claiming they violated his civil rights by naming only him publicly as a suspect while claiming that other suspects existed as well. Van de Velde added Yale as a defendant on April 15, 2003. U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny dismissed the federal claims with prejudice and the state law claims without prejudice on March 15, 2004. Van de Velde asked Chatigny to reconsider in May 2006, resulting in the judge reinstating both the state and federal claims on December 11, 2007. On June 3, 2013, New Haven and Yale agreed to a monetary settlement with Van de Velde. State's Attorney Michael Dearington admitted publicly for the first time that Van de Velde is no longer a suspect in the murder. A true crime series about the crime, Edgehill, was in development at the cable channel Esquire Network in 2017, but never commenced any planning or filming as the network shut down several months later. See also List of unsolved murders References 1998 in Connecticut 1998 murders in the United States Deaths by person in Connecticut Deaths by stabbing in the United States December 1998 crimes December 1998 events in the United States Female murder victims German people murdered abroad History of New Haven, Connecticut History of women in Connecticut Incidents of violence against women People murdered in Connecticut Unsolved murders in the United States Violence against women in the United States Yale University