1 00:00:01,334 --> 00:00:01,368   [l                             2 00:00:01,368 --> 00:00:01,401   [lig                           3 00:00:01,401 --> 00:00:01,434   [light                         4 00:00:01,434 --> 00:00:01,468   [light g                       5 00:00:01,468 --> 00:00:01,501   [light gen                     6 00:00:01,501 --> 00:00:01,534   [light gentl                   7 00:00:01,534 --> 00:00:01,568   [light gentle                  8 00:00:01,568 --> 00:00:01,601   [light gentle mu               9 00:00:01,601 --> 00:00:01,634   [light gentle musi             10 00:00:01,634 --> 00:00:03,870   [light gentle music]           11 00:00:03,870 --> 00:00:06,373 [dramatic music]                 12 00:00:06,373 --> 00:00:09,442    academic landscape               of Yale University            13 00:00:09,442 --> 00:00:11,611    lies a fortress of             scientific advancement          14 00:00:11,611 --> 00:00:14,247    known as the Amistad lab,     15 00:00:14,247 --> 00:00:15,849    where the greatest            scientific minds                 16 00:00:15,849 --> 00:00:17,851 are dedicated to                 problem solving.                 17 00:00:17,851 --> 00:00:18,918   [suspenseful music]            18 00:00:18,918 --> 00:00:21,621 - It was a very                  well-funded laboratory.          19 00:00:21,621 --> 00:00:23,390  It had the best of everything.  20 00:00:23,390 --> 00:00:24,491 - Everybody who's there,         21 00:00:24,491 --> 00:00:25,892  they want to change the world.  22 00:00:25,892 --> 00:00:27,060 [ominous music]                  23 00:00:27,060 --> 00:00:29,796  - But when a scholarly           bride-to-be disappears          24 00:00:29,796 --> 00:00:33,199   from the lab with no           evidence of her leaving,         25 00:00:33,199 --> 00:00:37,237 investigators face the            ultimate closed-door mystery.   26 00:00:37,237 --> 00:00:38,138   [suspenseful music]            27 00:00:38,138 --> 00:00:40,273    - We see Annie Le               enter the building,            28 00:00:40,273 --> 00:00:41,708   and we don't see her again.    29 00:00:42,776 --> 00:00:43,843    Where did she go?             30 00:00:43,843 --> 00:00:47,614    - Someway, somehow she was    still in this building.          31 00:00:47,614 --> 00:00:50,817 - Someone called me and          said they found Annie.           32 00:00:50,817 --> 00:00:53,653    - I passed out from shock.    33 00:00:53,653 --> 00:00:54,888   [intense suspenseful music]    34 00:00:54,888 --> 00:00:58,658  - The reality set in that she     had been brutally murdered.    35 00:00:58,658 --> 00:01:00,493   - [Alan] Suddenly a             missing person's case           36 00:01:00,493 --> 00:01:03,229   becomes a desperate              search for a killer.           37 00:01:03,229 --> 00:01:04,764 - But just about everything from 38 00:01:04,764 --> 00:01:07,667   that space requires            keycard access.                  39 00:01:07,667 --> 00:01:08,668 [keypad beeping]                 40 00:01:08,668 --> 00:01:11,771  - You're a close-knit            group in a small lab.           41 00:01:11,771 --> 00:01:13,873    You are together                day in and day out.            42 00:01:14,707 --> 00:01:16,476    - Nobody trusted anybody.     43 00:01:17,644 --> 00:01:19,412  - A mystery so vexing           44 00:01:19,412 --> 00:01:22,182  can only lead to one solution.  45 00:01:22,182 --> 00:01:24,250   Somewhere inside these walls   46 00:01:24,250 --> 00:01:25,085 [intense dramatic music]         47 00:01:25,085 --> 00:01:27,854   a murderer is hiding           in plain sight.                  48 00:01:27,854 --> 00:01:31,357  [dramatic theme music]          49 00:01:41,601 --> 00:01:43,570    [intense foreboding music]    50 00:01:43,570 --> 00:01:45,872   [siren wailing in distance]    51 00:01:45,872 --> 00:01:48,208 - Late on the night of           Tuesday, September 8th,          52 00:01:48,208 --> 00:01:50,310   a student at Yale University   53 00:01:50,310 --> 00:01:51,811 calls the Yale Police Department 54 00:01:51,811 --> 00:01:53,746 to report her roommate missing.  55 00:01:53,746 --> 00:01:55,615 [dramatic music]                 56 00:01:55,615 --> 00:01:57,484    Her roommate is Annie Le.     57 00:01:57,484 --> 00:02:01,621 She's a 24-year-old PhD          student in pharmacology.         58 00:02:01,621 --> 00:02:03,723  [quiet dramatic music]          59 00:02:03,723 --> 00:02:06,559  - The roommate hadn't           heard from her all day.          60 00:02:06,559 --> 00:02:09,229  They texted normally             multiple times a day,           61 00:02:09,229 --> 00:02:11,698 and so she was concerned           that something had happened.   62 00:02:11,698 --> 00:02:13,466    [dramatic music continues]    63 00:02:13,466 --> 00:02:16,569  - [Det. Valentin] What adds an   extra layer of mystery          64 00:02:16,569 --> 00:02:18,238   to all of this is that she's     supposed to                    65 00:02:18,238 --> 00:02:20,773   be married that very           weekend.                         66 00:02:20,773 --> 00:02:23,877  The fact that this is           out of character for her         67 00:02:23,877 --> 00:02:27,647    and this would not be how        she would conduct herself     68 00:02:27,647 --> 00:02:29,782   in the days leading              up to her wedding,             69 00:02:29,782 --> 00:02:31,885  this gave it some more urgency  70 00:02:31,885 --> 00:02:34,521 than it otherwise would've had.  71 00:02:36,923 --> 00:02:38,992  who is 80 miles away.           72 00:02:38,992 --> 00:02:41,027 - [Det. Valentin] Jonathan is at   Columbia University            73 00:02:41,027 --> 00:02:42,795    in New York City.             74 00:02:42,795 --> 00:02:45,465 They ask him whether or          not he's heard from her,         75 00:02:45,465 --> 00:02:47,500  and Jonathan tells the           police that he's been           76 00:02:47,500 --> 00:02:49,035  at Columbia University all day  77 00:02:49,035 --> 00:02:50,670 and that he had                     a class that day.             78 00:02:50,670 --> 00:02:52,539   He says that                     because he and Annie           79 00:02:52,539 --> 00:02:54,340  both have very busy schedules,  80 00:02:54,340 --> 00:02:56,543  it wasn't unusual for            them not to talk much,          81 00:02:56,543 --> 00:02:58,811    if at all, during the day.    82 00:02:58,811 --> 00:03:00,947    - [Alan] However, Jonathan      says that Annie was supposed   83 00:03:00,947 --> 00:03:04,284 to call him at 7:00 p.m.         that day but never did.          84 00:03:04,284 --> 00:03:05,785   And when her                     roommate reached out           85 00:03:05,785 --> 00:03:07,921    with the news she                never came home,              86 00:03:07,921 --> 00:03:10,390   he encouraged her to             call campus police.            87 00:03:10,390 --> 00:03:11,391 [intense dramatic music]         88 00:03:11,391 --> 00:03:13,293  - [Det. Valentin] He says he's   very worried,                   89 00:03:13,293 --> 00:03:16,696  and that he's going to travel    up to New Haven the next day.   90 00:03:16,696 --> 00:03:18,798   The initial                     impression of Jonathan          91 00:03:18,798 --> 00:03:21,434 is that he is a worried fiancé,  92 00:03:21,434 --> 00:03:24,504    and that it's not              throwing up red flags,          93 00:03:24,504 --> 00:03:26,839    but we can't rule him out     as a suspect just yet.           94 00:03:26,839 --> 00:03:28,041   [suspenseful music]            95 00:03:28,041 --> 00:03:30,410  - [Alan] Investigators plan to     question Jonathan further     96 00:03:30,410 --> 00:03:31,711 when he arrives.                 97 00:03:31,711 --> 00:03:33,513 In the meantime,                    campus police open            98 00:03:33,513 --> 00:03:35,448 a missing person's investigation 99 00:03:35,448 --> 00:03:38,751  and get a detailed description    of Annie from her roommate.    100 00:03:39,552 --> 00:03:41,788  - [Det. Valentin] When campus    police talk to the roommate,    101 00:03:41,788 --> 00:03:44,791   she tells them that            Annie left that morning          102 00:03:44,791 --> 00:03:47,860  wearing a bright green           top and a brown skirt,          103 00:03:47,860 --> 00:03:49,596   and then the police              were told that Annie           104 00:03:49,596 --> 00:03:51,464 had a very predictable routine.  105 00:03:51,464 --> 00:03:52,832   She would go to her office,    106 00:03:52,832 --> 00:03:54,400  which was part of the campus.   107 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:55,735 She would go to her laboratory,  108 00:03:55,735 --> 00:03:56,836 which is about a half mile away  109 00:03:56,836 --> 00:03:58,938  on the outskirts of New Haven,  110 00:03:58,938 --> 00:04:00,740 and then she would return home.  111 00:04:00,740 --> 00:04:01,674   [suspenseful music]            112 00:04:01,674 --> 00:04:04,444    So the first place              to go is her office.           113 00:04:04,444 --> 00:04:07,614 [dramatic music]                 114 00:04:07,614 --> 00:04:09,849   So as officers look around,    115 00:04:09,849 --> 00:04:12,352    they don't see any signs         of some sort of struggle.     116 00:04:12,352 --> 00:04:13,753 There's no drawers open.         117 00:04:13,753 --> 00:04:15,989    There's no chairs               that are overturned.           118 00:04:15,989 --> 00:04:17,357    You know, there's                nothing to suggest            119 00:04:17,357 --> 00:04:19,626 that something happened             inside the room.              120 00:04:19,626 --> 00:04:20,560    [dramatic music continues]    121 00:04:20,560 --> 00:04:22,629    - [Alan] But what              campus police do find           122 00:04:22,629 --> 00:04:26,032 in Annie's office raises            further questions.            123 00:04:26,032 --> 00:04:29,035 - [Det. Valentin] They find her   wallet, credit cards,           124 00:04:29,035 --> 00:04:30,703    and her cellphone.            125 00:04:31,904 --> 00:04:34,440   So where could she have gone   126 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:36,342   where none of those              things are needed?             127 00:04:37,377 --> 00:04:38,778   [suspenseful music]            128 00:04:38,778 --> 00:04:40,146 - [David] Obviously it shows she  wasn't                          129 00:04:40,146 --> 00:04:42,749 planning to go                     anywhere long term.            130 00:04:42,749 --> 00:04:44,784    So one of the things that     the police do in these           131 00:04:44,784 --> 00:04:48,121  kinds of cases is immediately     call the person's parents.     132 00:04:48,121 --> 00:04:50,657 Annie's parents                    live in California.            133 00:04:50,657 --> 00:04:51,924 Annie's parents say that         134 00:04:51,924 --> 00:04:53,793 she was excited to get married.  135 00:04:53,793 --> 00:04:55,495  That's all she                     was talking about.            136 00:04:55,495 --> 00:04:58,931    Nothing that had indicated     that she was going to takeoff.  137 00:04:58,931 --> 00:05:01,000    A daug                        138 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:03,036  is a parent's worst nightmare.  