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Forensic DNA analyst who is under investigation for 'anomalies' in work testified in hundreds of cas
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2:01Now PlayingA longtime DNA scientist, facing a criminal investigation over “anomalies” in her lab work, testified in court as an expert witness at least 500 times – including in some of the state’s highest-profile cases.
In at least 370 of those cases, she testified as an expert in forensic DNA.
On Tuesday, district attorneys across the state were beginning the process of trying to figure out which of their cases Yvonne “Missy” Woods had worked on, or testified about, during her 29 years at the Colorado Bureau of Investigation.
That came a day after CBI acknowledged the discovery of problems with some of her work and announced that she was no longer employed there and was subject to both internal and criminal investigations.
Woods’ attorney, Ryan Brackley, said she “has been a loyal, dedicated and well-respected forensic scientist with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation for close to 30 years” and would cooperate in the inquiry.
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