FBI agent Kim Mertz speaks to reporters about blood clothing, other developments in the disappearance of Yale grad student Annie Le, Sept. 12, 2009. Behind Mertz are other local and state law enforcement officials.

New Haven State's Attorney Michael Dearington (blue shirt) gets into an unmarked New Haven police vehicle outside 10 Amistad St. Saturday, Sept. 12, 2009.

Scene outside of 10 Amistad St in New Haven Saturday, Sept. 12, 2009.

This is the last time anyone saw Annie Le (surveillance photo).

Annie Le has gone missing from Yale, in New Haven, on September 8th.

Annie Le, featured above, went missing from Yale, in New Haven, on September 8th. (Photo: Courtesy of Facebook, September 9th)

Authorities search a dumpster behind a building where Annie Le was last seen, September 10, 2009.

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Bloody clothing, no body, found at Yale

New Haven State's Attorney Dearington at scene

Updated: Saturday, 12 Sep 2009, 11:49 PM EDT
Published : Saturday, 12 Sep 2009, 3:35 PM EDT

New Haven (WTNH) - Bloody clothing has been found in ceiling tiles at 10 Amistad Street, the Yale building where Annie Le was last seen, authorities said Saturday. A body has not been found, authorities told News Channel 8.

Law enforcement sources told News Channel 8's Erin Cox the area where the items were found is now considered a crime scene.

"We don't know where she is," a Yale University spokesperson said at an early evening news conference.

Kim Mertz of the FBI said "no lead is going uncovered" in search for Le. Mertz said they do not know if they are dealing with a missing person or a crime.

Mertz said over 100 law enforcement officials are working on the case.

Around 12:15 p.m., New Haven State's Attorney Michael Dearington was photographed leaving the building at 10 Amistad St. with New Haven Assistant Chief Peter Reichard.

Investigators outside the lab where Le worked drove away from the scene with a man they were questioning, the Associated Press reported. Two agents were seen questioning the man just before 10:30 a.m.  When they finished talking, the man got in the front seat of the unmarked car and one of the agents got in the back seat. The car then drove away.

"We have not identified anyone as a person of interest," Mertz said.

Le, a doctoral student from Placerville, Calif., was last seen Tuesday at the Yale Medical School complex, less than a mile from the main campus. She was planning to be married Sunday on Long Island.

An agent said the FBI wouldn't answer any questions about the investigation while it's ongoing.

Speaking to the The Yale Daily News Friday, Yale University Chief James Perrotti said authorities “still have no idea” what happened to Le of whether she ever left the research building.

On ABC's Good Morning America Saturday, Vanessa Flores, a former roommate of Le's who came out from California for the wedding, said Le was a very conscientious person and was excited about her upcoming wedding.

"There was nothing that would make us believe that she was having second thoughts or anything like that," Flores told ABC.

Citing a police source, the New York Daily News reported that police on Friday questioned a Yale professor in Le's disappearance. According to the report, Le was supposed to attend the professor's class on Tuesday, but the class was canceled and Le was discovered missing a few hours later.

However, the Yale Daily News quoted University Vice President and Secretary Linda Lorimer, who shot down those reports. Lorimer said the police were "interviewing tons of people" and that there was no reason to believe any professor was a suspect.

A $10,000 reward has been offered to anyone who can give information to help solve the case. The FBI tipline is 1-877-503-1950.

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