Colorado Bureau of Investigation may continue testing DNA kits past June 30. Senate Bill 105 aims to address a backlog of DNA ...

Jefferson County Court Judge Graham Peper reduced former Colorado Bureau of Investigation scientist Yvonne “Missy” Woods’ $50 ...

UPDATE: Judge reduces bail for ex-CBI scientist Missy Woods after she flew to Colorado to turn herself in Yvonne “Missy” Woods, 64, was charged Tuesday with 52 counts of forgery of a ...

Missy Woods faces 102 separate felony counts after investigators accused of her of deleting data and other anomalies in testing.

The Joint Budget Committee suffered a rare loss Wednesday, when state Senate Democrats overruled them on spending authority ...

Woods is accused of 58 instances of criminal misconduct from 2008 to 2023 during her career with CBI. She was employed by CBI from January 1994 to November 2023 and worked at two laboratories in ...

Jefferson County District Attorney Alexis King said the charges stemmed from Woods’ employment by CBI from January 1994 to November 2023. She worked at two laboratory locations within Jefferson ...

The internal affairs investigation did not find evidence Woods falsified DNA matches, but instead she deviated from standard testing protocols. CBI identified more than 1,000 cases that were ...

Former top Colorado Bureau of Investigations forensic scientist Yvonne “Missy” Woods turned herself into Jefferson County authorities in late January and was booked into jail on an 102-count ...

CBI launched an investigation in September 2023 and found that Woods manipulated data in the DNA testing process and posted incomplete test results in some cases. Woods had been with the CBI for ...

In December, CBI reported that they'd identified over 1,000 cases impacted by Woods' misconduct. According to an arrest affidavit written by an investigator for the First Judicial District ...