Rest In Peace Annie Le
Le's Family members at the funeral
As many of you have probably heard, Annie Le, the Yale graduate student in pharmacology was brutally murdered on September 8th, 2009. The last sighting of Le was five days prior to her wedding day, her body was found on her wedding day stuffed into the walls of her research building, where she performed experiments on mice to study the roles of enzyme. Her killer has been confirmed to be Raymond Clark III, details of his motives are still closed to the public, but it is most likely not due to romantic interests. Some disturbing details of her murder has been released, read about them here.
Her funeral was held at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in El Dorado Hills, California. Due to her Vietnamese background, some rites were spoken in Vietnamese and hymns. Her fiance Jonathan Widawski was present but did not speak publicly, he was seen wearing their wedding ring.
Our sincerest condolences to Annie Le’s family, her fiance and his family for this tragic loss from all of us at Next Generation Voices.
What are your opinions on this matter? What kind of punishment should the killer receive? Is it good that the media is putting so much attention on this case? Leave your responses below.
It is truly a tragedy, and it’s interesting that the media was giving this story so much attention. On one hand it’s good that Annie’s tragic death is valued as a tragedy worthy of national attention. On the other hand, the publicity of her death may be an invasion of privacy and takes away the private last moments that the family members may have with Annie. This may be really uncomfortable for the family.
First of all i wanna give my condolences to Annie Le’s family, her fiance and his family. I believe that this was a sad tragedy! As far as what kind of punishment the killer should receive, it should fit the crime so he would learn his lesson but also keep in mind that no matter what anyone does it will not be able to bring back miss Annie Le! I believe that it is good that the media is putting so much attention to this because it will only create awareness to all people!
Rest in Peace