"Person Of Interest" Arrested In Yale Grad Student's Murder

So this kid is a nutcase, and capable of horrible murder. Does someone like this always have the potential, or do they suddenly develop it? Was he abusive to women?

He looks like a little friggin' rat coward to me. I would like to pummel his face.

What if he's big, brave and ugly, will you still pummel his face?

He's now been officially charged with murder.

Its obvious that he kill the tiny little girl out of some knee-jerk reaction.

I wonder if his girl friend Hromadka will still defend him.

Now who will take care of the rats?

He had her phone number. They were at least acquaintances.

I'm sure that she left her number in case of emergencies in the lab.

Why kill her in a highly secured environment? He probably knows she'll never meet him elsewhere other than the workplace. Knowing the victim well enough as being very serious when it comes to her profession, he knew it would be easier to lure her in the lab. I don't think they have any personal relationship at all, other than being co-workers. Motive for the killing? His pride :)

Why would they be texting to meet if he was not a fellow student? I didn't catch the fact that he was a maintenance guy and not a Yalie himself. Not that students shouldn't text workers, but why meet?

Reports now say his texted her requesting a meeting about the condition of the mice cages.

I think he's probably just a straight up power tripping asshole. I'm guessing a bigtime inferiority complex, working at Yale, with all of these grad students who were his own age that come, are smart and move on to bigger and better things. He's the Lab Mouse Sheriff and got his jollies over being a nitpicking dick about lab protocols to put those Yalies in their place. I'm guessing that since he warned her once and she apologized, if she didn't act apologetic and deferential enough to this douchebag, he snapped. After all, why should he put up with some girl giving him lip? Show some respect for the Rat King!

I think the girlfriend, Jennifer Hromadka, did it. She also worked in the same lab, and had posted stuff on her blog about not being jealous of other women in her boyfriend's lab (lady doth protest too much)

Pfffff sheesh!

...a golden shower would have sufficed

HERRO! A deadly strain of yellow fever, indeed...

It's "fried rice", you plick! lol

Asiaphile... Let this be a warning for white guys and Asian girls.

Yes white guys, when you kill an Asian girl don't do it in a secured and locked down environment where the police will easily track it back to you.

Yes, their pairings will always result in grisly murders and never, ever beautiful children.

I fail to see what this has to do with NYC.

Is this just comment bait?

I think it was covered by NY news media because the fiance goes to Columbia and the wedding was supposed to be in Long Island.

It's on the covers of the Daily News & Post so it counts.

My prediction from a week ago:

Here's my official guess: crazy fellow grad student, probably met through one of those Asian-American student organization. I'll also guess that he was in a program associated with numbers as opposed to words.

And I got called a troll!

1. Yes, I pointed out that your comment from last week was "troll-tastic" and in the light of a suspect it turned out your guess was completely incorrect to boot:

a) Suspect wasn't a fellow grad student.

b) Since suspect wasn't a fellow grad student, he had nothing to do with any programs - "numbers" or "words".

c) They did not meet through an AA student organization.

2. Why your post was "troll-tastic"

Your combined guesses of the suspect being part of an AA student organization and that he's in a "program associated with numbers as opposed to words" insinuated an image of a stereotypical Asian American male college student - math nerd. You were race baiting by not saying "math" outright and instead opted for "numbers".

That's troll behavior.

So yeah, you were and still are still completely wrong about the suspect, and yes, you were trolling for a race-based argument.

No more cookie for you today! Bye bye! Ta-ta! Until we meet again!

Hey Sherlock, this guy was paid for removing rat droppings from their cages. He was not a grad student but rather local white trash trying to do good. So run along you little troll...

He was in the Asian Awareness Club in high school and didn't meet through that organization you troll.

if theres a DNA match id be surprised.

the story that he used his card to enter various locations.

the media & police say he was looking for a place to hide the body.

its more likely he was looking for specific compounds used to degrade DNA (large quantities exist in every research lab) to remove evidence. but you dont want to give anybody ideas right? so i wont post the names.

Names please!

So the perp turned out to be a white trash pos - hmm, go figure...

