New Haven Independent

Posted by: Anna | September 16, 2009 7:22 PM

I've heard scuttlebutt about the police seizing bloody surgical gloves, and that RC sent a text message last Tuesday morning to AL about wanting to speak with her about her mice. Have you heard anything about those rumors from anyone reliable?

Posted by: nhpdblue | September 16, 2009 8:37 PM

Paul, Thank you for shutting down Nancy disGrace tonight....she is truly a horrible person. I noticed that every time you proved her wrong, she shut you down. I feel as if she is a television tabloid and can't stand how she continually "downed" the police involved in this case. No wonder why she never made it as a prosecutor....nothing but a liar.

Posted by: DEZ | September 16, 2009 9:30 PM

I won't comment on this case proper, other than offer my condolences to the family's of the victim involved. I must take umbrage at the words used by the chief to describe the "person of interest". As a technician at Yale, these skilled, trained people are more than just "custodians cleaning mouse cages". They are an integral part of a highly skilled team that ensures the animal welfare of these research labs is of the highest integrity. Together with the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC), Regulatory Services and Veterinary Clinical Services, these dedicated technicians are certified through the American Association of Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS) and receive continuing education through its programs. The Yale Animal Resource Center technicians at Yale deserve much more than an ignorant statement based solely on a description of one aspect of their duties. Without their dedication, the research can't happen. Through their dedication research at this top academic institution is conducted seamlessly.

Posted by: Debra Congram | September 16, 2009 11:18 PM

Thanks for the Yale press release, Dez. First thing I'm thinking on a murder case like this, Are reporters correctly describing the possible killer's job description?

Posted by: DEZ | September 17, 2009 9:56 AM

Sorry Debra, but this case involves more than just the murder victim. Disparaging remarks about what the, now alleged murderer, did for a living resonate on a much broader scale. I'm sorry you are too abtuse to see that, but it's a fact. And, no, I'm not Yale staff, just well informed about the hundreds of employees now who now wear the monikker of "cage cleaners" when they are so much more, as was Ray Clark, like it or not. I'm sorry you are so above these things, but like in any investigation, the smaller points really do make a difference.

Posted by: Wiseman | September 17, 2009 7:09 PM

Ok DEZ, apparently Clark was not a just a cage cleaner...he was a glorified cage cleaner - we get it. Why do you use this poor woman's horrible death as an opportunity to voice your high opinion of Lab tech's? ...

Posted by: DEZ | September 17, 2009 11:44 PM

Wiseman, all PhD candidates know their way in and out of the washrooms at Yale. Why? Because they have to deal with caging as well. Because a PhD candidate has to get their hands dirty too, do we label them "custodians"? What I take exception to is labeling YARC techs as "Custodians", "Cage cleaners", or the even more ignorant "glorified cage cleaners" when the position entails, mostly, animal welfare. If you read the article, the chief of police comments on the suspects duties at Yale. His comments are inaccurate. Those comments should be spoken to regardless of this heinous crime. The first line of my post states my feelings on the murder, which remain unchanged. Its all about perception. This was one sick, or deranged individual, but the job he had is one that many people are performing daily at Yale, and continue to do so. These people that remain would beg to differ to be called "custodians". It's a small, but very important point. The fact that the point needs to be made in light of the tragic murder is unfortunate, but I would have chosen my words more wisely if I were making broad, sweeping, remarks on what constitutes the job description of a YARC tech in any one of the animal facilities at Yale. I'm not doing research at Yale anymore, but did and know what its like.