139 00:05:03,036 --> 00:05:05,505 [intense dramatic music]         140 00:05:05,505 --> 00:05:06,606 - [Alan] With urgency mounting,  141 00:05:06,606 --> 00:05:09,042 Yale Police call in the            New Haven Police Department    142 00:05:09,042 --> 00:05:11,678  and the FBI for reinforcement.  143 00:05:11,678 --> 00:05:12,945    [dramatic music continues]    144 00:05:12,945 --> 00:05:14,881    - Yale PD enlisted              the help of the FBI.           145 00:05:14,881 --> 00:05:17,884   That's when my team              was asked to assist.           146 00:05:17,884 --> 00:05:20,486    Just from all the               initial interviews,            147 00:05:20,486 --> 00:05:21,821 it raised to the level of, like, 148 00:05:21,821 --> 00:05:23,156 "Let's call in New Haven Police, 149 00:05:23,156 --> 00:05:25,825   A, so that we have             more personnel to work,          150 00:05:25,825 --> 00:05:27,960    but B, so that in              case it is a homicide,          151 00:05:27,960 --> 00:05:29,829    they're here from             ground level."                   152 00:05:29,829 --> 00:05:31,431   [suspenseful music]            153 00:05:31,431 --> 00:05:33,099 - [Alan] Meanwhile, they          work through the night          154 00:05:33,099 --> 00:05:35,435   to learn everything            they can about a woman,          155 00:05:35,435 --> 00:05:37,036 who, they increasingly suspect,  156 00:05:37,036 --> 00:05:38,771  is in serious danger.           157 00:05:38,771 --> 00:05:40,673  [dramatic bass music]           158 00:05:40,673 --> 00:05:45,545  [gentle music]                  159 00:05:45,545 --> 00:05:48,548 and she was a fireball.          160 00:05:48,548 --> 00:05:50,950    She was naturally curious.    161 00:05:50,950 --> 00:05:54,721   She graduated valedictorian       from high school              162 00:05:54,721 --> 00:05:59,959   and was determined to really     pursue her interest in STEM.   163 00:05:59,959 --> 00:06:01,861    Annie and I met at               the undergraduate             164 00:06:01,861 --> 00:06:05,865    scholorshop program at the     National Institutes of Health,  165 00:06:05,865 --> 00:06:08,067   and we became fast friends.    166 00:06:08,067 --> 00:06:11,738    She's 12 years my junior,     167 00:06:11,738 --> 00:06:14,674  and she looked up to             me as her big sister,           168 00:06:14,674 --> 00:06:18,111 so I had some important          shoes to fill.                   169 00:06:19,579 --> 00:06:22,615 - [Alan] In 2007, Annie          was accepted into Yale's         170 00:06:22,615 --> 00:06:25,218 competitive pharmacology            graduate program.             171 00:06:25,218 --> 00:06:26,953   By her second year,            172 00:06:26,953 --> 00:06:29,889   Annie had secured a position   on a multimillion-dollar         173 00:06:29,889 --> 00:06:33,960  groundbreaking experiment at    Yale's prestigious Amistad lab.  174 00:06:33,960 --> 00:06:35,995  [dramatic instrumental music]   175 00:06:35,995 --> 00:06:38,731 but it was a laboratory            at Yale University,            176 00:06:38,731 --> 00:06:40,800    so it had the best             of everything.                  177 00:06:41,300 --> 00:06:43,903  - [Jennifer] Annie was testing    lifesaving medicines           178 00:06:43,903 --> 00:06:46,172 utilizing mice.                  179 00:06:46,172 --> 00:06:48,141   It's a tight-knit community.   180 00:06:48,141 --> 00:06:49,776  Everybody who's there,          181 00:06:49,776 --> 00:06:51,144  they want to change the world.  182 00:06:51,577 --> 00:06:54,514    You're a close-knit group.    183 00:06:54,514 --> 00:06:57,016  People look after one another.  184 00:06:57,016 --> 00:06:58,518  [light dramatic music]          185 00:06:58,518 --> 00:06:59,552    - [Alan] And now,             186 00:06:59,552 --> 00:07:03,189    one member of this              tight-knit group is missing,   187 00:07:03,189 --> 00:07:04,991    and campus police                working through the night     188 00:07:04,991 --> 00:07:08,194 pour over Annie's cell           phone and email records          189 00:07:08,194 --> 00:07:11,130   for a clue to where              she might have gone.           190 00:07:11,130 --> 00:07:12,932   - [Det. Valentin] Police go    through all of Annie's           191 00:07:12,932 --> 00:07:15,868  text messages, look at           all of Annie's emails,          192 00:07:15,868 --> 00:07:17,670    to see is there an              unknown relationship           193 00:07:17,670 --> 00:07:19,138  that she's engaged in.          194 00:07:19,138 --> 00:07:19,906  [eerie dramatic music]          195 00:07:19,906 --> 00:07:22,175  And they don't find anything.   196 00:07:22,708 --> 00:07:26,612  And, in fact, the only             message of any consequence    197 00:07:26,612 --> 00:07:28,815   is the last message            that she sends.                  198 00:07:28,815 --> 00:07:29,749 [dramatic music]                 199 00:07:29,749 --> 00:07:32,552   She tells all of her             coworkers at the lab           200 00:07:32,552 --> 00:07:35,054  because she's leaving for two    weeks to get married.           201 00:07:35,655 --> 00:07:36,823   - [Alan] But                     something else about           202 00:07:36,823 --> 00:07:39,759    that email catches            their attention.                 203 00:07:39,759 --> 00:07:42,161   The IP information indicates   204 00:07:42,161 --> 00:07:45,665  that it was sent from            a computer at the lab.          205 00:07:45,665 --> 00:07:47,166  - [Det. Valentin] Annie sends   her last email                   206 00:07:47,166 --> 00:07:48,134  from her lab computer           207 00:07:48,134 --> 00:07:51,037   a little after 10 o'clock on   Tuesday morning.                 208 00:07:51,037 --> 00:07:52,338  [light dramatic music]          209 00:07:52,338 --> 00:07:54,841    So that in and of                itself says that              210 00:07:54,841 --> 00:07:57,243    she was at the lab            Tuesday morning.                 211 00:07:57,243 --> 00:07:58,678 [keypad beeping]                 212 00:07:58,678 --> 00:08:02,014 So police need to go to the lab. 213 00:08:02,014 --> 00:08:03,850  - [Alan] Investigators             beeline to her lab            214 00:08:03,850 --> 00:08:05,852 at the Amistad building             half a mile away              215 00:08:05,852 --> 00:08:07,119  and descend to the floor where  216 00:08:07,119 --> 00:08:09,956    animal experiments             are conducted.                  217 00:08:10,356 --> 00:08:12,959  - [Det. Valentin] We go to her     lab and do a quick search.    218 00:08:12,959 --> 00:08:14,861  [light dramatic music]          219 00:08:14,861 --> 00:08:16,863  Check her workstation.          220 00:08:16,863 --> 00:08:18,197 There's no note.                 221 00:08:18,197 --> 00:08:21,100 There's really nothing              of any evidentiary value.     222 00:08:22,335 --> 00:08:24,103    - [Alan] However,               the sheer magnitude            223 00:08:24,103 --> 00:08:27,874   of the lab security             doesn't go unnoticed.           224 00:08:27,874 --> 00:08:30,610 - Just about everything          from that space                  225 00:08:30,610 --> 00:08:32,845 requires keycard access.         226 00:08:32,845 --> 00:08:36,249   Where all the animals were      kept required keycard access.   227 00:08:36,249 --> 00:08:39,685    Even the janitor's closet        required keycard access.      228 00:08:40,853 --> 00:08:41,821 [keypad beeping]                 229 00:08:41,821 --> 00:08:45,725  [light dramatic music]          230 00:08:45,725 --> 00:08:47,760    investigators work             with building security          231 00:08:47,760 --> 00:08:49,862  to get a log of the last time   232 00:08:49,862 --> 00:08:51,964    that Annie swiped                into her lab room,            233 00:08:51,964 --> 00:08:55,234 and the timing provides             a critical clue.              234 00:08:56,869 --> 00:08:58,738  - [Det. Valentin] We find out     that Annie                     235 00:08:58,738 --> 00:09:01,908   swipes into her lab             at 10:11 that morning.          236 00:09:01,908 --> 00:09:02,875   [suspenseful music]            237 00:09:02,875 --> 00:09:05,244 So police quickly began          238 00:09:05,244 --> 00:09:07,780 looking at the                    surveillance footage,           239 00:09:07,780 --> 00:09:10,049 and sure enough, we see Annie Le 240 00:09:10,049 --> 00:09:12,885    enter the building            shortly after 10:00 a.m.         241 00:09:12,885 --> 00:09:14,020  Once she's in the lab,          242 00:09:14,020 --> 00:09:16,289   you can't really see              where she's going,            243 00:09:16,289 --> 00:09:19,025   but we know what Annie was       wearing when she walked in.    244 00:09:19,025 --> 00:09:21,327   It's thankfully distinctive.   245 00:09:21,327 --> 00:09:23,729  It's a very bright green top.   246 00:09:23,729 --> 00:09:26,198    So can we see her leaving?    247 00:09:26,198 --> 00:09:27,800  - [Alan] Investigators             hold their breath             248 00:09:27,800 --> 00:09:30,269  as they watch through            the security footage,           249 00:09:30,269 --> 00:09:32,738    and at around the               1:00 p.m. timestamp,           250 00:09:33,039 --> 00:09:34,941  they notice something unusual.  251 00:09:34,941 --> 00:09:36,008   [intense suspenseful music]    252 00:09:36,008 --> 00:09:38,744    - [Det. Valentin] All of a    sudden everybody leaves.         253 00:09:38,744 --> 00:09:39,879   [fire alarm beeping]           254 00:09:39,879 --> 00:09:41,681 A alarm goes off                 255 00:09:41,681 --> 00:09:43,883   and forces everybody            to leave the building.          256 00:09:44,817 --> 00:09:45,718 - [Agent Jacobson] Being         officers                         257 00:09:45,718 --> 00:09:47,353   and thinking in an               investigative mind,            258 00:09:47,353 --> 00:09:50,022  this is some kind of diversion  259 00:09:50,022 --> 00:09:51,824 where somebody's                 doing something,                 260 00:09:51,824 --> 00:09:53,159    had to pull the fire alarm    261 00:09:53,159 --> 00:09:55,695    to get people out                of the building.              262 00:09:55,695 --> 00:09:57,463   - [Det. Valentin] As we sit      there and we watch             263 00:09:57,463 --> 00:09:58,698 everybody leave,                 264 00:09:58,698 --> 00:10:01,233 we know what Annie was             wearing when she walked in,    265 00:10:01,233 --> 00:10:04,036  but we don't see her.           266 00:10:04,036 --> 00:10:05,972    [striking dramatic music]     267 00:10:05,972 --> 00:10:07,173    And it's really confusing,    268 00:10:07,173 --> 00:10:08,908    because where did she go?     269 00:10:08,908 --> 00:10:10,242    [alarm continues beeping]     270 00:10:10,242 --> 00:10:11,978   She's still in the building.   271 00:10:11,978 --> 00:10:14,814   [suspenseful music]            272 00:10:14,814 --> 00:10:16,248   - [Alan] Coming up.            273 00:10:16,248 --> 00:10:18,117 - [Agent Jacobson] What's going     on during that fire alarm     274 00:10:18,117 --> 00:10:19,852  that we're not seeing.          275 00:10:19,852 --> 00:10:21,487   - [Det. Valentin] It becomes   obvious                          276 00:10:21,487 --> 00:10:23,823   that the laboratory               is a crime scene.             