Clark DNA ‘matches that found on evidence near Annie Le’s body’

DNA from Raymond Clark III, the lab technician accused of killing Yale University graduate student Annie Le, matches that found on evidence discovered in the hiding place where Le's body was found, the Los Angeles Times is reporting. The newspaper also claims that Clark, 24, tried to cover his tracks while police searched for Le's body after she went missing on Tuesday, September 8.
 
According to reports, Yale University police and FBI agents found a match between that of DNA samples taken from Clark when police searched his apartment, and DNA found on Le's body and clothing when it was discovered on Sunday, September 13.
 
The genetic match was apparently the final detail in a combination of factors that led to Clark's arrest yesterday (pictured). An analysis of computer records of his swipe card showed the lab technician left the Yale medical building several times and also moved between several rooms, some of which he had no reason to be in. Finally, according to some US media reports, the computer records show him heading towards the utilities shaft where Le's body was later found.
 
Clark also had scratches and bruises on his arms and back which could have been caused, police believe, by Annie Le fighting for her life. Earlier in the week, Clark, who worked with the lab mice, had failed a polygraph test.
 
Police have refused to officially discuss the evidence against Clark, because the investigation is ongoing. However the LA Times’ source, a law enforcement official, told the newspaper that one investigator who interviewed laboratory employees and students shortly after Le disappeared had reported seeing Clark trying to hide lab cleaning equipment. Later, police discovered found Le’s blood samples on the equipment.
 
Another clue in the case against Clark is apparently a green pen, which he was said to use every day to sign in for work. Investigators believe he dropped the pen at the scene, but was unable to retrieve it after it fell into a crevice.
 
Yesterday Clark appeared briefly in court in New Haven, Connecticut. Keeping his head bowed, he entered no plea on the charge of Le's murder. Judge Jon Blue refused to lower the $3 million bail and Clark was remanded in custody. ·