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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: theking on December 20, 2018, 08:54:53 PM
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Former Lehigh University student allegedly tried to slowly poison his roommate
A former Lehigh University student, who has been accused of vandalizing his black roommate’s desk with the N-word, allegedly tried to kill him with a substance once used as rat poison.
According to Lehigh Valley Live, Yukai Yang, 22, a former chemistry major at Lehigh in Bethlehem, Pa., was arraigned Thursday for attempted homicide, aggravated assault, simple assault and reckless endangerment. Police say Yang attempted to poison roommate Juwan Royal with thallium, a toxic metal that, if ingested, can damage the nervous system and become fatal. Thallium, which is tasteless and odorless, was once used as rat poison in the U.S. until it was banned due to fears of human ingestion, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention....
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In early April, police made a third trip to Yang and Royal’s room, because Yang had allegedly found damage to Royal’s television and bed. Also, his desk was vandalized with the phrase “[N-word] get out of here.”
Royal told police he suspected Yang of writing the graffiti, noting that his roommate always stumbled onto the “strange incidents” in their room. After an investigation, Yang was charged with ethnic intimidation, institutional vandalism and criminal mischief.
The victim also told police that in February, he drank from a water bottle and his tongue started burning. When Royal told Yang about it, the roommate allegedly said, “So the substance they are putting in your drink is odorless, colorless and dissolves in water.”
After Royal’s blood tested positive for thallium at dangerous levels, Yang told police that he bought thallium online with the intent to harm himself if he failed his exams and that he placed the substance in communal items in the men’s fridge....
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/former-lehigh-university-student-allegedly-tried-slowly-poison-roommate-002916885.html (https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/former-lehigh-university-student-allegedly-tried-slowly-poison-roommate-002916885.html)
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That is evil. Reminds me of the white college student who did it to her roomie. She practically got off with a slap on the wrist.