277 00:10:23,823 --> 00:10:26,459 - [Agent Jacobson] This is the   first sign of a violent attack.  278 00:10:26,459 --> 00:10:30,696 [suspenseful music intensifies]  279 00:10:31,631 --> 00:10:31,664  [t                              280 00:10:31,664 --> 00:10:31,697  [ten                            281 00:10:31,697 --> 00:10:31,731  [tense                          282 00:10:31,731 --> 00:10:31,764  [tense d                        283 00:10:31,764 --> 00:10:31,797  [tense dra                      284 00:10:31,797 --> 00:10:31,831  [tense drama                    285 00:10:31,831 --> 00:10:31,864  [tense dramati                  286 00:10:31,864 --> 00:10:31,897  [tense dramatic                 287 00:10:31,897 --> 00:10:31,931  [tense dramatic mu              288 00:10:31,931 --> 00:10:31,964  [tense dramatic musi            289 00:10:31,964 --> 00:10:33,833  [tense dramatic music]          290 00:10:33,833 --> 00:10:37,637  - [Alan] Yale University grad   student Annie Le has disappeared 291 00:10:37,637 --> 00:10:40,573 after entering a highly           secured lab building on campus  292 00:10:40,573 --> 00:10:42,908  just days before her wedding.   293 00:10:42,908 --> 00:10:45,511  Nearly 24 hours after              she was last seen             294 00:10:45,511 --> 00:10:47,713  on video surveillance              entering her lab              295 00:10:47,713 --> 00:10:49,782 and never seen exiting,          296 00:10:49,782 --> 00:10:51,450   it's a mystery that               has investigators             297 00:10:51,450 --> 00:10:54,854   from three different             agencies confounded.           298 00:10:54,854 --> 00:10:55,821    [striking dramatic music]     299 00:10:55,821 --> 00:10:56,956   [siren wailing in distance]    300 00:10:56,956 --> 00:10:59,291 - [Agent Jacobson] Annie sent an email around 10 o'clock,         301 00:10:59,291 --> 00:11:01,527 and then the fire alarm           went off around 1:00,           302 00:11:01,527 --> 00:11:04,196 and there was no sign of          her at the fire alarm.          303 00:11:04,196 --> 00:11:05,965   So it was clear that            something had happened          304 00:11:05,965 --> 00:11:08,501 between that 10 o'clock             and the 1:00 o'clock time.    305 00:11:09,502 --> 00:11:11,837   - [Alan] Is there a              connection between the alarm   306 00:11:11,837 --> 00:11:13,973    and Annie's disappearance?    307 00:11:13,973 --> 00:11:17,343 Investigators find the             answer for what set it off.    308 00:11:17,343 --> 00:11:18,577 [dramatic music]                 309 00:11:18,577 --> 00:11:20,446  - [Det. Valentin] Somebody in     the laboratory accidentally    310 00:11:20,446 --> 00:11:22,982    opened up a large             steam container                  311 00:11:22,982 --> 00:11:25,751   used to sterilize equipment    312 00:11:25,751 --> 00:11:26,686   [fire alarm beeping]           313 00:11:26,686 --> 00:11:28,754 and sets off the alarm,          314 00:11:28,754 --> 00:11:31,457    and as a result everybody        has to evacuate.              315 00:11:32,358 --> 00:11:33,592    [alarm continues beeping]     316 00:11:33,592 --> 00:11:35,995   - [Agent Jacobson] Those two   researchers stood by the machine 317 00:11:35,995 --> 00:11:37,863  and didn't exit the building,   318 00:11:37,863 --> 00:11:39,765 also bringing attention to them. 319 00:11:39,765 --> 00:11:40,599   Were they involved?            320 00:11:40,599 --> 00:11:41,634 Were they not involved?          321 00:11:41,634 --> 00:11:42,835    [intense mysterious music]    322 00:11:42,835 --> 00:11:46,305    - [Alan] After thoroughly      interrogating the researchers   323 00:11:46,305 --> 00:11:48,374   and examining the equipment,   324 00:11:48,374 --> 00:11:51,577 investigators are able           to verify the accident.          325 00:11:51,577 --> 00:11:54,013   But after clearing               Annie's colleagues,            326 00:11:54,013 --> 00:11:56,215 they're left back at square one. 327 00:11:56,749 --> 00:11:58,384  - [Det. Valentin] What had us     all stumped                    328 00:11:58,384 --> 00:12:01,487  is we have this young              woman, Annie Le,              329 00:12:01,487 --> 00:12:05,391    who goes into this secure       building and she disappears.   330 00:12:07,026 --> 00:12:10,029  and we really started            to believe the worst.           331 00:12:10,029 --> 00:12:11,263  [dramatic instrumental music]   332 00:12:11,263 --> 00:12:12,498   - [Alan] Hoping for answers,   333 00:12:12,498 --> 00:12:16,368  investigators turn to Annie's     distraught fiancé Jonathan,    334 00:12:16,368 --> 00:12:19,238   who has just made the trip       to New Haven from New York.    335 00:12:20,673 --> 00:12:22,541  It's unlikely                     Jonathan could have            336 00:12:22,541 --> 00:12:25,044 entered the lab                    yesterday unnoticed,           337 00:12:25,044 --> 00:12:27,279 but to leave no stone unturned,  338 00:12:27,279 --> 00:12:29,648    the FBI asks him to take a       polygraph,                    339 00:12:30,516 --> 00:12:32,251 which he passes.                 340 00:12:33,152 --> 00:12:34,553 - [Agent Jacobson] There was no   video of him                    341 00:12:34,553 --> 00:12:36,689   entering or exiting the lab.   342 00:12:36,689 --> 00:12:38,524  Also, we were able to confirm   343 00:12:38,524 --> 00:12:41,393    that he was out of               town at that time,            344 00:12:41,393 --> 00:12:43,896   and he was cleared             from the investigation.          345 00:12:43,896 --> 00:12:45,431  [dramatic bass music]           346 00:12:45,431 --> 00:12:46,632   [light gentle music]           347 00:12:46,632 --> 00:12:49,935  - [Jennifer] I know Annie, and     she was dedicated to John.    348 00:12:49,935 --> 00:12:52,371  She loved him so much,          349 00:12:52,371 --> 00:12:54,306   and they had such a              great relationship.            350 00:12:54,306 --> 00:12:56,041  They were the sweetest couple,  351 00:12:56,041 --> 00:12:58,577   sweetest couple I had seen.    352 00:12:58,577 --> 00:13:01,313    So to me the                  353 00:13:01,313 --> 00:13:03,449   [suspenseful music]            354 00:13:03,449 --> 00:13:05,851   - [Det. Valentin] So at this      point we still don't know     355 00:13:05,851 --> 00:13:07,453   whether something's            happened to her                  356 00:13:07,453 --> 00:13:09,688 or whether she's simply missing. 357 00:13:10,556 --> 00:13:13,325  - [Alan] Now they face           the exhaustive process          358 00:13:13,325 --> 00:13:16,595    of speaking with well over       100 employees and students    359 00:13:16,595 --> 00:13:18,597  who entered the lab that day.   360 00:13:18,597 --> 00:13:21,066    Without any evidence that        Annie left the building,      361 00:13:21,066 --> 00:13:22,735  they're confident that someone  362 00:13:22,735 --> 00:13:26,005  in the lab has                     vital information.            363 00:13:26,005 --> 00:13:28,007  - [Agent Jacobson] There was a  364 00:13:28,007 --> 00:13:29,675 "When's the last                   time you saw Annie?"           365 00:13:29,675 --> 00:13:31,744 "What was your                   relationship with her?"          366 00:13:31,744 --> 00:13:33,479 [intense dramatic music]         367 00:13:33,479 --> 00:13:34,880  - It was a Wednesday.           368 00:13:34,880 --> 00:13:36,615   As I enter the lab,            369 00:13:36,615 --> 00:13:39,118 I was greeted in my storage area 370 00:13:39,118 --> 00:13:42,354  by an officer and a detective.  371 00:13:42,354 --> 00:13:43,489   They showed me her picture,    372 00:13:43,489 --> 00:13:46,492    and right then and            there the hair stood up.         373 00:13:46,492 --> 00:13:49,495    And I'm like, "Oh               my, god, I know her.           374 00:13:49,495 --> 00:13:50,963   Oh, my god, I remember her."   375 00:13:50,963 --> 00:13:51,864  [light dramatic music]          376 00:13:51,864 --> 00:13:54,900    She would blow by                and, "Hey, hello."            377 00:13:54,900 --> 00:13:57,136    She made me feel                 warm and welcome.             378 00:13:57,136 --> 00:13:59,972 That's when I was like              what could have happened?     379 00:13:59,972 --> 00:14:00,906    Her wedding is coming up.     380 00:14:00,906 --> 00:14:02,575   We got to find her.              We got to find her.            381 00:14:02,575 --> 00:14:04,844   [intense suspenseful music]    382 00:14:04,844 --> 00:14:06,512 - [Det. Valentin] While          conducting interviews,           383 00:14:06,512 --> 00:14:09,515 we speak to another PhD          researcher named Rachel.         384 00:14:09,515 --> 00:14:14,153 [ominous dramatic music]         385 00:14:14,153 --> 00:14:16,522   on a hygienic wipe container   386 00:14:16,522 --> 00:14:19,491   that's on a lab cart              in Annie Le's lab.            387 00:14:19,491 --> 00:14:21,994    [ominous music continues]     388 00:14:21,994 --> 00:14:23,762   - [Alan] Detectives              are finally finding            389 00:14:23,762 --> 00:14:27,032   a clue to suggest a             crime has taken place           390 00:14:27,032 --> 00:14:29,401    and quickly use an             alternate light source          391 00:14:29,401 --> 00:14:31,804 to look for more trace evidence. 392 00:14:31,804 --> 00:14:33,939    [ominous music continues]     393 00:14:33,939 --> 00:14:35,875    - [Det. Valentin] I found       something that was             394 00:14:35,875 --> 00:14:37,543 fluorescent on the wall,         395 00:14:37,543 --> 00:14:39,945  and it tested positive           with acid phosphatase.          396 00:14:39,945 --> 00:14:42,381  So it was potentially           seminal fluid.                   397 00:14:43,482 --> 00:14:45,084   She's still missing,           398 00:14:45,084 --> 00:14:47,086 but the picture of what happened 399 00:14:47,086 --> 00:14:49,955  is starting to become            a little bit clearer.           400 00:14:49,955 --> 00:14:51,957    - [Alan] Despite                an emerging theory,            401 00:14:51,957 --> 00:14:54,960 investigators can't make           any assumptions yet.           402 00:14:54,960 --> 00:14:57,429   So agents test the               blood-spattered box            403 00:14:57,429 --> 00:15:00,065   against items found               in Annie's home.              404 00:15:00,065 --> 00:15:03,102 - [Det. Valentin] Because of the  access that we had to the lab   405 00:15:03,102 --> 00:15:05,204   and the fact that we             didn't have to wait            406 00:15:05,204 --> 00:15:07,706 for any testing to be performed, 407 00:15:07,706 --> 00:15:09,208  blood samples that were found   408 00:15:09,208 --> 00:15:11,677 in the lab were                    tested immediately,            409 00:15:11,677 --> 00:15:13,812   [suspenseful music]            410 00:15:13,812 --> 00:15:15,948   and they turned out              to be Annie's blood.           