Tag: Missy Woods
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Missy Woods: Disgraced former CBI DNA expert headed to trial on felony charges
Woods faces more than 100 felony charges alleging she falsified DNA evidence in more than 1,000 cases
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Missy Woods preliminary hearing delayed
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A Jefferson County district judge on Thursday delayed a preliminary hearing in the case against former Colorado Bureau of Investigation forensic scientist Yvonne “Missy” Woods due to the massive scope and seriousness of her alleged crimes. A new hearing date has been scheduled for May 9. Only one of the 102 counts against her — a…
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Missy Woods, former Colorado forensic scientist at center of DNA scandal, appears in court
Judge adjusts her bond to $50,000 cash or surety; she was ordered to turn in her passport
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Colorado Supreme Court weighs whether Douglas County judge has authority over Missy Woods records
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The state Supreme Court will decide whether a Douglas County judge has the authority to compel the Colorado Bureau of Investigation to release data related to the misconduct of a disgraced DNA analyst whose work affected numerous criminal cases. Yvonne “Missy” Woods was criminally charged in Jefferson County on Jan. 22 with 102 felony counts…
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Missy Woods, former CBI forensic scientist, booked into jail Wednesday on 102 felony charges
Felony charges include attempt to influence a public servant and forgery.
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After 39 years, Douglas County cold case comes full circle for former sheriff
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As he was dying that day in November 1985, Roger Dean tore what would become a critical clue in his own murder from his killer’s head — an orange ski mask dotted with DNA evidence. It would take decades, though, and steady advancements in DNA science before investigators were able to solve a case that had…
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9NEWS Investigates obtains interview of former DNA analyst accused of deleting, manipulating data in hundreds of cases
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Twenty-nine-year-veteran Yvonne “Missy” Woods told investigators in an interview in late 2023 why she tampered with data in criminal cases. 9NEWS Investigates has obtained a copy of that two-hour-long interview. Woods was a star analyst at the Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI). She built a…
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Weld County DA will not charge DNA analyst, says data ‘anomalies’ did not affect criminal cases
The Colorado Bureau of Investigations found that the data discrepancies did not impact any DNA identification or elimination in criminal cases.
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Colorado DNA expert’s work called into question per CBI
One of the Colorado Bureau of Investigation’s top forensic scientists is the subject of an internal affairs and criminal investigation after the bureau discovered anomalies in her work as part of DNA testing in the lab. Yvonne “Missy” Woods, a former 29-year veteran of CBI’s Forensic Services section, is no longer working at CBI. While there, Woods specialized…