Wyoming grad student arrested at LAX for allegedly poisoning colleague with acrylamide
A 32-year-old Chinese microbiology graduate student at the University of Wyoming, Aili Wang, was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport on October 6 after allegedly poisoning a colleague with acrylamide. Prosecutors allege she attempted to flee the United States following a campus police investigation. The victim, a Vietnamese student with pending patents, is suffering from long-term neurological damage, and Wang faces extradition to Wyoming to stand trial for felony aggravated assault and battery.