Colorado crime lab analyst charged for allegedly altering reports in sexual assault cases Yvonne ‘Missy’ Woods was charged with 102 counts for supposed criminal misconduct between 2008 and 2023.
Additionally, in more than 30 sexual assault cases, Woods has been accused of deleting specific values in samples and submitted reports to agencies that reflected, “No Male DNA Found”, when small amounts of male DNA or possible contamination were actually present – and additional troubleshooting as well as retesting was required.
On Tuesday, a Colorado district attorney, Alexis King, announced that Yvonne “Missy” Woods was charged with 102 counts related to 58 instances of alleged criminal misconduct between 2008 and 2023 during her career as a lab analyst for the state’s bureau of investigation.
Woods’s alleged misconduct initially came to light when an intern for the investigations bureau was working on a project in September 2024 that involved reviewing quantification data in vestibular swabs within historical sexual assault cases.
Authorities have charged a former Colorado-based crime lab analyst with more than 100 criminal counts over allegations that she altered reports in cases of sexual assault.