411 00:15:15,948 --> 00:15:18,050 [intense dramatic music]         412 00:15:18,050 --> 00:15:20,786 - [Agent Jacobson] This is the   first sign of a violent attack,  413 00:15:20,786 --> 00:15:22,221 we're starting                   to realize that                  414 00:15:22,221 --> 00:15:24,623 there's more to be told           from inside the lab.            415 00:15:26,125 --> 00:15:27,993 - [Det. Valentin] The more time    that passes                    416 00:15:27,993 --> 00:15:29,862   and nobody hears from Annie,   417 00:15:29,862 --> 00:15:34,566   and there is no activity on     any credit cards or on a phone  418 00:15:34,566 --> 00:15:36,201   the more obvious it becomes    419 00:15:36,201 --> 00:15:37,870   [intense suspenseful music]    420 00:15:37,870 --> 00:15:39,605   that the laboratory               is a crime scene.             421 00:15:39,605 --> 00:15:43,475    [striking dramatic music]     422 00:15:43,475 --> 00:15:44,944 - [Alan] Despite                    finding the blood,            423 00:15:44,944 --> 00:15:47,079    police are unable               to shut down the lab           424 00:15:47,079 --> 00:15:48,881   and declare it a crime scene   425 00:15:48,881 --> 00:15:51,684 due to the ongoing experiments.  426 00:15:51,684 --> 00:15:52,952 - [Det. Valentin] There's a very delicate balance                 427 00:15:52,952 --> 00:15:55,020    that we are trying               to strike between             428 00:15:55,020 --> 00:15:57,489  conducting an                   unfettered investigation         429 00:15:57,489 --> 00:16:01,126   and being mindful of            the research projects.          430 00:16:01,126 --> 00:16:02,861 [dramatic music]                 431 00:16:02,861 --> 00:16:04,763    [birds squawking]             432 00:16:04,763 --> 00:16:07,633  - [Melissa] Whenever I entered    10 Amistad,                    433 00:16:07,633 --> 00:16:09,168 the feeling was uneasy.          434 00:16:09,168 --> 00:16:10,569 [uneasy dramatic music]          435 00:16:10,569 --> 00:16:12,638    The building is very busy.    436 00:16:12,638 --> 00:16:15,007  Laboratory people, scientists,  437 00:16:15,007 --> 00:16:16,976  students that work in the lab,  438 00:16:16,976 --> 00:16:19,011 and then us custodians,          439 00:16:19,011 --> 00:16:20,279 [cart squeaking]                 440 00:16:20,279 --> 00:16:22,047  they looked at us as suspects,  441 00:16:22,047 --> 00:16:23,916    and we looked at                 them as suspects.             442 00:16:23,916 --> 00:16:25,718 [intense dramatic music]         443 00:16:25,718 --> 00:16:27,486  It was nerve-racking.           444 00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:30,189 Nobody trusted anybody.          445 00:16:30,189 --> 00:16:32,624    [striking dramatic music]     446 00:16:32,624 --> 00:16:34,760   - [Alan] Following the lead      where the blood was found,     447 00:16:34,760 --> 00:16:37,262   detectives narrowed            their focus to determine         448 00:16:37,262 --> 00:16:39,665   who else had access              to Annie's lab room            449 00:16:39,665 --> 00:16:41,867 on the day of her disappearance. 450 00:16:41,867 --> 00:16:43,068  [tense dramatic music]          451 00:16:43,068 --> 00:16:45,204  - [Det. Valentin] Annie swipes    into her lab                   452 00:16:45,204 --> 00:16:47,172  at 10:11 that morning.          453 00:16:47,172 --> 00:16:50,142 We find out that                  after Annie swipes in,          454 00:16:50,142 --> 00:16:53,545    there are four more people     who swipe their cards           455 00:16:53,545 --> 00:16:55,781   and gain access to              that same laboratory.           456 00:16:55,781 --> 00:16:57,182 [ominous music]                  457 00:16:57,182 --> 00:16:58,550 [keypad beeping]                 458 00:16:58,550 --> 00:17:03,088 So one of the people who swipes   into Annie's lab was Rachel,    459 00:17:03,088 --> 00:17:04,757   the same person who               actually noticed              460 00:17:04,757 --> 00:17:07,226   the bloodstains on the box.    461 00:17:07,226 --> 00:17:09,762   Another person that             goes into Annie's lab           462 00:17:09,762 --> 00:17:11,563  after she does is Tim.          463 00:17:11,563 --> 00:17:12,231 [keypad beeping]                 464 00:17:12,231 --> 00:17:14,233   He's a Yale postdoc.           465 00:17:14,233 --> 00:17:17,269   Then one of the animal care      technicians named Ray Clark.   466 00:17:18,237 --> 00:17:20,239 [keypad beeping]                 467 00:17:20,239 --> 00:17:22,207   - [Agnet Jacobson] So there      were four people that went     468 00:17:22,207 --> 00:17:25,110 in the same area                   that Annie had gone,           469 00:17:25,110 --> 00:17:27,980 three that were regular           lab fellow employees.           470 00:17:27,980 --> 00:17:29,848   - [Alan] The fourth               person who swipes             471 00:17:29,848 --> 00:17:34,253    is revealed to be an HVAC     contractor named Larry Godfrey.  472 00:17:34,253 --> 00:17:36,055    [intense foreboding music]    473 00:17:36,055 --> 00:17:39,691 - [Det. Valentin] Larry Godfrey  has access to the entire floor,  474 00:17:39,691 --> 00:17:43,562    every lab, every              passageway, every duct.          475 00:17:43,862 --> 00:17:45,664 That raises a red flag.          476 00:17:45,664 --> 00:17:47,966   [suspenseful music]            477 00:17:47,966 --> 00:17:50,602  - [Alan] As investigators set     out to bring Larry Godfrey     478 00:17:50,602 --> 00:17:51,870   in for an interview,           479 00:17:51,870 --> 00:17:53,605    they encounter a problem.     480 00:17:53,605 --> 00:17:55,240 [intense dramatic music]         481 00:17:55,240 --> 00:17:56,742 - [Det. Valentin] But when they    call Larry,                    482 00:17:56,742 --> 00:17:58,744 they can't get him on the phone, 483 00:17:58,744 --> 00:18:00,712   and when they try to           find out where he lives,         484 00:18:00,712 --> 00:18:02,581    they don't have a              good address for him.           485 00:18:02,748 --> 00:18:04,149   - [Alan] Subsequent             interviews with other           486 00:18:04,149 --> 00:18:06,885   workers at the lab             raise further concerns.          487 00:18:06,885 --> 00:18:07,953  [suspenseful orchestral music]  488 00:18:07,953 --> 00:18:09,721 - [Det. Valentin] Several of the    female researchers            489 00:18:09,721 --> 00:18:11,290    in the laboratory                had reported that             490 00:18:11,290 --> 00:18:14,393  he had generally made           them feel uncomfortable.         491 00:18:14,393 --> 00:18:17,863 - [Dave] Larry had been working     there for several months      492 00:18:17,863 --> 00:18:21,834    and had access to all the     labs and all the rooms.          493 00:18:21,834 --> 00:18:22,835  [suspenseful music continues]   494 00:18:22,835 --> 00:18:24,169 [keypad beeping]                 495 00:18:24,169 --> 00:18:26,905 - [Det. Valentin] He swiped into the lab after Annie did.         496 00:18:26,905 --> 00:18:28,907  And this is the person            that several people            497 00:18:28,907 --> 00:18:31,276  in the labs said made           them feel uncomfortable.         498 00:18:31,276 --> 00:18:34,146 - [Agent Jacobson] He is at the     top of the suspect list,      499 00:18:34,146 --> 00:18:36,181 and now everything becomes about 500 00:18:36,181 --> 00:18:38,183   tracking down Larry Godfrey.   501 00:18:38,183 --> 00:18:42,154  [suspenseful music crescendos]  502 00:18:43,155 --> 00:18:43,188 [i                               503 00:18:43,188 --> 00:18:43,222 [int                             504 00:18:43,222 --> 00:18:43,255 [inten                           505 00:18:43,255 --> 00:18:43,288 [intense                         506 00:18:43,288 --> 00:18:43,322 [intense d                       507 00:18:43,322 --> 00:18:43,355 [intense dra                     508 00:18:43,355 --> 00:18:43,388 [intense drama                   509 00:18:43,388 --> 00:18:43,422 [intense dramati                 510 00:18:43,422 --> 00:18:43,455 [intense dramatic                511 00:18:43,455 --> 00:18:43,489 [intense dramatic mu             512 00:18:43,489 --> 00:18:43,522 [intense dramatic musi           513 00:18:43,522 --> 00:18:46,291 [intense dramatic music]         514 00:18:46,291 --> 00:18:48,627  - [Alan] Day two of the search   for Yale grad student           515 00:18:48,627 --> 00:18:52,131    Annie Le yields nefarious      clues inside her lab.           516 00:18:52,764 --> 00:18:55,400  As they pore over the             IDs of four people             517 00:18:55,400 --> 00:18:58,303   who swiped into the            room Annie last entered,         518 00:18:58,303 --> 00:19:00,806    investigators find             one name pops.                  519 00:19:00,806 --> 00:19:03,242  [tense dramatic music]          520 00:19:03,242 --> 00:19:04,376 - [Det. Valentin] We're           searching for                   521 00:19:04,376 --> 00:19:07,179 the HVAC technician and          contractor working on the floor, 522 00:19:07,179 --> 00:19:09,414  Larry Godfrey,                  523 00:19:09,882 --> 00:19:11,383    but we can't get                 him on the phone.             524 00:19:12,084 --> 00:19:14,553 He doesn't have                     a stable address.             525 00:19:14,553 --> 00:19:17,422    He swiped into the              lab after Annie did.           526 00:19:17,723 --> 00:19:21,326 [keypad beeping]                 527 00:19:21,326 --> 00:19:22,461  - [Alan] While                    investigators worked           528 00:19:22,461 --> 00:19:24,663    to track down the              transient contractor,           529 00:19:24,663 --> 00:19:26,331    they turn back to                the other people              530 00:19:26,331 --> 00:19:28,667 who swiped into                   Annie's room that day.          531 00:19:28,667 --> 00:19:29,601    [striking dramatic music]     532 00:19:29,601 --> 00:19:31,603   - [David] There's only four     other people                    533 00:19:31,603 --> 00:19:33,739    that swiped into                 the lab that day.             534 00:19:33,739 --> 00:19:35,607   Two of them were researchers   535 00:19:35,607 --> 00:19:37,576   who you would've anticipated   536 00:19:37,576 --> 00:19:40,078  would have been in the           lab doing their work.           537 00:19:40,078 --> 00:19:41,580  - [Det. Valentin] We spoke to   Rachel.                          538 00:19:41,580 --> 00:19:43,348 We spoke to Tim.                 539 00:19:43,348 --> 00:19:45,217  Neither of them had seen Annie  540 00:19:45,217 --> 00:19:48,487 when they went into that           room that afternoon.           541 00:19:48,487 --> 00:19:50,589   - [Alan] Neith                 542 00:19:50,589 --> 00:19:53,725 arrived at the lab that           day until after 1:30,           543 00:19:53,725 --> 00:19:56,428  well after the                    building evacuation.           544 00:19:56,428 --> 00:19:57,696   - If they're telling            us the truth,                   545 00:19:57,696 --> 00:19:59,498    the fact that they             didn't see her                  546 00:19:59,498 --> 00:20:02,568 when they went into that           room is very useful,           547 00:20:02,568 --> 00:20:05,270   because it begins to           give us a window of time         548 00:20:06,371 --> 00:20:08,106  for what might have happened.   549 00:20:08,106 --> 00:20:12,511  [eerie dramatic music]          550 00:20:12,511 --> 00:20:15,380    is one of the animal care       technicians named Ray Clark.   