Oh, no. They found that girl...

[MDPhDWife]

Such a tragic ending to a sad story. From what I heard on the Today show this morning, the lab she was last seen in at Yale requires a badge to access the building, so it seems to me as though this definitely wasn't random. I wonder who would do such a thing without anyone noticing? I know when DH was doing his lab work, there was ALWAYS someone around in a nearby lab no matter what time of the day it was. I'm really hoping a witness comes forward.

[SuzySunshine]

It sounds like they have a suspect, another student - defensive wounds and he failed a polygraph. So sad.

[Sheherezade]

When I was in grad school, we had some very deserted lab spaces. I loved them....but I can see how this could happen. You come in at odd hours for some experiment and often there was no one around. Great for blasting music; not so great for security. I suppose it depends on the lab environment. Sad story. What's with the "secreted in a wall"? How was she found?

[GrayMatterWife]

. . . the "secreted in a wall"? How was she found?

Yeah, that's cop-speak. In my post, I wrote that, just parroting the police department spokeswoman (not sure why--I guess I was just trying not to embellish beyond the details provided by the police). (No normal person uses "secret" in it verb form.) It's a technical way of saying "hidden intentionally for the purpose of deceiving as to location." That is, the hidden nature of the body was not by accident.

Basically, somebody shoved her body into a wall, in between the layers of drywall, it sounds like.

Can you imagine her finance and family's agony, to know that her body laid, crammed into a wall, for days? How to you come to peace with that?

[MrsK]

No, it was a utility space in the basement. Some of these old buildings have openings in basement walls where utilities/plumbing/electic can be accessed. They were looking for her in the furnace room when they made the discovery.

[Pollyanna]

They are now talking about a lab tech that worked with her and the possibility of an unrequited love. The whole story is just sickening.

[fluffhead]

People in town have been all up in arms about this story since she went missing last Tuesday. If you want to see some quality coverage of it without media frenzy, check out
http://www.newhavenindependent.org

[Pollyanna]

But check out the story below that:

A Yale School of Medicine psychiatry resident appears in court Thursday after he allegedly threatened to shoot up a State Street bar — and after cops confiscated an “arsenal” of assault weapons and ammunition from his Mechanic Street home.

Thanks for the link.