiped his way into that room, too. abc news has learned he was in or out of that building ten times or more in the hours surrounding her disappearance. sours tell us there were e-mails and text messages between clark and le, that clark had complained to le about the condition of of the mice cages in the lab, that they had been left dirty. it was his job to clean them. police do not believe they had any romantic relationship at any time in the past. she a ph.d candidate, he a lab technician and the two of them would simply pass in the hallways. >> police in northern california may have found evidence of more victims on the property of phillip garrido. he's the man accused of kidnapping jaycee lee dugard and holding her for 18 years. cadaver dogs have picked up the scent of what could be human remains. brian rooney report. >> reporter: investigators brought in six cadaver sniffing dogs and said two of them independently hit on the same place in garrido's yard. o

in the killing of the yale graduate student annie le. the medical examiner's office says the 24-year-old was strangled to death. forensics experts are testing the dna of a yale university lab technician to see if he might be linked to her killing. raymond clark is cooperating. his sister, brother-in-law and fiance are technicians at the lab where annie le worked. new haven's police chief says clark is not the only person they are investigating. >> we are making sure there are not other suspects. we are looking at everyone who had access and could have been there during that time period. we have looked about 700 hours worth of video. we have interviewed over 150 people. some we interviewed a second time. we have 150 pieces of evidence seized so far. >> annie le's body was found stuffed behind a wall in the lab on sunday which was supposed to have been her wedding day. discussion on annie le and jaycee dugard. law enforcement analyst mike brooks. mike, we have information about how annie le was killed. the fact she swuz strangled. how does

and police investigating annie le's death. the question tonight, are they any closer to catching whoever did this? the latest on the person of interest in the case. that and a lot more on "360." >> larry: that's anderson cooper top of the hour, 10:00 eastern, 7:00 pacific. >>> reverend sharpton, do you think this argument is going to go away or continue throughout this administration? >> i think it will continue until we have a mature discussion in this country about race that president obama said we needed to have as candidate obama. and let me say this, larry, i am angry. but i'm angry enough to want to see something done. and i think it's about enlightened anger and we cannot be angry to the point where we just become engulfed in other anger and not try to solve the problems. health care is an issue we need everybody on. the minute a minority of races can make this a black issue, then the millions of whites uninsured think it's not their issue. it's their issue, too. yes, there is an element of racism there. these are minor

it seems to me it was going to happen just a few days after the death of annie le. and i wouldn't be surprised if we're seeing the work of someone who was obsessed with her and decided, look, if i can't have her, nobody can. >> dr. wecht, the fact that as jack pointed out, this -- whoever killed her knew where to put a body in a wall and also hide clothing in a ceiling. >> i think that this is quite correct. i would emphasize this point. there was no need, in fact, it would have been unwise for whoever worked there or worked -- or studied there to have left there prematurely. i think it would have been wise to remain there and to pursue a normal course of activity. and that would fit in very, very well with what professor levin has said, someone who knew her, someone who knew the building and so on. i think that -- i don't know if i'd go so far as to say this this is tied to the wedding. but i think that while this was a crime of passion in a sense that once you get involved and started in something like this, it continues on in frenzied fashion, but i don't know th

did one offer the school's own kill annie le? police have a person of interest in custody, then they let him go. and then, president carter's shocking comments on race. >> and overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward president barack obama is based on the fact that he is a black man. >> larry: could he be right? racism in 2009 america next, on "larry king live." good evening. a couple of things. next monday night in new york, live, president bill clinton will be our special guest. you may have noticed the fancy new table here. we are now in hd every night. good evening, there are major developments in a murder that rocked the yale university campus. let's get right to them with reporter with wstb in new haven, tonight. what's new in this case? >> what's new in this case, he's still not considered a suspect, raymond clark, he's a person of interest, in fact the only person of interest. they had a press conference here, talked about going over 250 pieces of evidence which were not only collected at the cr

annie le was not that way. they all thought fondly of her because she seemed to see every one of these. >> we're going to end it there, but many thanks to case ji jeff and tom there in new haven for us. just a strange, sad story. larry king will have a whole lot more coming up on his show 9:00 eastern time tonight. >>> strong words tone e today from the speaker of the house, nancy pelosi, warning the angry anti-obama rhetoric is getting frightening and could lead to violence. also, just minutes ago police release mu information and pictures about what he found in the house that became her prison. >>> a lot more must-see news happening tonight. here's tonight's download. >> another big blow to acorn. the house of representatives voting to cut off funding after the group's latest explosive scandal. this follows a similar vote in the senate. now, today another undercover video surfaced reportedly showing acorn workers in san diego offering help to a fake pimp and prostitute. however, the acorn worker says he was j

