UPDATE Body Found -- Search for Missing Yale Grad Student Continues

UPDATE 9:45 p.m.

Investigators found a female body this evening inside a wall in the basement of the research facility where Yale graduate student Annie Le, 24, was last seen Tuesday morning, the Yale Daily News reports.

Officials could not confirm at this time whether the remains belonged to Le. An autopsy will be performed by the Connecticut Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, and the case is now considered a homicide investigation.

Just yesterday, investigators retrieved bloody clothes in the ceiling of the research facility yesterday, but have yet to establish a link to Le's disappearance, as she was wearing different clothes that morning. An unnamed source within the Yale Police Department said officials are currently analyzing the blood to determine its origins, as it could have been from animal blood from experiments conducted in the lab.

Le, a pharmacology doctoral student from Placerville, Calif. was last seen entering the university lab at around 10 a.m. on Tuesday. Roughly three hours later, an unexpected fire alarm sounded, and the building was quickly evacuated.

There is no record of her leaving the building in surveillance tapes from some 75 cameras stationed around the building. Her ID, money, credit cards, and purse were found in her office.

Le was to be married today to Columbia University graduate student Jonathan Widawsky at the North Ritz Club in Syosset, N.Y. The wedding was called off shortly after her disappearance, and Yale students prayed for Le’s safe return at The University Church earlier today.

Yale is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to Le’s whereabouts.

Anyone with information pertaining to Le’s disappearance is asked to call the FBI tip line at 1-877-503-1950.