Yale University has agreed to pay $3 million to the family of Annie Le, a graduate student who was slain in a campus research lab in 2009.
At the time of her murder, Le was 24 and just about to get married.
On Sept. 8, 2009, she was murdered by Raymond Clark III, a 25-year-old animal technician. Her body was discovered five days later – on the day her wedding was scheduled – behind a wall in the lower level of the research laboratory. She had been strangled.
Le’s family alleged Yale didn’t adequately protect women on its campus, reports Fox News. Campus officials, however, denied those allegations, saying no additional security could have prevented the murder. At the time of the attack, the lab had key card access control installed.
The lawsuit also claimed that school officials should have known that Clark posed a threat. In 2003, Clark’s girlfriend at the time told police he forced her to have intercourse, but she did not press charges and he wasn’t arrested. The Le family attorney believed his behavior displayed violent tendencies, which put students, faculty and staff at risk.
Yale denied those allegations as well.
Both sides declined to comment about the settlement.
Clark pleaded guilty to murder and is serving a 44-year prison sentence for his crime.
