Re: 12/3-4/02 - Comments on "Four Years Later" editorial
Van de Velde: The killer
Posted at: 12/3/02 1:08:21 PM
Posted by: alum (as entered by poster)
Van de Velde probably did it. We all know that. Those of us at Yale at the time of the murder know this to be true. Just because there wasn't enough evidence to bring him to trial doesn't mean he isn't guilty. Mr. Van de Velde is a stealthy person (former? naval intelligence officer). What was he doing at the time of the murder? At home, eating a microwave burrito and watching a tape of "Friends". How convenient. He can't say he was at home watching a regularly scheduled tv broadcast because that would make it essential that he be able to know about whatever show he was watching.
He has failed a few lie detector tests because he was "too emotionally distraught" "to allow for a valid test. Now he refuses to take any more tests. Sounds like the work of a guilty man to me. I will say this, though. He did cover it up very nicely. I guess they teach that sort of stuff in the Intelligence community.
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Stop the Smears
Posted at: 12/3/02 2:20:09 PM
Posted by: 1996 Alum (as entered by poster)
In response to the asinine post below:
1. We _don't_ know Van de Velde did it. There is _no evidence_ linking him to the murder. None.
2. Van de Velde was in naval intelligence. This does not mean that he is a ninja, able to kill without leaving any trace.
3. Van de Velde says he was watching a taped show. Would he be equally "guilty" if he was reading a book or listening to a CD?
4. Van de Velde _passed_ a lie detector test. See: yaledailynews.com .
5. The DNA under Jovin's fingernails was _not_ Van de Velde's.
6. The van linked to the killing has been in the custody of the NHPD for months. It has nothing to do with Van de Velde.
Keep up the baseless smears, alum. Somewhere, Jovin's real killer is laughing it up.
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question
Posted at: 12/3/02 2:55:06 PM
Posted by: grad 07 (as entered by poster)
what was the murder weapon found in Jovin's body? Did the DNA tests return any information about ethnicity? Does the DNA still exist in cold storage somewhere?
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hey grad '07
Posted at: 12/3/02 4:24:19 PM
Posted by: yale dad (as entered by poster)
The part of the murder weapon referenced is likely a portion of the knife blade. Over the years the YDN has written quite extensively about this tragic event. You might want to go to archives at the YDN website and run a search under keyword "Jovin".
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Beside the point...
Posted at: 12/3/02 7:09:07 PM
Posted by: Alum '00 (as entered by poster)
All of this is beside the point. We will likely never know who killed Suzanne Jovin. It could have been Van de Velde, but maybe not. The point is, it doesn't matter. What we should be reflecting on at this four year mark is what a loss we and anyone who knew Suzanne suffered the day someone senselessly took her life. Let us not forget that this is the real tragedy here.
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Probably guilty
Posted at: 12/3/02 10:13:44 PM
Posted by: Clintonfan (as entered by poster)
This guy had pro-military, Republican-leaning connections, too.
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the point
Posted at: 12/3/02 11:04:20 PM
Posted by: alum (as entered by poster)
Of course her murder was an awful tragedy. That's not the point. the point is that Van de Velde was a suspect in this case. The police are not stupid. Give them a little credit. There had to have been some reason to consider him a suspect. And it wasn't just because he was her thesis advisor. So to play it off like he was some innocent little lamb is not the entire truth either. Innocent until proven guilty, yes. But suspicious, you bet your ass.
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Republican + "Suspect" = Guilty?
Posted at: 12/3/02 11:35:26 PM
Posted by: 1996 Alum (as entered by poster)
Once and for all, Van de Velde was never a "suspect" in the Jovin murder. He was one of several "persons of interest." He was a person of interest because he was Jovin's senior essay advisor, and because he lived a half-mile away from where Jovin's body was found (as did many professors). Unluckily for Van de Velde, his name was leaked to the press by a crooked cop, and the press jumped all over him.
The NHPD has sealed the Jovin file, so nobody but the investigators knows who was in the pool of "persons of interest" in Jovin's murder. Van de Velde has asked that the case be referred to the cold case division of the Connecticut state police; he volunteered blood samples and DNA samples; he passed a lie detector test. But this is not enough for the "guilty if suspicious" crowd.
Was/is Van de Velde a Republican? I think so. Does it follow that he is a murderer? If so, after Election Day, America is full of potential killers.
"Innocent until proven guilty" arose in the law because of idiots like "alum," who would dispense with the jury and judge and find guilty anybody the police looked at closely. Was Amadou Diallo guilty? Was Gerry Conlon? Shame on those who would condemn a man with no evidence. |