the search for annie le seems to be intensifying. fbi agents and state police search dogs enter the building where she was last seen in an effort to find the 24-year-old yale medical student. and just moments ago, they began going through the garbage behind this building. fbi agents also spent time inside her new haven apartment. >> this surveillance photo is the last time anybody has seen le. friends say she was on her way to the lab on amistad street in new haven. co-workers say she just vanished leaving behind all of her belongings and her future husband. >> she left her pocketbook, her cell phone, everything in the lab. she's getting married sunday. her fiancee hasn't heard from her. so everybody's pretty worried. pretty scared. >> good evening. i'm nancy grace. i want to thank you for being with us. breaking news, girlfriend, turned new stepmom, misty croslin's own father doubts her story about the night haleigh disappears. stating plainly, she may very well have left the home leaving behind two little children sleeping there. >

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isn't it odd that he picks annie le to come into the lab that day. my guess is he did have a thing for him and the thing he had for women all along. he wants women to control and gets angry and feels rejected when he can't have them. >> so you don't think it's a coincidence that this happened just a few days before her weapon? >> absolutely not. i think that he might have been, you know, watching her and a lot of these stalker types, the fantasy is going on in their head and sometimes the victim has no clue what they're thinking. they just keep watching and watching and thinking, i could have that girl and why can't i have that girl? and then, suddenly, he realizes, you know, she's picking some other guy, she's going off with him and i'm never going to have that girl. it's like the 50-year-old guy at the bar with the big gut and looking over there at the 20-year-old college girl and wanders over there and says, hey, babe, you want to go home, and she's like, are you kidding, and he gets real angry. but of course she's not going to go with him. she's

the building where annie le's body was found, we thought so secure. only students and employees could get in. who killed annie le and why? plus a gray swurt r found in the search hassani campbell. a piece of children's clothing is found buried along a dirt road not far from where little hassany was last seen. 1-877-tell-hln is the number. e-mail us cnn.com/primenews or text us your thoughts at hlntv. start your message with prime. your chance to be heard. >>> welcome. this is hour number two of "prime news." in the murder of yale student annie le, prosecutors have blocked the release of her autopsy results saying it could hurt their investigation. the 24-year-old's body was discovered behind a basement wall in a campus lab on sunday, the same day she was supposed to get married. police are narrowing the list of suspects. this is helping. the high-tech building is so secure you need a swipe i.d. card just to ge in. the outpouring of emotion, students held a candlelight vigil for le and le's roommate talked about losing her friend. >> she was as good a

meineke. >>> the latest developments in the murder of annie le. her body was found stuffed into the wall of the lab on sunday. now, sadly le is not the first young woman attending yale who met a horrible fate. suzanne jovan was a senior at yale when she was found dead. she was stabbed 17 times. that happened back in 1998. and her murder is still not solved. detectives are determined not to let history repeat itself. erica hill has an up-close look. >> reporter: 11 years ago, suzanne jovan was at the center of the investigation. on the night of december 4th, 1998, her body was found near this new haven intersection. she had been stabbed 17 times. and the investigation into her murder has become exhibit a for what not to do in a homicide case. criminalologist dr. casey jordan. >> i think in retrospect everyone agrees there was way too much emphasis put on james vanderveld. by the time you find out you may have the wrong person, that window of opportunity is gone. >> reporter: james was suzanne's adviser for her senior thesis and the only suspect eve

annie le was a young woman with unlimited potential. her loss will be deeply felt by her family, friends, and the community. i think it's important to note this is not about urban crime, it's not about university crime, it's not about domestic crime, but an issue of workplace violence, which has become a growing concern around the country. you know, i want to -- i can't thank enough the connecticut state police, the fbi, and yale pd. this was about as smooth an operation among four agencies as i've seen in my 39 years. every agency offered everything they could bring forward and have progressively pursued this investigation to what we believe is a successful conclusion. so i would first like to invite the commissioner. >> thank you, chief. on behalf of the department of public safety, we certainly want to extend our profound sympathies to the family of annie le, her fiance, to everyone that was affected by this tragedy. i echo what the chief said that this was an extraordinary cooperative effort involving four law enforcement agencies.

