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Liuqi Gu, pictured in December 2019
A year after a University of Kansas researcher was charged with felony theft and other charges, the state has moved to dismiss the case.
However, the motion that Assistant Attorney General Paul Brothers filed Tuesday indicates that the case could be refiled.
“Recent developments in the case necessitate further investigation,” the motion states. “The State is seeking a dismissal of the case to allow sufficient time to conduct the necessary additional investigation.”
Liuqi Gu, 38, was a postdoctoral student employed as a lab technician at KU’s Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Laboratory, studying DNA of butterflies, according to court documents.