When DNA Testing Goes Wrong

Sep 13, 2024

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No where else has anyone explained this subject matter so well. This series of videos, a podcast by Hidden Killers with Tony Brueski questions and explains the subject matter with Dan Krane as his Qualified Guest. Krane does an excellent job of explaining the errors that caused the Colorado Bureau of Investigation Forensic DNA Laboratory to come to a standstill late last year. Apparently, Missy Woods did not appreciate the value of Positive, Negative, and Reagent Controls in the testing process. And therefore, results may be unreliable in 652 cases between 2008-2023. Cases between 1994-2007 are being evaluated now for Phase 2 of a Comprehensive Audit.

Controls are used as mechanisms to validate results, and recognize, and eliminate, contamination from samples. And, while it does not yet appear Woods “dry-labbed”, fabricating profiles, as decribed in the first video, it does look like she faked it when it came to implementing the Control Data, and may have manipulated file-creation dates.

The JonBenet Ramsey Case DNA Data spans both time periods, and may or may not be compromised. But the fact that the two most significant tests were conducted elsewhere than CBI, by the Denver Crime Lab, and Bode Labs, can only be a good thing.

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Dan Krane On A Forensic Scandal Exposed

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The Illusion of Objectivity, Bias in the DNA Lab

Forensic Faux Pas, Dan Krane Unravels DNA Testing Misconduct