none have yet been associated with annie le. >> 40 miles away from the crime scene the investigation continues, wher waste for the laboratory is usually taken. >> a large amount of physical evidence is not being released at this time, we have an ongoing homicide case. >> the president of the school reached out to the family and community. >> looking at the internet, looking at what had happened, just to read it and see these statemen, i felt that maybe this was the real thing. >> annie le's fiance is not a person of interest, he held throughout the investigation. >> november 9 is now the date of execution for the mastermind of the 2002 sniper attacks. a virginia prosecutor has asked a judge for tt date for john allen muhammed. he was sentenced to death for the murder of dean myers, one of 10 people shot to death in that rampage that terrorized the metro area. his attorney said that he will appeal to the u.s. supreme court. prince william county is now embroiled in a legal battle involving krispy kreme. fairfax county filed a $19 million lawsuit against the donuts giant over a broken.

annie le was due to be mar laid it very day. law enforcement sources tell nbc news the suspect is a student who failed a polygraph test. let's bring in clint van zant, msnbc analyst, former fbi profiler. he is on the phone with me. hey, clint, they also say this student had defensive wounds. explain how all of that would factor into the investigation. >> reporter: well, evidently, contessa, they have been able to very quickly narrow down who had access to that basement laboratory where they believe the victim was killed. this guy probably popped up as a logical suspect. and also heard at least one police source to suggest that this was not a random incident. that would, of course, indicate to you and me that at least the assailant may have known annie. whether it was any type of friendship or whether it was simply they attended school together has yet to be determined but someone, contessa, who would have needed to know that basement area as well as perhaps needed to know where a body could be concealed. and it was someone, too,

an arrest could come any minute now in the strangling of annie le. right now we're waiting to hear live from police. we'll take you you there. >>> plus, investigators make a disturbing discovery in the backyard where a place a california girl was held captive in 18 years. why they'll be back at that scene today. >>> and then how police say a pregnant woman committed dozens of robberies on nothing more than sticky notes and a crafty m.o. >>> first, though, we're hearing that an arrest is imminent in the case of a yale graduate student who was killed just day before her wedding. right now this is a press conference waiting to begin. police in new haven, connecticut, are about to hold that news conference. yesterday they said annie le had been strangled and her killing was not a random act. they say a technician who worked in the building with le is a person of interest in the case but haven't singled anyone out. >> we don't want in the future be accused of tunnel vision and saying we focused on one person and only one person. so we're still making sure

we continue to follow the story of annie le's murder. this is the man, raymond clark, chan charged with her murder. apparently he kept his head bowed during the three-minute court appearance. he did not enter a plea. he said yes, your honor, when asked if he understood his rights. the judge set bail at $3 million. this, of course, is a first look at his mug shot. raymond clark, we'll continue to follow the story as more details come in this morning. >>> top economic headlines we're following for you right now. number of unamericans claiming unemployment fell last week to the lowest level since early july. according to the labor department, initial claims dropped to 545,000. new home construction rose 1.5% in august to its highest level in months, surge in apartment building set off a decline in single-family home construction. >>> the white house is considering extending an $8,000 tax credit for first home buyers. the administration has not yet decided to extend the offer past the end of november. >>> congressional panel is taking a clos

annie le never seen again. at nearly the exact hour, le's set to walk down the aisle, wedding dress on a hanger in the closet, flowers ordered. the girl's body found stuffed in a two-foot wall cable space there at yale's research building. early-morning hours, police storm a super 8 motel to arrest 24-year-old lab tech raymond clark on murder one. tonight, police close down the yale research building again. new evidence discovered. plumbers, plumbers, not the police, the plummer discovers evidence shoved down a washroom drain there in the basement where mice cages cleaned by murder suspect raymond clark. and clark's alleged history of stalking, threatening, harassing women resurfaces. former girlfriend reveals clark's a control freak. lashing out. dictating what she said, where she goes, even what she wears. we have the video. was this a senseless and brutal murder over laboratory mice cages? and another twist, was suspect raymond clark fueled by steroids? with a community and a university reeling, a family gri

this crossroad, we are confronted with the tragic passing of annie marie le, our beloved annie. >> reporter: le's family held a private burial after the memorial service. yale officials are planning an october memorial service on campus and are establishing a scholarship in her honor. barbara hall, reporting from atlanta. >>> you probably don't think of prescription pills when you think of recycling, right, but lots of people showed up in niagara county, new york, yesterday, with a-to-drop off their old, unwanted medicines. 'the second year st. mary's hospital has hosted the prescription drug dropoff. the idea here is to keep the drugs out of the wrong hands and stop people from polluting the water system. >> like before in the past, i would just dissolve them in water and dump them down the drain but i don't know if that's the proper way to dispose of it. >> a similar event at another hospital collected more than 300 pounds of prescription drugs last year. >>> a "saturday night live" n newbie dropped an "f" bomb over the season premiere. the question is, was it a slip of the tongue? of cou