Authorities: N.J. Chemist Poisoned Estranged Husband With Toxic Metal
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Authorities say a New Jersey chemist poisoned her estranged husband to death with a highly toxic metal.
Tianle Li of Monroe Township, who worked for Bristol-Meyers Squibb, was in the process of divorcing her 39-year-old husband when he died Jan 26.
Xiaoye Wang had checked into a hospital on Jan. 14, complaining of flulike symptoms. Prosecutors say tests showed he had been poisoned by thallium.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Li's lawyer tells The Home News Tribune of East Brunswick that his client denies any involvement in her husband's death. She's being held on $4.15 million bail in the Middlesex County Jail.
Her lawyer says Li's 2-year-old son was placed with a foster family and she's waiting for family to come from China to care for the boy.