551 00:20:15,380 --> 00:20:16,248 [keypad beeping]                 552 00:20:16,248 --> 00:20:17,349 - [Agent Jacobson] Ray worked at the lab.                         553 00:20:17,349 --> 00:20:18,750  He was an animal tech,          554 00:20:18,750 --> 00:20:21,653   and he would do things like    keep the animals alive,          555 00:20:21,653 --> 00:20:25,090   feed them, clean the cages,       remove any dead animals.      556 00:20:25,824 --> 00:20:27,526 - [Det. Valentin] So we             interviewed him,              557 00:20:27,526 --> 00:20:31,129  and he says he leaves              for lunch at about 12:45,     558 00:20:31,129 --> 00:20:32,331 and he says that                    he saw Annie leave            559 00:20:32,331 --> 00:20:34,566  about 15 minutes before that.   560 00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:37,236    - [Alan] If Ray's              statement is accurate,          561 00:20:37,236 --> 00:20:38,670  Annie left the                    building well before           562 00:20:38,670 --> 00:20:41,273    the fire alarm was              tripped at 1:00 p.m.           563 00:20:41,273 --> 00:20:42,641 [alarm beeping]                  564 00:20:42,641 --> 00:20:46,745  - [Det. Valentin] If she left,  565 00:20:46,945 --> 00:20:48,614    - [Alan] When they              revisit the footage,           566 00:20:48,614 --> 00:20:53,318  they don't see Ray leave for     lunch at 12:45 as he claimed.   567 00:20:54,386 --> 00:20:56,388    However, they do                find him evacuating            568 00:20:56,388 --> 00:20:57,856  at 1:00 p.m. with the others.   569 00:20:59,391 --> 00:21:00,659   - [Det. Valentin] So in this      situation,                    570 00:21:00,659 --> 00:21:03,528   if what we are being              told is not true,             571 00:21:03,528 --> 00:21:05,130  we have to wonder why.          572 00:21:05,831 --> 00:21:07,366    Is it an innocent mistake,    573 00:21:07,366 --> 00:21:08,834  or is there something           574 00:21:08,834 --> 00:21:11,403   more sinister at play here?    575 00:21:11,403 --> 00:21:13,305 [intense sinister music]         576 00:21:13,305 --> 00:21:17,409 So what becomes                   really interesting is           577 00:21:17,409 --> 00:21:19,177 what Ray Clark is doing          578 00:21:19,177 --> 00:21:21,713  at the time everybody            leaves the building.            579 00:21:21,713 --> 00:21:24,316  [eerie dramatic music]          580 00:21:24,316 --> 00:21:26,685    Just about everybody who        leaves the Amistad building    581 00:21:26,685 --> 00:21:29,855   because of the alarm              is sitting outside            582 00:21:29,855 --> 00:21:33,725 enjoying the few minutes           of rest, I suppose.            583 00:21:33,725 --> 00:21:35,794  Ray Clark can be seen           584 00:21:35,794 --> 00:21:38,864 sitting with his                    head in his hands,            585 00:21:40,666 --> 00:21:42,301    on his shoulders.             586 00:21:42,301 --> 00:21:43,702   [suspenseful music]            587 00:21:43,702 --> 00:21:46,271 - [Alan] Now detectives            are left wondering:            588 00:21:46,271 --> 00:21:48,206 Is Ray merely having a bad day,  589 00:21:48,206 --> 00:21:51,743  or could he have something to    do with Annie's disappearance?  590 00:21:51,743 --> 00:21:55,347  They take note of his demeanor     as well as the discrepancy    591 00:21:55,347 --> 00:21:58,684   in his statements, then rush      to pinpoint the movements     592 00:21:58,684 --> 00:22:02,621 of their other person of         interest, Larry Godfrey.         593 00:22:02,621 --> 00:22:04,489 - [Agent Jacobson] Larry Godfrey and Ray                          594 00:22:04,489 --> 00:22:05,624    were kind of sticking out,    595 00:22:05,624 --> 00:22:07,225 but more Larry.                  596 00:22:07,225 --> 00:22:10,562    There was some talk about       Larry being a little creepy.   597 00:22:10,562 --> 00:22:12,531  Larry stuck out as a suspect.   598 00:22:13,565 --> 00:22:16,635  [light dramatic music]          599 00:22:16,635 --> 00:22:20,739  that maybe Annie was snuck out     of the lab at some point,     600 00:22:20,739 --> 00:22:23,508    and we just missed               it on the footage.            601 00:22:23,508 --> 00:22:24,876  - [Alan] At 11:33 a.m.          602 00:22:24,876 --> 00:22:26,645 they spot Larry                   entering the building,          603 00:22:26,645 --> 00:22:30,582    and at 2:36 p.m. he exits.    604 00:22:30,582 --> 00:22:31,917    - [Det. Valentin] Is Larry      carrying a suitcase?           605 00:22:31,917 --> 00:22:33,318  Is he pushing a cart?           606 00:22:33,318 --> 00:22:34,519    What is he doing?             607 00:22:34,519 --> 00:22:35,520  - [Det. Valentin] And            specifically                    608 00:22:35,520 --> 00:22:37,589 when we saw Larry leave,         609 00:22:37,589 --> 00:22:40,892    [eerie suspenseful music]     610 00:22:40,892 --> 00:22:43,428 we realized he couldn't            have snuck her out.            611 00:22:45,797 --> 00:22:48,533 - [Alan] It appears that          neither Larry nor Ray           612 00:22:48,533 --> 00:22:50,936    could have removed            Annie from the building,         613 00:22:50,936 --> 00:22:54,406   but that does not clear them      of any wrongdoing inside.     614 00:22:54,406 --> 00:22:56,274   And of their top two             persons of interest,           615 00:22:56,274 --> 00:22:59,511  only one of them seems           to be evading police.           616 00:22:59,845 --> 00:23:02,614    - [Det. Valentin] Larry is      somewhat transient.            617 00:23:02,614 --> 00:23:04,549   And based on the contracting      work that he does,            618 00:23:04,549 --> 00:23:06,284   he moves around quite a bit.   619 00:23:06,284 --> 00:23:10,956   So him having this              less-than-stable home address   620 00:23:10,956 --> 00:23:12,824  does raise a red flag.          621 00:23:12,824 --> 00:23:15,527 [intense dramatic music]         622 00:23:15,527 --> 00:23:16,495    - [Alan] Finally,             623 00:23:16,495 --> 00:23:19,431  on Wednesday evening,            they track him down.            624 00:23:19,431 --> 00:23:22,868 - [Det. Valentin                 625 00:23:23,769 --> 00:23:25,303  and he's interviewed.           626 00:23:25,303 --> 00:23:28,573 He provides consent for          his room to be searched,         627 00:23:28,573 --> 00:23:30,308   for his van to be searched.    628 00:23:30,308 --> 00:23:33,979   [suspenseful music]            629 00:23:33,979 --> 00:23:37,716  We looked through his           cleaning equipment and supplies. 630 00:23:37,716 --> 00:23:41,787 [suspenseful music intensifies]  631 00:23:42,587 --> 00:23:43,955   Nothing suspicious.            632 00:23:44,689 --> 00:23:46,458    At the conclusion             of all of that,                  633 00:23:46,458 --> 00:23:48,593  the police just asked            Larry to stay around            634 00:23:48,593 --> 00:23:50,662  just in case we'd like           to talk to him again,           635 00:23:50,662 --> 00:23:54,399 and he also voluntarily          supplies a DNA sample.           636 00:23:54,399 --> 00:23:55,567  [light dramatic music]          637 00:23:55,567 --> 00:23:58,737    - [Alan] Detectives can't       write Larry off completely,    638 00:23:58,737 --> 00:24:01,306  but they have to move             on to other leads.             639 00:24:02,674 --> 00:24:04,342 [gentle dramatic music]          640 00:24:04,342 --> 00:24:05,177   By the next morning,           641 00:24:05,177 --> 00:24:07,712 Annie has been                    missing for 48 hours,           642 00:24:07,712 --> 00:24:09,881 and her disappearance is            getting a lot of attention    643 00:24:09,881 --> 00:24:12,684   throughout the Yale             community and beyond.           644 00:24:13,452 --> 00:24:14,586  - [Jennifer] We just wanted to     find her.                     645 00:24:14,586 --> 00:24:17,856 We wanted to get to the           bottom of what was happening,   646 00:24:18,757 --> 00:24:23,562  but we knew this is something   probably more sinister.          647 00:24:24,463 --> 00:24:27,699   - [Alan] Investigators take    advantage of the media attention 648 00:24:27,699 --> 00:24:29,734   by making a direct              appeal to the public.           649 00:24:30,502 --> 00:24:32,571   - [David] They released the     photo of her                    650 00:24:32,571 --> 00:24:33,972    walking into the building,    651 00:24:33,972 --> 00:24:37,476  and then they also put           that on billboards on           652 00:24:37,476 --> 00:24:39,845    the major highways coming        in and out of New Haven.      653 00:24:39,845 --> 00:24:43,615 [somber dramatic music]          654 00:24:43,615 --> 00:24:45,717    - [Melissa] Everybody was     holding vigils.                  655 00:24:47,118 --> 00:24:48,920    Everybody felt it.            656 00:24:48,920 --> 00:24:51,356   Even if you didn't know her,   657 00:24:52,057 --> 00:24:54,426 it was a sad situation.          658 00:24:55,060 --> 00:24:59,097  [dramatic instrumental music]   659 00:25:00,665 --> 00:25:02,667    - [David] Well, now we're     three full days                  660 00:25:02,667 --> 00:25:04,169    since she's been missing.     661 00:25:04,169 --> 00:25:06,638    Annie's blood was                found in the lab.             662 00:25:06,638 --> 00:25:08,507    [striking dramatic music]     663 00:25:08,507 --> 00:25:10,509   They're now focused               on the fact that              664 00:25:10,509 --> 00:25:12,911    whatever happened to her        happened to her in the lab.    665 00:25:12,911 --> 00:25:14,613  [dramatic instrumental music]   666 00:25:14,613 --> 00:25:15,814 - [Det. Valentin] We're looking  through                          667 00:25:15,814 --> 00:25:17,549   all the other floors           of the building                  668 00:25:17,549 --> 00:25:20,018   again and again for              any signs of Annie,            669 00:25:20,018 --> 00:25:21,520    and there isn't anything.     670 00:25:23,421 --> 00:25:25,090    - [Alan] That's when Yale        custodian                     671 00:25:25,090 --> 00:25:26,825 Mellisa Dunkley notices          672 00:25:26,825 --> 00:25:31,563   some things are amiss inside      a basement storage closet.    673 00:25:31,563 --> 00:25:34,032 - [Melissa] So G22, our storage   unit,                           674 00:25:34,032 --> 00:25:36,067  is only used by us custodians.  675 00:25:36,902 --> 00:25:39,771  HVAC sometimes stored           machines in it.                  676 00:25:39,771 --> 00:25:40,839  [tense dramatic music]          677 00:25:40,839 --> 00:25:43,575    When I went to go                get my supplies,              678 00:25:43,575 --> 00:25:45,710    I just noticed the            drain was open.                  679 00:25:45,710 --> 00:25:48,547   So I goes down to close it,    680 00:25:48,547 --> 00:25:50,682   and I could smell the bleach      coming up from the drain.     681 00:25:50,682 --> 00:25:52,584    [dramatic music continues]    682 00:25:52,584 --> 00:25:53,685 We're not allowed to use bleach. 