Private Investigation

Yale University has long had a reputation of being a quiet refuge in the middle of a somewhat troubled city, a campus that emphasizes fellowship among students and faculty.

But that sense of security was shattered last December by a gruesome murder. And the investigation has raised troubling questions for the Yale community.

Almost nine months after the vicious stabbing of Yale senior Suzanne Jovin in a wealthy neighborhood near campus, the entire university knows that her thesis adviser, 39-year-old former dean James Van de Velde, is a suspect. But the police has made no arrest.

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