Overview
- The 24-year-old doctoral student vanished on September 8, 2009 after entering Yale’s Amistad Building, with her belongings found inside.
- Her remains were discovered on September 13, the day she was to be married, concealed upside down within a wall cavity in the building’s basement.
- The medical examiner determined the cause of death was traumatic asphyxiation by neck compression, with injuries sustained while alive and evidence of sexual assault.
- DNA evidence identified lab technician Ray Clark, who was arrested on September 17, pleaded guilty to murder, entered an Alford plea to attempted sexual assault, and received a 44-year sentence.
- Surveillance controls, blood-stained clothing found in the lab ceiling, and the detection of decomposition informed the investigation, yet a clear motive has never been established.