Your point?

Very, very sad and scary story. I can only imagine what Ms. Le went through before she was murdered. May she rest in peace.

On a different note, I'm guessing he was in the club because he loved Asians, and wanted to meet some cute Asian girls.

The press is making a big deal about how this highlights workplace violence, and how these buildings can be unsafe. I'd argue that this case proves quite the opposite, that these buildings ARE safe because it sure looks like they caught the murderer due to all the electronic security.

rot in hell fuck face...

This doesn't sound very premeditated. If this guy had any brain at all, he would never have planned to kill her in a highly secure environment like the lab building, with swipe cards and cameras in every corridor, and especially not in a town like New Haven, where a killing could be easily disguised as just another case of urban violence. My guess is he flew into a psychotic rage when she rejected his sexual advances or confession of "love." That it seems she was choked to death is consistent with this kind of spur-of-the-moment homicidal outburst, at least in my mind.

"text messages between him and Le about meeting at the lab on Tuesday"?

Geez, do they have the death penalty in Connecticut? Sounds like there was serious premeditation involved. Hope his lawyer doesn't slander the victim by saying there was an "affair" and this was a "crime of passion"...

It'll never be enough but I hope this brings some measure of comfort to her family and loved ones.

The death penalty would be possible only if there had been rape in addition to murder.

Looks like you're right.

Well, it's not too late, just give him a chance.

Unless it was an affair (which I'm not say it was).

The poor girl is dead. Her family and friends are in agony. And here you have the chutzpah to imply that she may have been unfaithful to her fiance. Amazing how some people have no shame. Nobody with half a brain would even consider that a brilliant, hard-working young woman days away from her wedding and with a great professional future ahead of her would have an affair with an uneducated lab technician.

Fuck that. She was getting married. She probably was resisting the dude's advances and he got all pissed and frustrated and took it out on her.

I'm betting you're right.

Probably a case of "if I can't have you, no one can!" - psycho controlling sociopath narcissist.

Well, even if it was (I really doubt it): the "crime of passion" defense is utter BS.

In any case, with such apparent premeditation, apparently lots of evidence, he's done.

I bet his Fiance, threw him out and that's why he was in a Motel.

"I bet his Fiance, threw him out and that's why he was in a Motel.'

Or maybe because his house/apartment is a crime scene now???

Lewis said Clark was arrested without incident.

(an odd sentence from the AP)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090917/ap_on_re_us/us_yale_killing

Arrested at a Super 8 motel. If I knew I was going to be arrested the moment DNA evidence was analyzed I wouldn't spend my last moments of freedom in a Super 8 motel. It would be steak, strippers and five-star hotels 24-hours-a-day until they slapped the cuffs on.

Reminds me of the book and movie 25th Hour which poses the question of what you would do before being sent to prison for a long time.

Why did Raymond Clark III join the Asian Awareness Club? Wouldn't you need to be Asian to join that?

Just hop on a Fung Wah bus and you're suddenly "aware".

LOL.

In my high school, lots of people of different ethnic backgrounds joined the Asian Awareness club. We ate good food and watched movies during school.

Usually Asians are already aware of it.

Maybe I should asked "Wouldn't you *want* to be Asian to join that?"

Yeah, that club membership is a wonder. Not that you'd have to be Asian to join, but did his interest in things Asian [chicks] lead him to rage on this poor girl?

I like how the Post describes him as muscular. We'll see how muscular he feels where he's going.

Obviously campus groups can't bar people from joining because of their race, so anyone's free to join. However, the white boy joining the asian club is usually a fucking weirdo.

Secret romance gone awry?

Remember people. Lessons learned from the 4 way rape accusation at Hofstra...

speaking of rape, apparently this dude was a date rapist as well. he forced some girl he was dating in high school to have sex and then threatened her when she tried to break up with him.

this guy's boned.

He's a gunna git raped in jail.

A fair thing to bear in mind, but the ones leveling the accusations in this case are detectives familiar with a lot of physical and electronic evidence. This guy is screwed.

/stows torch and pitchfork