Yale lab tech Raymond Clark III faces sentencing for killing Annie Le
(CBS/AP) NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Raymond Clark III, the 26-year-old former animal research technician who murdered Yale graduate student Annie Le days before her wedding, is scheduled to be sentenced Friday in New Haven Superior Court.
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Clark pleaded guilty in March to murder and the attempted sexual assault of 24-year-old Le under an agreement with prosecutors that calls for a 44-year sentence.
The sexual assault plea was entered under Connecticut's Alford doctrine, where the defendant doesn't agree to the facts, but agrees the state has enough evidence to get a conviction.
Le's body was found behind a lab wall on Sept. 13, 2009, five days after she was last seen inside the medical building. It would have been her wedding day.
Le's mother and Clark's relatives are expected to speak.