Today brings a slight bit of closure, as well as a bit of closure to a horrible tragedy that unfolded over the past week. Now I know most days I write about pregnancy, birth, parenting, and health care but today, I need to write about the Annie Le murder because I have so much to say, and have been watching it so closely.
When it all started I am sure many people though what I did, she was a bride that got cold feet, then my thoughts turned to her fiance, maybe he did something. But the more that came out, the more mysterious and upsetting the case became. Then they discovered her body on Sunday in the building she was last seen in. Discarded like a piece of trash behind a wall. Did the guy that killed her seriously think they wouldn’t eventually find her? And on the same day that her body was discovered in that building on Amistad Street, he was off playing softball like nothing happened. Really?
As a parent, with two children, I first feel for the Le family for the loss of such an amazingly promising and intelligent daughter. As a parent, I cannot even begin to wrap my head around the sorrow that they must be feeling during this time. I would never want to bury my own child. Then my thoughts turn to the family of the man arrested in her death. Raymond Clark III, you haven’t heard much about his family other than some family members also worked at the Lab where Annie Le was killed. But as a mother I wonder what happened for this poor man to get to this point in his life where he would take the life of another person with no regard at all.
I sat and watched the coverage of the arrest and press conference this morning, and while I am happy for the family that the court sealed the case and arrest record at this point, I have a feeling over time it is not going to sit well with the public because of the mass amount of unanswered questions. I know as someone who has watched this since the beginning, even to the point where I would get up and read about press conferences at 2am, I am going to have tons of unanswered questions until the trial is over and done with.
What is your take on the Annie Le case?
