NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- New Haven police, in an attempt to dispel a "myth,” said Monday that the body of Yale graduate student Annie Le was not mangled to fit through the wall in which she was found.

“In an article in today’s edition of The New York Post, reporter Rebecca Rosenberg falsely reported that the suspect in the investigation of the homicide of Annie Le ‘broke the bones and mangled the body of a strangled Yale grad student to fit it through a wall,’ “ New Haven police said in a written statement.

State’s Attorney Michael Dearington asked the New Haven Police Department to clarify the inaccuracy, which he said was picked up by other media outlets.

“This information is false and this myth must be dispelled at the request of the state’s attorney,” said New Haven Police Chief James Lewis.

The 24-year-old Le disappeared while working at a Yale research lab on Amistad Street on Sept. 8. Her remains were found hidden behind a wall five days later on her would-be wedding day.

The body of Le has been flown to California, where she is originally from. A private funeral will be held. Le's family has asked that details regarding the funeral remain private.

Yale lab tech Raymond Clark, 24, was charged with murder in connection with Le’s death. He was taken into police custody Thursday at a Cromwell motel. His bond was set at $3 million and he remains held at a Suffield prison.

He is scheduled to appear in court again on Oct. 6.

Eyewitness News has learned that Le's body was found badly bruised. Many of the bruises are from the decomposition process.

A spokesman for Le's family has been in close contact with her mother and other immediate family members ad details emerge about how her body was found.

"When something like this happens, you tend to draw together as a family and I certainly saw that happen," said spokesman the Rev. Dennis Smith. "You want to know and don't want to know, but these are all steps in the process of healing."

Since Clark's arrest, police have gathered more evidence in the case. Police seized a car belonging to Clark's father from the Cromwell motel where Clark was taken into custody. Police said they believe Clark used to car to get to work on the day Le disappeared and that they want to check it for any traces of evidence.

Eyewitness News has also learned that Clark had cuts and scratches to his abdomen area. Police have not released any potential motive in Le's death.

"That is the big question to the family -- why? Why would you do this to our little Annie," Smith said.

Between the Yale lab and Clark's Middletown apartment, investigators seized 300 pieces of evidence. Police said court documents in the case are sealed while that evidence is processed.

Condolences can be sent to Le’s family at the Yale University Chaplain’s Office, P.O. Box 209078, New Haven, CT 06520.

Le and fiance, Jonathan Widawsky, had planned to wed at the the North Ritz Club in Syosset, N.Y., on the north shore of Long Island. Police said Widawsky, a Columbia graduate student, was assisting in the investigation and was not considered a suspect. Le and Widawsky are described as college sweethearts, meeting as undergraduates at the University of Rochester.

Le received her undergraduate degree from the University of Rochester in New York and majored in cell and developmental biology with a minor in medical anthropology. She conducted a summer project at the National Institutes of Health on bone tissue engineering using mouse mesenchymal stem cells, according to a biography posted on the NIH Web site. While at the University of Rochester, she conducted research involving parasitic wasps.

She is originally from California, and graduated from Union Mine High School in 2003, where she was named "Best of the Best" and "Most Likely To Be The Next Einstein."