MONROE: Bail reduction denied for murder suspect

By David Kilby, Staff Writer
   MONROE — At a court hearing Monday, Tianle Li was denied a bail reduction in the case involving the death of her husband, Xiaoye Wang, who died of thallium poisoning Jan. 26.
   Ms. Li is charged with murdering her husband by poison. Her bail has been set at $4 million for the murder charge and an additional $150,000 for a hindering apprehension charge, making the bail total $4.15 million.
   At the first court hearing Feb. 9, Ms. Li’s attorney, Steven Altman said he believed his client’s bail amount was too high and also asked for a probable cause in the hindering apprehension charge.
   Ms. Li had been involved in a series of domestic disturbances with Mr. Wang at their house on Stanley Drive in Monroe for the past couple of years, police said. The couple filed for divorce, but Mr. Wang became ill due to the thallium poisoning before the divorce was finalized, police said.
   Thallium is an odorless, tasteless metal that has been banned in the United States for decades and has been used in rat poisoning.
   Ms. Li worked at Bristol-Myers Squibb in Lawrence, police said.
   After entering the University Medical Center at Princeton on Jan. 14, Mr. Wang died 12 days later due to the poisoning, police said.