Colorado Department of Corrections investigator facing felony assault charges
Police are recommending several felony charges, including assault causing serious bodily injury and assault with a deadly ...
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Colorado Bureau of Investigation's troubled forensic lab welcomes oversight, ready to address DNA backlog
Colorado Bureau of Investigation faces a backlog of 1,400 sexual assault cases due to a perfect storm of understaffing, a ...
Colorado lawmakers eye plan to clear Colorado’s backlog of untested sexual assault kits
CBI is hoping to send a portion of the kits to out-of-state private labs for testing, as they look to alleviate a backlog of ...
Colorado lawmakers reverse course on investigations funding after emotional plea from Rep. Jenny Willford
Colorado state Rep. Jenny Willford pushes for faster DNA testing of rape kits, addressing backlog and concerns over agency accountability.
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Colorado House committee reverses Senate's decision to allow CBI to spend $3 million to address DNA backlog
Colorado Bureau of Investigation may continue testing DNA kits past June 30. Senate Bill 105 aims to address a backlog of DNA ...
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Colorado lawmakers agree to free up $3 million to address rape kit backlog
Some lawmakers had demanded the Colorado Bureau of Investigation show a clear plan to resolve the 500-day wait for test ...
Crime lab analyst altered DNA evidence in hundreds of cases, prosecutors say
Yvonne Woods, a former lab scientist at the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, altered DNA test results and compromised hundreds of cases, prosecutors say.
U.S. Education Department investigating CIF over policy allowing transgender athletes to play girls’ sports
A day after a probe was opened into the CIF for allowing transgender athletes to play girls' sports, a federal judge blocked ...
Judge reduces bail for ex-CBI scientist Missy Woods after she flew to Colorado to turn herself in
Jefferson County Court Judge Graham Peper reduced former Colorado Bureau of Investigation scientist Yvonne “Missy” Woods’ $50 ...
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Former Colorado Bureau of Investigation DNA analyst charged over allegedly mishandling evidence
The Colorado Bureau of Investigation provided an estimate of the fiscal costs to the State of Colorado through 2024 due to the misconduct by Yvonne Missy Woods on these cases to be $11,071,486.