THE STALKING OF ANNIE LE

The recent murder of Yale University student, beloved daughter, fiancée and friend to many, Annie Le, has brought national attention to Stalking Homicides. This petite brown-eyed woman who was an advocate for crime, met with her unfortunate death at the hands of a silent killer. Raymond Clark was arrested today and is being held in conjunction with the murder of Annie Le.

When I first heard the news of this apparent abduction and some of the immediate facts surrounding the case, I immediately thought that Annie Le was the victim of crime, by someone she knew, and that this was not a random incident. The security of the building, the only footage of Annie Le was entering the building and not leaving and the fire alarm was pulled that day, made it highly unlikely that she was a runaway bride to be.

As the facts of the case continued to unfold, I believed early on that Annie was the victim of a STALKER that she was unaware of, even though, she herself was an advocate for crime safety.

In my professional opinion, every detail of the crime was planned, including what the killer was going to do, when he was going to do it, where he was going to do it, and what would happen if she didn't cooperate. I don't believe that the alleged perpetrator Raymond Clark had any intention of letter Annie Le walk down the aisle.


Here's the scenario:

Raymond Clark was an introvert in one sense, intelligent, articulate but calculating, he also had a way with the ladies because he looked the part of the clean cut all American guy! Although he was in a relationship with one person, he always wanted something or someone he couldn't have, and that was Annie Le. He had controlling and manipulative ways that were more evident once you were around him for longer periods of time. He used isolation to control the people and things around him, particularly women, and he wanted to be the center of their attention, not so much because he needed it, but because he required it.

As a young student he studied cultural competency of the Asian culture, and most definitely would have told Annie, almost immediately upon meeting her, in order to establish a commonality between them. He saw her as attractive, articulate, extremely smart and aggressive. He liked her immediately and began to fantasize about her and how he could win her over and gain her attention. (Notice I said attention and not necessarily affection) Unfortunately, what he liked about her, he also despised, because she was not a woman who could be controlled and her attention was clearly focused on her upcoming nuptials and her work.

Anytime anyone would ask her about her impending marriage or she would talk about her fiancée, Clark became angry but controlled; it was further exacerbated by his desire to posses her. Annie who was so happy and excited probably didn’t notice his behavior or she may have even dismissed it because of where she was personally in her, and more than likely didn’t mention anything as odd to any of her friends or family.

Raymond Clark would not have likely committed this murder without the details that I described previously, because there would have been little time to clean up a crime scene without at least the potential of exposure. Also, by all accounts even for her stature she would have fought feverishly for her life. So you might be asking what did she say, or what did she do, to cause him to snap? The only thing that Annie Le did….was plan to spend the rest of her life with her fiancé that was someone other than RAYMOND CLARK! This predator willfully and knowingly intended to murder Annie Le.

STALKING:

Stalking is a series of repeated patterns or attempts to willfully engage (whether knowingly or unknowingly to the victim) a person with whom you may or may not have had a relationship with based on a perceived relationship that one person either has had or wants to have with the intended victim.

These attempts of engagement can be either completed or uncompleted, via any form of communication, (phone, computer, letter, texting, driving by etc.) which can range from the less threatening to the severity of life threatening and death. Which are systematic in nature and harassing in content or action.

A victim can unknowingly be stalked by a perpetrator and may consider some of the incidents as coincidental and random, particularly if they are not initially threatening. A stalker will often be methodical in determining habits, circle of friends, places of interest and the like. It would be hard to be aware of, what you are not aware of, is even taking place.

Once you believe that you are the victim of a stalker, you should immediately contact the police, tell your family, friends, co-workers and place of business. If you can obtain pictures of your stalker you should show them to as many people as you can. While the police will do all that they can, you MUST advocate for your own safety and take every precaution necessary to regain control of your presence and life.

Stalking is not just for the rich and famous! Anyone can be the victim of a stalker! Be vigilant, be awareness BE SAFE!!!