Raymond Clark III Sentenced To 44 Years In Prison For Annie Murder
Former resident Branford Raymond Clark III took charge of sexual assault and murder of Yale student Annie in 2009, just before he received a prison sentence of 44 years in New Haven Superior Court Friday.
The assassination of medical researchers, parents and other relatives have made statements before sentencing emotional, sometimes choking up tears before the fight to continue.
Although some members of the victim's family felt like Clark should have received a life sentence, Superior Court Judge Roland Fasano said the sentence would convictions and spare parts, as well as the Clark family and the need for the public to experience crime in the classroom.
"This defendant will pay for this crime every day for the rest of his life," said Judge Fasano.
Clark received a sentence of 44 years for murder and sentenced to 20 years for attempted sexual assault, both to run simultaneously. "Mr. Clark is 26. It will not be released until 2053, said State Attorney John Waddock.
Clark was a technician takes care of laboratory animals Yale Animal Research Center in New Haven, where it is for medical research.
Waddock said Sept. 8, 2009, The inexplicably disappeared. After an investigation of the missing person five days by the municipal police and the FBI, his body found things in a cavity wall of the basement September 13, the day she was to marry.
Police said investigations almost immediately focused on Clark because of his comings and goings of certain laboratory, which was registered in his key card, appeared suspicious.
After the body was discovered, investigators linked Clark to crime through DNA analysis of semen stains on the scene, and a hint of blood on his access card The.
After the sentencing, lawyer Joseph Tacopina, who represents relatives of the victim, said that what was missing from Clark's statement was an explanation of why he killed Annie.
He noted that some family members wanted a more severe sanction of Clark, but "It's the rest of his life in prison, for all practical purposes."
Tacopina said the family would have to pursue other legal means to ensure that Yale is responsible for the lapse in security ", which may be permissible to kill Clark, Annie Le, and hide the body.
Clark entered the room shortly after noon, wearing a blue shirt and dark pants. He listened impassively as the fathers and uncles of trying to read the statements describe the depth of their loss and pain.
"He took his own life. He took his future," said Vivian Le, her mother, who said he still sees his daughter in his dreams.
"Since his death was so sudden and unexpected, says the victim's father, Le Hoang," we live in fear, you never know when disaster will destroy us more. "
His uncle, Truong Van Bui, said "not to close the court" may relieve the pain. "But I would stress that the death of Annie is not just a random act of violence in the workplace. It 'was a deliberate choice of evil against another human being," he said. "Ultimately, Annie hopes and dreams were shattered that day, when he faced so bad. There was no goodness of heart that the decision to terminate the life of another person, and so the vicious way."
Annie's younger brother, Ryan, choked trying to describe his feelings about the death of his sister, how he often cried himself to sleep and his grades suffered. He said that no matter how long Clark uses in jail, would the pain of the loss of his sister will never disappear.
Clark's father, Raymond Clark Jr., said his son was born, he was one of the happiest days of his life. "Today is one of the saddest days," he said.
He said his son was raised in a loving and supportive "and has never shown a violent side of his nature. "I can not be here today to try to explain or apologize for this tragedy," he said. "But this is not Ray, we know and grew up, and we can not explain or give meaning to that."
