He will probably not get a murder in the first degree, since it was not premeditated. At least I don't think it was. Does Conn. have the death penalty? I think they do.

I suspect he is not the brightest bulb in bunch, since he left so much DNA around the scene. Why he thought he could stuff the body in a wall, and not have it found, is beyond me.

I also think they (the appropriate authorities) will give him a life sentence for his crime.

I feel so very sorry for the victim's family. They will never get over it. How can they sleep at night, wondering how scared the poor girl was, spending her last moments on this earth, getting suffocated by a co-worker.

I saw an interview with a former worker of the same lab and although he did not work with the little creep, he described the duties and the rules they were to uphold, when maintaining the animals and cages. If they didn't follow the rules, many of the experiments would not be valid. According to this guy, it was common for the lab techs to be at odds with the white coats/students.

Horrible, just horrible. He is such damaged goods. He should be put away.