683 00:25:53,685 --> 00:25:54,986    [tense suspenseful music]     684 00:25:54,986 --> 00:25:57,789   At the time, we had               just went green,              685 00:25:57,789 --> 00:25:59,925  so if somebody                     was to use bleach,            686 00:25:59,925 --> 00:26:02,060 like, you can be fired.          687 00:26:02,060 --> 00:26:04,596    - [Alan] The taboo            of using bleach                  688 00:26:04,596 --> 00:26:06,464 is widely known among employees  689 00:26:06,464 --> 00:26:08,600  and contractors alike.          690 00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:11,069   Mellisa immediately              alerts detectives.             691 00:26:11,069 --> 00:26:13,872  [tense dramatic music]          692 00:26:13,872 --> 00:26:15,874   I use this reagent,            693 00:26:15,874 --> 00:26:17,709    and when I use it                around the drain,             694 00:26:17,709 --> 00:26:20,478 I get the characteristic          color change,                   695 00:26:20,478 --> 00:26:23,682 which lets me know that            there's blood in this area.    696 00:26:23,682 --> 00:26:25,584    [striking dramatic music]     697 00:26:25,584 --> 00:26:26,718   Something bad happened here.   698 00:26:26,718 --> 00:26:31,222    Because we had bloodstains       found earlier in her lab,     699 00:26:31,923 --> 00:26:35,126    and now we're in a            different room entirely,         700 00:26:35,126 --> 00:26:36,928    and we're finding                more bloodstains.             701 00:26:37,629 --> 00:26:39,831 - [Alan] And two people          who entered Annie's lab          702 00:26:39,831 --> 00:26:42,834   also have access to              the storage closet:            703 00:26:42,834 --> 00:26:44,502  animal tech Ray Clark           704 00:26:44,502 --> 00:26:47,505   and HVAC contractor            Larry Godfrey.                   705 00:26:47,505 --> 00:26:49,007 - [Det. Valentin] Sure does look   like                           706 00:26:49,007 --> 00:26:50,976 the attempt to                     cover something up.            707 00:26:51,576 --> 00:26:53,878 - [Agent Jacobson] To have been   able to cover it up,            708 00:26:53,878 --> 00:26:56,648 the perpetrator had to           be from within the lab.          709 00:26:56,648 --> 00:27:00,251   [striking suspenseful music]   710 00:27:02,253 --> 00:27:02,287 [d                               711 00:27:02,287 --> 00:27:02,320 [dra                             712 00:27:02,320 --> 00:27:02,354 [drama                           713 00:27:02,354 --> 00:27:02,387 [dramati                         714 00:27:02,387 --> 00:27:02,420 [dramatic                        715 00:27:02,420 --> 00:27:02,454 [dramatic mu                     716 00:27:02,454 --> 00:27:02,487 [dramatic musi                   717 00:27:02,487 --> 00:27:04,189 [dramatic music]                 718 00:27:04,189 --> 00:27:06,091  - [Alan] It's been three days    since anyone has seen           719 00:27:06,091 --> 00:27:10,095  24-year-old Yale grad              student Annie Le,             720 00:27:10,095 --> 00:27:13,231 but detectives have just            made a chilling discovery,    721 00:27:13,231 --> 00:27:15,133  another room with more blood.   722 00:27:15,133 --> 00:27:17,068 [ominous music]                  723 00:27:17,068 --> 00:27:19,004  - [Det. Valentin] It sure does     look like                     724 00:27:19,004 --> 00:27:22,073  the attempt to cover            something up, but what?          725 00:27:22,073 --> 00:27:23,642   [suspenseful music]            726 00:27:23,642 --> 00:27:26,244 - [Melissa] It was weird because evidence is showing up,          727 00:27:26,244 --> 00:27:27,946  but she's not.                  728 00:27:27,946 --> 00:27:32,083    How can somebody                 disappear without leaving     729 00:27:32,083 --> 00:27:33,618   [striking suspenseful music]   730 00:27:33,618 --> 00:27:36,287   and maybe the killer            is still here.                  731 00:27:36,287 --> 00:27:38,089 [suspenseful music intensifying] 732 00:27:38,089 --> 00:27:39,557   - [Alan] Detectives              continue following             733 00:27:39,557 --> 00:27:42,093   the breadcrumbs of               the keycard swipes.            734 00:27:42,727 --> 00:27:46,398 - [Det. Valentin] One person who   accessed that storage closet   735 00:27:46,398 --> 00:27:50,402    was Ray Clark, one of the        animal care technicians.      736 00:27:51,903 --> 00:27:53,405  - [Agent Jacobson] The day of     her disappearance,             737 00:27:53,405 --> 00:27:55,874   he's in that storage            room 11 times.                  738 00:27:56,608 --> 00:27:58,309  - [Det. Valentin] Now, is that  unusual?                         739 00:27:58,309 --> 00:27:59,978 Well, we don't know yet.         740 00:27:59,978 --> 00:28:02,113  Now his responsibility            is the care                    741 00:28:02,113 --> 00:28:03,581 and maintenance of the animals.  742 00:28:03,581 --> 00:28:06,251    So what's his normal usage    743 00:28:06,751 --> 00:28:09,521    of his keycard to               get into this room.            744 00:28:09,521 --> 00:28:14,125  In the 10 days prior            to Annie going missing,          745 00:28:14,125 --> 00:28:18,563   he'd only used his keycard     three times to enter that room,  746 00:28:18,563 --> 00:28:22,434   so that really makes            him significant to us.          747 00:28:22,434 --> 00:28:24,536 [suspenseful instrumental music] 748 00:28:24,536 --> 00:28:26,204   - [Alan] At the lab,            Ray is known for being          749 00:28:26,204 --> 00:28:28,940 almost obsessive                    about cleanliness,            750 00:28:28,940 --> 00:28:31,309  but for the last five           years that has made him          751 00:28:31,309 --> 00:28:33,578  a dependable employee.          752 00:28:33,578 --> 00:28:36,381    - Clark certainly did not     have a criminal record,          753 00:28:36,748 --> 00:28:39,451    had a job at Yale             for five years.                  754 00:28:40,218 --> 00:28:43,455   - [Agent Jacobson] So along    with Ray being the animal tech,  755 00:28:43,455 --> 00:28:45,290  his fiancée also worked there.  756 00:28:45,290 --> 00:28:47,225   If Annie was                     snatched due to some           757 00:28:47,225 --> 00:28:49,561   kind of misconstrued            love interest,                  758 00:28:49,561 --> 00:28:52,330   it didn't seem like             Ray fit that profile.           759 00:28:52,330 --> 00:28:54,966 [intense dramatic music]         760 00:28:54,966 --> 00:28:57,068   - [Melissa] He stayed to his     self a lot.                    761 00:28:57,068 --> 00:28:57,736    He was a lab tech,            762 00:28:57,736 --> 00:28:59,437   so he didn't have a office.    763 00:28:59,437 --> 00:29:01,706 So he was basically like           a custodian like me.           764 00:29:02,540 --> 00:29:05,710    - [Alan] Agents decide to       sit down with Ray's fiancée,   765 00:29:05,710 --> 00:29:07,378  a fellow staff member.          766 00:29:07,378 --> 00:29:09,481    She says Ray has                never been violent,            767 00:29:09,481 --> 00:29:11,983   and that there must               be an explanation             768 00:29:11,983 --> 00:29:14,219    for his unusual activity.     769 00:29:14,219 --> 00:29:16,387  [dramatic instrumental music]   770 00:29:16,387 --> 00:29:18,356    On Friday evening,             they sit down with Ray          771 00:29:18,356 --> 00:29:20,325  to ask more questions.          772 00:29:21,459 --> 00:29:22,327  - [Agent Jacobson] Ray states   773 00:29:22,327 --> 00:29:24,095  that he didn't have a            relationship                    774 00:29:24,095 --> 00:29:26,097  with Annie outside of the lab.  775 00:29:26,097 --> 00:29:28,133    He didn't find any reason     776 00:29:28,133 --> 00:29:30,101    why anybody would               want to hurt Annie.            777 00:29:31,169 --> 00:29:34,072   - [Alan] As for his multiple     visits to the supply closet    778 00:29:34,072 --> 00:29:36,007    the day of Annie's             disappearance,                  779 00:29:36,007 --> 00:29:37,509    Ray shrugs it off.            780 00:29:38,042 --> 00:29:40,545   - [David] He basically says,   781 00:29:40,545 --> 00:29:42,113 "I went in there a lot that day  782 00:29:42,113 --> 00:29:43,648 because I was getting supplies,  783 00:29:43,648 --> 00:29:47,152    and I'm just one                of many technicians            784 00:29:47,152 --> 00:29:49,521  that has to go in that room."   785 00:29:49,521 --> 00:29:51,422  Ray Clark legitimately          786 00:29:51,422 --> 00:29:53,358    did have access to               the storage room,             787 00:29:53,358 --> 00:29:56,127  but 11 times seemed a           little bit of a stretch.         788 00:29:56,761 --> 00:29:59,397 - [Alan] Ray's movements         may be unusual,                  789 00:29:59,397 --> 00:30:01,699  but investigators need           more physical evidence          790 00:30:01,699 --> 00:30:03,168  before they can implicate him   791 00:30:03,168 --> 00:30:04,669    for Annie's disappearance.    792 00:30:04,669 --> 00:30:06,171  [dramatic instrumental music]   793 00:30:06,171 --> 00:30:08,173  - [Agent Jacobson] We began to     follow him around.            794 00:30:08,173 --> 00:30:10,408  He comes off as pretty normal,  795 00:30:10,408 --> 00:30:14,045 going home, going to the          park to play baseball.          796 00:30:14,045 --> 00:30:17,248  He did go out with his           fiancée at one point,           797 00:30:17,248 --> 00:30:19,150    but it definitely              makes you think like,           798 00:30:19,150 --> 00:30:21,186  "Ah, are we on                     the right person?"            799 00:30:21,186 --> 00:30:26,257 [dramatic music]                 800 00:30:26,257 --> 00:30:29,060    investigators work            round the clock.                 801 00:30:29,060 --> 00:30:30,161   With each hour that passes,    802 00:30:30,161 --> 00:30:34,065    the chance that Annie is         found alive is dwindling.     803 00:30:34,065 --> 00:30:35,733   - [Det. Valentin] We believe   something happens to her         804 00:30:35,733 --> 00:30:39,204 in the lab, but where is         she now?                         805 00:30:39,204 --> 00:30:42,607 We still don't have any            answers to those questions,    806 00:30:42,607 --> 00:30:45,844    and we don't know                where her body is.            807 00:30:45,844 --> 00:30:47,478    We don't even know             if she's dead.                  808 00:30:47,478 --> 00:30:51,082   [suspenseful music]            809 00:30:51,082 --> 00:30:52,617 - [Alan] Then at around midnight 810 00:30:52,617 --> 00:30:54,419  on Sunday, September the 13th,  811 00:30:54,419 --> 00:30:58,623    an officer alerts               detectives to a foul smell.    