Tag: Chris Schaefer
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CBI director to retire after being cleared in independent investigations
After 30 years with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Director Chris Schaefer announced his retirement Monday on the heels of independent investigations finding allegations of him providing preferential treatment meritless. Schaefer will officially retire on from his position on May 2. But, according to Schaefer, the retirement was always planned to fall on his…
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Colorado DNA scandal: Review of former CBI DNA scientist’s 10,786 cases causes rape evidence logjam
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The time to process a rape kit in Colorado has now nearly doubled, leaving victims in limbo due to the continuing scandal at the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, the director of the embattled agency told lawmakers Wednesday. In November 2023 it took an average of 275 days to analyze the DNA evidence in a sexual…
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Accusations of flawed Colorado crime lab work haunt 2003 rape conviction
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Every Saturday, the call comes in at 10:30 a.m., on the dot. Vinnie Chacon knows that’s when her 64-year-old brother James Hunter will telephone her from Colorado’s Territorial Correctional Facility in Cañon City. Hunter has been incarcerated for more than 21 years, ever since his…
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Over 1,000 Colorado criminal cases ‘in question’ after state DNA scientist accused of data manipulation
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DNA findings in more than 1,000 criminal cases in Colorado are now “in question” due to data manipulation by former Colorado Bureau of Investigation DNA scientist Yvonne “Missy” Woods, state officials announced on Friday when they unveiled the findings of an internal investigative report into Woods’ work. The internal CBI investigation found that Woods deviated…