Seven months before Annie Le disappeared, she wrote an article, called "Crime and Safety in New Haven," that was published in a magazine produced by Yale's medical school.
In it, the Yale University grad student wrote about how to stay safe around the Ivy League campus.
She compares higher instances of robbery in New Haven to cities that house other Ivy League schools and includes an interview with Yale Police Chief James Perrotti, who offers advice such as "pay attention to where you are" and "avoid portraying yourself as a potential victim."
"In short, New Haven is a city and all cities have their perils," Le concludes. "But with a little street smarts, one can avoid becoming yet another statistic."
Le, a 24-year-old doctoral student in pharmacology originally from Placerville, Calif., was last seen Tuesday at her laboratory in the Yale Medical School complex, slightly less than a mile from the main campus.
Police and the FBI have been investigating.
Yale spokesman Tom Conroy said Thursday there’s "no evidence of it at this time."
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Le, 4-foot-11 and 90 pounds, is of Asian descent and has brown hair and brown eyes. She received her undergraduate degree in bioscience in 2007 from the University of Rochester in New York, said Sharon Dickman, a university spokeswoman.
While at the University of Rochester, she did a summer project at the National Institutes of Health on bone tissue engineering with a goal of regenerating tissue for people suffering from degenerative bone diseases. She said her career goal was to work as an NIH investigator or as a professor.
Her mentor, Rocky Tuan, described her as bright and hardworking, saying the NIH undergraduate scholars program was very selective.
"She's a very happy person," Tuan said. "Everybody got along with her. She's always smiling, laughing."
Her wedding is scheduled for Sunday in Long Island.