812 00:30:58,623 --> 00:31:00,758   - [Det. Valentin] The Yale       police officer noticed that    813 00:31:00,758 --> 00:31:03,194  there's an odor coming            from the men's room.           814 00:31:03,194 --> 00:31:08,700 [dramatic music]                 815 00:31:09,367 --> 00:31:12,203  There was no doubt in            my mind what it was.            816 00:31:12,203 --> 00:31:14,372 It's the odor of                   human decomposition,           817 00:31:14,372 --> 00:31:16,107 [intense dramatic music]         818 00:31:16,107 --> 00:31:19,644   but we can't really figure      out where it was coming from.   819 00:31:19,644 --> 00:31:20,645   [police dog barking]           820 00:31:20,645 --> 00:31:23,114 We have one of our cadaver dogs  821 00:31:23,114 --> 00:31:26,384    come to the scene               and search the room.           822 00:31:26,384 --> 00:31:29,454   [suspenseful music]            823 00:31:31,456 --> 00:31:33,258   [police dog barking]           824 00:31:33,258 --> 00:31:35,660 - [Agent Jacobson] A dog does go  over and sit next to a toilet,  825 00:31:35,660 --> 00:31:37,195 and the dog won't move.          826 00:31:37,195 --> 00:31:38,663 [intense ominous music]          827 00:31:38,663 --> 00:31:40,531  And there's a small metal door  828 00:31:40,531 --> 00:31:42,834 in the wall covering up a hole.  829 00:31:43,334 --> 00:31:47,205   - [Det. Valentin] An access       panel behind the toilet.      830 00:31:47,205 --> 00:31:51,609    The door was about            one foot square.                 831 00:31:51,609 --> 00:31:52,877  [tense dramatic music]          832 00:31:52,877 --> 00:31:54,812  - [Alan] Investigators             carefully unscrew             833 00:31:54,812 --> 00:31:57,248 and open the wall panel.         834 00:31:57,248 --> 00:31:58,917   [intense suspenseful music]    835 00:31:58,917 --> 00:32:01,920  - [Det. Valentin] Once we open   the door, the odor was there,   836 00:32:01,920 --> 00:32:03,755  [suspenseful music continues]   837 00:32:03,755 --> 00:32:05,924   and I look inside the hole,    838 00:32:05,924 --> 00:32:08,159    [striking dramatic music]     839 00:32:08,159 --> 00:32:09,294    and I see a foot.             840 00:32:09,294 --> 00:32:10,561    [striking music continues]    841 00:32:10,561 --> 00:32:11,396  We found her.                   842 00:32:14,933 --> 00:32:14,966  [l                              843 00:32:14,966 --> 00:32:14,999  [lig                            844 00:32:14,999 --> 00:32:15,033  [light                          845 00:32:15,033 --> 00:32:15,066  [light d                        846 00:32:15,066 --> 00:32:15,099  [light dra                      847 00:32:15,099 --> 00:32:15,133  [light drama                    848 00:32:15,133 --> 00:32:15,166  [light dramati                  849 00:32:15,166 --> 00:32:15,199  [light dramatic                 850 00:32:15,199 --> 00:32:15,233  [light dramatic mu              851 00:32:15,233 --> 00:32:15,266  [light dramatic musi            852 00:32:15,266 --> 00:32:18,036  [light dramatic music]          853 00:32:18,036 --> 00:32:19,704  - [Alan] The week-long            search for Annie Le            854 00:32:19,704 --> 00:32:22,573    in Yale's Amistad             lab is now over                  855 00:32:22,573 --> 00:32:24,809    with a shocking discovery.    856 00:32:24,809 --> 00:32:26,945    Now investigators                shift their focus             857 00:32:26,945 --> 00:32:30,248  on carefully removing           her body from the wall.          858 00:32:30,248 --> 00:32:32,250  [light dramatic music]          859 00:32:32,250 --> 00:32:33,918  - [Det. Valentin] This is the    first time any of us            860 00:32:33,918 --> 00:32:36,921   have ever seen a body hidden     in the wall,                   861 00:32:36,921 --> 00:32:39,857  and there's no                     protocol for this.            862 00:32:39,857 --> 00:32:41,259  In fact, our medical examiner   863 00:32:41,259 --> 00:32:43,261  was present on scene with us,   864 00:32:43,261 --> 00:32:46,331  which is extraordinarily rare.  865 00:32:46,331 --> 00:32:47,865   He was watching us.            866 00:32:47,865 --> 00:32:50,601  As I am certain it was           unprecedented for him           867 00:32:50,601 --> 00:32:54,839    and his office as well to        do this kind of recovery.     868 00:32:55,273 --> 00:32:58,242 We complete this arduous process 869 00:32:58,242 --> 00:33:00,611  of carefully                    disassembling the wall,          870 00:33:00,611 --> 00:33:03,715  because we want to be careful    not to create too much dust,    871 00:33:03,715 --> 00:33:07,151    because that'll obviously     contaminate our scene.           872 00:33:07,151 --> 00:33:09,120  We document her body position.  873 00:33:09,921 --> 00:33:12,890   We took swabs of DNA              from the bathroom,            874 00:33:12,890 --> 00:33:15,760   and we carefully remove her.   875 00:33:15,760 --> 00:33:20,031 And the medical examiner           takes her back to his office   876 00:33:20,031 --> 00:33:23,768  so that they can perform the     typical autopsy the next day.   877 00:33:23,768 --> 00:33:27,372    [striking dramatic music]     878 00:33:29,140 --> 00:33:31,175  - [Alan] Investigators             send off the swabs            879 00:33:31,175 --> 00:33:34,645    from inside the mechanical     chase for processing.           880 00:33:34,645 --> 00:33:36,314  Meanwhile, Annie's loved ones   881 00:33:36,314 --> 00:33:38,783 must accept the                    horrifying reality.            882 00:33:38,783 --> 00:33:39,984 [somber dramatic music]          883 00:33:39,984 --> 00:33:41,719  - [David] As the news trickled    out,                           884 00:33:41,719 --> 00:33:46,391   any hope that she was gonna    turn up was obviously now gone,  885 00:33:46,391 --> 00:33:50,628   and the reality set in that    she had been brutally murdered.  886 00:33:52,063 --> 00:33:54,432  [tense dramatic music]          887 00:33:54,432 --> 00:33:57,368  - [Melissa] Someone called me    and said, "They found Annie,"   888 00:33:58,202 --> 00:34:00,905   and I said, "Where?"           889 00:34:01,873 --> 00:34:03,875    They said, "In the wall."     890 00:34:03,875 --> 00:34:06,144 [rain splashes softly]           [somber dramatic music]          891 00:34:06,144 --> 00:34:07,645  I just started crying.          892 00:34:08,780 --> 00:34:11,015  She was there the whole time.   893 00:34:13,885 --> 00:34:15,920   - [Jennifer] My phone rings.   894 00:34:15,920 --> 00:34:19,457   It's Annie's younger              brother on the other line,    895 00:34:19,457 --> 00:34:24,662    and he asks me if             I am in a place                  896 00:34:25,063 --> 00:34:28,766 where he can give me some news,  897 00:34:28,766 --> 00:34:31,803   and he shares the news with     me that Annie had been found,   898 00:34:33,704 --> 00:34:36,707   the manner of which              her body was found             899 00:34:36,707 --> 00:34:37,942 and where it was found.          900 00:34:42,847 --> 00:34:46,250  It was quite                    disturbing and painful.          901 00:34:46,250 --> 00:34:49,687 [somber dramatic music]          902 00:34:50,455 --> 00:34:53,324   She's supposed to be             getting married on this day,   903 00:34:53,324 --> 00:34:58,362   and yet it turns out to be       the day that they find her.    904 00:34:59,964 --> 00:35:04,869   - [Meliisa] You find a very      smart, prestigious             905 00:35:04,869 --> 00:35:08,806   young lady in a wall             on her wedding day,            906 00:35:08,806 --> 00:35:09,807    that touched home.            907 00:35:10,675 --> 00:35:12,977   - [David] Everybody realizes      it's someone that             908 00:35:12,977 --> 00:35:14,946   has some affiliation           with the school.                 909 00:35:14,946 --> 00:35:17,148  This is not some random crime.  910 00:35:17,148 --> 00:35:18,983  [dramatic instrumental music]   911 00:35:18,983 --> 00:35:21,486 - [Alan] The entire Yale         lab community is reeling         912 00:35:21,486 --> 00:35:24,088    as the Connecticut State         Medical Examiner's office     913 00:35:24,088 --> 00:35:26,224    performs Annie's autopsy.     914 00:35:27,758 --> 00:35:29,760  - [David] The medical examiner    ruled it a homicide,           915 00:35:29,760 --> 00:35:32,296    and said that she             had, in effect,                  916 00:35:32,296 --> 00:35:37,001    been badly beaten                and asphyxiated.              917 00:35:37,001 --> 00:35:39,504 It was clearly a brutal murder.  918 00:35:39,504 --> 00:35:42,240   It took some effort               to move her body.             919 00:35:42,240 --> 00:35:43,174 [dramatic music]                 920 00:35:43,174 --> 00:35:44,275  - [Alan] Most                      importantly, they now have    921 00:35:44,275 --> 00:35:48,913  a DNA sample they can             connect to Annie's murderer.   922 00:35:48,913 --> 00:35:52,116    They have already swabbed        contractor Larry Godfrey,     923 00:35:52,116 --> 00:35:55,153   but they still need DNA from      the man rising to the top     924 00:35:55,153 --> 00:35:57,288   of their short suspect list,   925 00:35:58,055 --> 00:35:59,257    Ray Clark.                    926 00:35:59,257 --> 00:36:01,526 [intense dramatic music]         927 00:36:01,526 --> 00:36:03,161 - [Agent Jacobson] We are still   watching him.                   928 00:36:04,328 --> 00:36:07,198 So the next step                   was a search warrant           929 00:36:07,198 --> 00:36:11,569   was applied for his               residence and for his DNA.    930 00:36:11,569 --> 00:36:14,071 As we're watching him,           the detectives roll up.          931 00:36:14,071 --> 00:36:15,273   [suspenseful music]            932 00:36:15,273 --> 00:36:18,376    - [David] The police get a    warrant and search his apartment 933 00:36:20,178 --> 00:36:23,181    and also get a DNA sample.    934 00:36:23,181 --> 00:36:27,218  [suspenseful music continues]   935 00:36:27,218 --> 00:36:29,353   - [Alan] A DNA match is the     one piece of evidence           936 00:36:29,353 --> 00:36:32,924   that could prove Ray's guilt   beyond reasonable doubt.         937 00:36:32,924 --> 00:36:36,194  On September the 17th             they get an answer.            938 00:36:36,994 --> 00:36:39,297 - [Agent Jacobson] The DNA found   on her body                    939 00:36:39,297 --> 00:36:43,167   [striking suspenseful music]   940 00:36:43,167 --> 00:36:45,203   was Ray Clark's DNA.           941 00:36:46,837 --> 00:36:50,074 - [Alan] The DNA match is enough   to obtain an arrest warrant.   942 00:36:50,074 --> 00:36:53,077 [dramatic music]                 943 00:36:53,077 --> 00:36:55,179   Investigative teams            coordinate their efforts         944 00:36:55,179 --> 00:36:56,614    with the surveillance team    945 00:36:56,614 --> 00:36:58,816   that's already been              following Ray Clark.           