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Pastimes : Murder Mystery: Who Killed Yale Student Suzanne Jovin? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Jeffrey S. Mitchell who wrote (377)	2/2/2000 11:09:00 PM
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Re: 2/2/00 - Jovin case will not be reassigned Wed, Feb 02, 2000 Jovin case will not be reassigned By Jack Dew, Register Staff NEW HAVEN ? State's Attorney Michael Dearington said Tuesday he will not turn the investigation into the slaying of Suzanne Jovin over to the chief state's attorney and called a request to do soby a local attorney a "non-issue." Chief State's Attorney John M. Bailey said Tuesday his office didn't plan to assume control of the investigation into the Yale senior's murder, which is still unsolved after 14 months. Bailey said he rejected a recent written request by attorney David Grudberg, who represents suspect James R. Van de Velde, to take over the case. Van de Velde, a former Yale lecturer and Jovin's thesis adviser, has claimed New Haven police are targeting him unfairly. Grudberg has often protested the police department's tactics. Van de Velde frequently has asserted his innocence while attacking the police department, accusing it of maliciously leaking information to the media and claiming it has been slowed by a lack of good police work. Grudberg requested in his letter to Bailey that the case be assigned to the cold-case squad, which deals primarily with old, unsolved murder cases. "My response is that we are the appropriate prosecutorial authority and that is the way it is going to be," Dearington said. "This is a non-issue." Grudberg could not be reached Tuesday for comment. By state statute, a case may only be turned over to the chief state's attorney at the request of the local state's attorney, except in extraordinary circumstances. Bailey said he would have to show cause to take over the case, which would mean demonstrating there is improper conduct in the state's attorney's office. "A great deal of work has been put into this by the New Haven Police Department and the state's attorney's office. We stand prepared to give them any assistance that they need," Bailey said. "This is not a cold case, this is a working case." Jovin was stabbed 17 times in the back and neck Dec. 4, 1998,in the upscale East Rock neighborhood, where residents reported they heard a man and a woman arguing shortly before the slaying. Police repeatedly have claimed they have a "pool of suspects" but have never named anyone besides Van de Velde in connection with the case. At a press conference Dec. 3, police Chief Melvin H. Wearing said about 10 suspects were in the "pool." He urged Van de Velde to take a lie-detector test. ctcentral.com