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Student held in colleague’s poisoning
Headline from Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
CHEYENNE, Wyo. -- A Wyoming microbiology graduate student from China has been arrested on accusations she poisoned the tea of a colleague who had pending patents and with whom she didn't get along, then tried to flee the country after police questioned her.
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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A Wyoming microbiology graduate student from China has been arrested on accusations she poisoned the tea of a fellow student who had pending patents and with whom she didn’t get along, then tried to flee the country after police questioned her.
Microbiologist Aili Wang, 32, poisoned tea of colleague in Wyoming who had pending patents, prosecutors allege A Wyoming microbiology graduate student from China has been arrested on accusations she poisoned the tea of a colleague who had pending patents and with whom she did not get along, then tri…
She allegedly bought a chemical, acrylamide, over eBay, and it was first detected when the alleged victim’s wife and others tested water from the coffee maker he used to brew tea.
Authorities suspect microbiology graduate student from China poisoned the tea of a colleague who had pending patents and with whom she didn’t get along.
CASPER, Wyo. — A Chinese national doing graduate work at the University of Wyoming was arrested at the Los Angeles International Airport last week after Albany County authorities filed a felony arrest warrant accusing her of poisoning another UW researcher.
Authorities arrested a Chinese national studying at a U.S. university after she allegedly poisoned a rival classmate’s cup of tea and then attempted to flee the country. […]
CHEYENNE, Wyo. -- A Wyoming microbiology graduate student from China has been arrested on accusations she poisoned the tea of a colleague who had pending patents and with whom she didn't get along, then tried to flee the country after police questioned her.
Aili Wang, 32, was arrested shortly after being interviewed by U. of Wyoming campus police about acrylamide poisoning of fellow researcher who was working on working on new technology to address cancer and genetic disease treatments.
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