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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 (912)	3/27/2001 3:19:41 AM
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Re: 3/27/01 - New Haven Register: Yale plans to boost reward in Jovin case Yale plans to boost reward in Jovin case JoAnne Viviano and William Kaempffer, Register Staff March 27, 2001 [picture] Jovin NEW HAVEN — Yale University will add $100,000 to a reward for information in the 1998 stabbing death of Yale senior Suzanne Jovin, sources close to the investigation said Monday. Jovin, 21, of Germany, was found with 17 stab wounds to her neck, back and head at Edgehill and East Rock roads on the night of Dec. 4, 1998. She later died of her injuries, triggering an intense investigation yielding no arrests. The additional reward money is expected to be announced at a news conference today. Gov. John G. Rowland offered a $50,000 state reward in March 1999 at the request of city Police Chief Melvin H. Wearing. By law, that is the maximum reward the governor can authorize. The Yale contribution would bring the reward to $150,000. A Yale University spokesman would not comment. According to a statement issued by the Police Department, Wearing, State’s Attorney Michael Dearington, Yale University Police Chief James Perrotti and city police Lt. Bryan Norwood, Sgt. Joanne Schaller and Detective Michael Quinn will attend the press conference today along with Jovin’s sister, Ellen Jovin of New York. Police officials and other involved would not comment further. The Jovins previously have said they have renewed hope in the case. A lack of physical evidence has hindered police in solving the murder, which attracted international media attention. Yale has hired a private detective, said to be Andrew Rosenzweig, former chief investigator of the Manhattan district attorney’s office, to help solve the murder, sources have said. Yale officials have not confirmed that. From early on, police have maintained Jovin likely knew her killer. A month after the murder, police identified a Yale lecturer, James R. Van de Velde, as being in a "pool of suspects." Police never arrested him and no other suspects have ever been identified. He maintains his innocence. Contacted Monday, Van de Velde’s lawyer, David Grudberg of New Haven, was unaware of the press conference but said he felt investigators should publicly state that they erred in announcing Van de Velde as a suspect. Van de Velde, 40, now living in Virginia, in January called police handling of the case "atrocious." Dearington would not comment concerning the news conference. Assistant State’s Attorney James G. Clark, who is handling the case, was not available. David N. Rosen, the New Haven lawyer representing the Jovin family, said said he would attend but would say no more. Ellen Jovin was unavailable for comment. Tom Jovin, their father, would not comment. Register staff members Randall Beach and Gregory B. Hladky and correspondent John Mongillo Jr. contributed to this story. ©New Haven Register 2001 zwire.com