946 00:36:59,717 --> 00:37:02,386 Within a matter of hours           of the DNA results,            947 00:37:02,386 --> 00:37:03,955    he's on the move.             948 00:37:04,622 --> 00:37:06,857   - [Agent Jacobson] I recall    following him,                   949 00:37:06,857 --> 00:37:09,493    and he gets in the               car pretty hastily            950 00:37:09,493 --> 00:37:12,096 with his fiancée                   and leaves the area.           951 00:37:12,096 --> 00:37:13,965   We're thinking maybe             he's gonna take off.           952 00:37:13,965 --> 00:37:17,301 [intense dramatic music]         953 00:37:18,302 --> 00:37:18,336  [s                              954 00:37:18,336 --> 00:37:18,369  [sus                            955 00:37:18,369 --> 00:37:18,402  [suspe                          956 00:37:18,402 --> 00:37:18,436  [suspens                        957 00:37:18,436 --> 00:37:18,469  [suspensef                      958 00:37:18,469 --> 00:37:18,502  [suspenseful                    959 00:37:18,502 --> 00:37:18,536  [suspenseful o                  960 00:37:18,536 --> 00:37:18,569  [suspenseful orc                961 00:37:18,569 --> 00:37:18,603  [suspenseful orche              962 00:37:18,603 --> 00:37:18,636  [suspenseful orchest            963 00:37:18,636 --> 00:37:18,669  [suspenseful orchestra          964 00:37:18,669 --> 00:37:18,703  [suspenseful orchestral         965 00:37:18,703 --> 00:37:18,736  [suspenseful orchestral mu      966 00:37:18,736 --> 00:37:18,769  [suspenseful orchestral musi    967 00:37:18,769 --> 00:37:19,704  [suspenseful orchestral music]  968 00:37:19,704 --> 00:37:21,239  - [Alan] Just over a             week after the murder           969 00:37:21,239 --> 00:37:23,574   of Yale researcher Annie Le,   970 00:37:23,574 --> 00:37:26,577 investigators are ready            to make an arrest.             971 00:37:26,577 --> 00:37:29,780   Twenty-four-year-old            animal tech Ray Clark,          972 00:37:29,780 --> 00:37:31,849    who's on the run                 with his fiancée.             973 00:37:31,849 --> 00:37:32,850   [suspenseful music]            974 00:37:32,850 --> 00:37:34,619  - [Agent Jacobson] He actually  goes to a hotel,                 975 00:37:34,619 --> 00:37:36,621   and he stays there.            976 00:37:36,721 --> 00:37:40,725 Ray anticipated we were             coming, how could he not.     977 00:37:40,725 --> 00:37:42,593    So there's a lot of things    going through your head.         978 00:37:42,593 --> 00:37:43,928    As you're watching               someone like this             979 00:37:43,928 --> 00:37:46,264  who's potentially a murderer,   980 00:37:46,264 --> 00:37:49,600   that's a suicidal situation,      or suicide by cop,            981 00:37:49,600 --> 00:37:52,270 or, "Hey, I'm gonna take           out my fiancée first           982 00:37:52,270 --> 00:37:54,405    before the police                come to get me."              983 00:37:54,405 --> 00:37:55,606   - [Alan] Luckily for police,   984 00:37:55,606 --> 00:37:57,041 after much anticipation,         985 00:37:57,041 --> 00:37:59,910 they arrest him                     without incident.             986 00:37:59,910 --> 00:38:01,646    - It was a lot of                media attention.              987 00:38:01,646 --> 00:38:02,913 They walked in, handcuffed him,  988 00:38:02,913 --> 00:38:03,948 brought him out,                 989 00:38:03,948 --> 00:38:05,616 [intense dramatic music]         990 00:38:05,616 --> 00:38:06,617   put him in the car.            991 00:38:07,652 --> 00:38:09,287 [gentle dramatic music]          992 00:38:09,287 --> 00:38:11,689    - [Jennifer] It was really      quite hard to fathom           993 00:38:11,689 --> 00:38:14,959   that somebody in the           lab, a close-knit group,         994 00:38:14,959 --> 00:38:16,794 would do something so horrific.  995 00:38:17,495 --> 00:38:20,765   - I would never in a million   years think it was Ray.          996 00:38:20,765 --> 00:38:22,667  I still didn't think             of him as a murderer.           997 00:38:23,567 --> 00:38:25,770   - [Alan] Despite the damning    evidence against him,           998 00:38:25,770 --> 00:38:29,607  at his arraignment Ray firmly      maintains his innocence.      999 00:38:30,308 --> 00:38:32,510   Looking back on the              forensic evidence,             1000 00:38:32,510 --> 00:38:34,712    prosecutors piece                together a theory             1001 00:38:34,712 --> 00:38:36,681 as to what took                    place that morning.            1002 00:38:36,681 --> 00:38:37,982  [tense sinister music]          1003 00:38:37,982 --> 00:38:38,949  - - [Det. Valentin] We have to  wonder,                          1004 00:38:38,949 --> 00:38:41,419   does the existence              of that seminal fluid           1005 00:38:41,419 --> 00:38:43,854   have anything to do              with what happened?            1006 00:38:43,854 --> 00:38:46,590   Is this attack part              of a sexual assault?           1007 00:38:46,590 --> 00:38:48,059   Is it coincidental?            1008 00:38:48,059 --> 00:38:50,328  I mean, we just don't             know at this point.            1009 00:38:50,328 --> 00:38:52,096  [dramatic instrumental music]   1010 00:38:52,096 --> 00:38:54,799  - [David] They were looking at  Annie's emails,                  1011 00:38:54,799 --> 00:38:56,067  texts, phone records,           1012 00:38:56,067 --> 00:39:00,604  trying to figure out if there    were any connections to Clark,  1013 00:39:00,604 --> 00:39:03,974    and they found he                had at some point             1014 00:39:03,974 --> 00:39:06,711    asked her to get a               drink after work.             1015 00:39:08,079 --> 00:39:11,749 - Annie shared with me              that there was a lab tech     1016 00:39:11,749 --> 00:39:14,485    who asked if she                 was dating anyone             1017 00:39:14,485 --> 00:39:15,886 and if she would                    ever be interested            1018 00:39:15,886 --> 00:39:18,022   in getting a drink with him.   1019 00:39:18,022 --> 00:39:20,591    And in true Annie              fashion, she was like,          1020 00:39:20,591 --> 00:39:23,994 "You know, I'm happily engaged." 1021 00:39:23,994 --> 00:39:26,764 [gentle dramatic music]          1022 00:39:26,764 --> 00:39:28,366  - [Det. Valentin] I think her    email announcing that           1023 00:39:28,366 --> 00:39:31,502   Friday was her last             day before her wedding          1024 00:39:31,502 --> 00:39:34,105 might've been a                     precipitating factor here.    1025 00:39:34,105 --> 00:39:35,773 [intense sinister music]         1026 00:39:35,773 --> 00:39:38,843   Perhaps Ray went to            talk to her in her lab,          1027 00:39:40,745 --> 00:39:44,515 and I think that either             she went to leave             1028 00:39:44,515 --> 00:39:45,983    or she asked him to leave,    1029 00:39:46,650 --> 00:39:49,854 and I think a situation             got out of hand.              1030 00:39:49,854 --> 00:39:52,990   [intense suspenseful music]    1031 00:39:52,990 --> 00:39:55,893    - [Alan] Whether or not it     was sexual in nature,           1032 00:39:55,893 --> 00:39:59,063 the evidence shows Annie         was badly beaten by Ray          1033 00:39:59,063 --> 00:40:01,866   and then moved into               the storage room.             1034 00:40:01,866 --> 00:40:03,934  As a nearly five-year            employee of the lab,            1035 00:40:03,934 --> 00:40:06,804  he would know                     exactly where to go.           1036 00:40:06,804 --> 00:40:10,040    Then before he can find a      better place to hide her body,  1037 00:40:10,040 --> 00:40:11,876 the fire alarm goes off.         1038 00:40:11,876 --> 00:40:12,810 [dramatic music]                 1039 00:40:12,810 --> 00:40:15,379 [alarm ringing]                  1040 00:40:16,147 --> 00:40:17,882   [beeping continues]            1041 00:40:17,882 --> 00:40:19,083  and so that's what's captured   1042 00:40:19,083 --> 00:40:21,118  on the footage that afternoon.  1043 00:40:21,919 --> 00:40:24,755   - We thought he had set the      alarm off to move the body,    1044 00:40:24,755 --> 00:40:26,824    but that wasn't the case.     1045 00:40:26,824 --> 00:40:28,692 He was obviously in the           middle of something,            1046 00:40:28,692 --> 00:40:30,928   hands in his head,               and was distraught.            1047 00:40:31,829 --> 00:40:33,063  - [Alan] After the fire alarm,  1048 00:40:33,063 --> 00:40:34,965 Ray returns to the storage room  1049 00:40:34,965 --> 00:40:37,168   and moves Annie once again.    1050 00:40:37,168 --> 00:40:39,437  [tense dramatic music]          1051 00:40:39,437 --> 00:40:40,771 - [Det. Valentin] What I didn't    see much of                    1052 00:40:40,771 --> 00:40:44,008 in the physical evidence            was premeditation.            1053 00:40:44,942 --> 00:40:47,978 What we see is panic, confusion, 1054 00:40:47,978 --> 00:40:50,848  somebody frantic to cover up.   1055 00:40:50,848 --> 00:40:54,718    [striking dramatic music]     1056 00:40:54,718 --> 00:40:56,587  - [Alan] With evidence            stacked against him,           1057 00:40:56,587 --> 00:40:59,957   18 months later Ray            pleads guilty to murder.         1058 00:41:00,724 --> 00:41:03,194  As part of the                     plea negotiations,            1059 00:41:03,194 --> 00:41:06,997   prosecutors add the charge       of attempted sexual assault    1060 00:41:06,997 --> 00:41:10,734    based on the seminal DNA        evidence found on the walls    1061 00:41:10,734 --> 00:41:12,536 of Annie's lab.                  1062 00:41:12,536 --> 00:41:15,105  Although he makes a statement      at the plea arraignment,      1063 00:41:15,105 --> 00:41:18,843   nothing he can say will ever   bring closure to Annie's         1064 00:41:18,843 --> 00:41:22,947   family, friends, or              fellow lab workers.            1065 00:41:22,947 --> 00:41:26,083 - [Det. Valentin] He said he was  sorry for his actions,          1066 00:41:26,083 --> 00:41:29,920    but what he never               did was explain why.           1067 00:41:32,623 --> 00:41:35,159    - [David] To have her life      cut short like that,           1068 00:41:35,159 --> 00:41:37,027  for really no reason,           1069 00:41:37,027 --> 00:41:39,830  I think is the                     real tragedy here.            1070 00:41:39,830 --> 00:41:43,467 It just was such a sad              loss of a brilliant mind.     1071 00:41:44,835 --> 00:41:46,704 - [Melissa] I just feel for her  family.                          1072 00:41:46,704 --> 00:41:48,038 I feel for her fiancée.          1073 00:41:48,038 --> 00:41:49,974   It was sad.                    1074 00:41:49,974 --> 00:41:51,242  It was wrong.                   1075 00:41:51,242 --> 00:41:52,910   [light gentle music]           1076 00:41:52,910 --> 00:41:56,280  - [Jennifer] Her love for John  1077 00:41:56,280 --> 00:41:58,516   was so real.                   1078 00:41:58,516 --> 00:41:59,984 She was really excited.          1079 00:41:59,984 --> 00:42:01,886 She was looking                  forward to the wedding.          1080 00:42:02,586 --> 00:42:05,623    It was gonna be a               big, beautiful day,            1081 00:42:05,623 --> 00:42:07,024   and it was stolen from her.    1082 00:42:07,024 --> 00:42:08,526 It was stolen from them.         1083 00:42:08,526 --> 00:42:11,662   [light gentle music]           1084 00:42:11,662 --> 00:42:13,731   - [Alan] In the years since    Annie's murder,                  1085 00:42:13,731 --> 00:42:16,534 her fellow researchers              at Yale's prestigious lab     1086 00:42:16,534 --> 00:42:18,202 have gone on to change the world 1087 00:42:18,202 --> 00:42:20,871    through scientific             breakthroughs.                  1088 00:42:20,871 --> 00:42:23,908 Yet they remain haunted          by the chilling reminder         1089 00:42:23,908 --> 00:42:26,911    that sometimes among your        most trusted colleagues,      1090 00:42:27,645 --> 00:42:30,915 there could bea                   killer in plain sight.          1091 00:42:30,915 --> 00:42:32,516 [ominous music]