Annie Le's Death a Result of Traumatic Asphyxiation: Coroner

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Connecticut's chief s medical examiner said Wednesday that Annie Le, the 24-year-old Yale University graduate student whose body was found stuffed inside a basement wall, died of traumatic asphyxiation. What, you may ask, is that?

While implying that there was a strangulation component to Annie Le's death, the term traumatic asphyxiation add precision. Traumatic asphyxiation or, as it is sometimes called, crush asphyxiation is characterized by severe compression of the thorax or the chest. One could imagine pinning someone down, such as putting your knee on their chest or throat while strangling them.

Another name for traumatic asphyxiation is compressive asphyxiation. constrictors such as boas or pythons kill their prey via compressive asphyxiation.

The medical examiner did not elaborate on any signs of sexual assault, stopping with the finding of traumatic asphyxiation. Dr. Wayne Carver's office released the results three days after Le's body was found in a Yale medical school research building, on the same day she was originally set to be married. Carver had previously termed Le's death as a homicide.

Earlier Wednesday, police released a Yale University animal research technician, Raymond Clark, from custody. They had collected DNA samples and searched his apartment, as well as questioning him in Le's killing. Police have not charged him, but named him a "person of interest."

Raymond Clark and his fiancee, Jennifer Hromadka, were both animal research technicians in the same lab where Annie Le worked. People have been quick to judge the two, and Hromadka wrote on her MySpace page, before it was taken down:

"Who are you to judge the life I live? I know I'm not perfect and I don't live to be, but before you start pointing fingers make sure your hands are clean!!"