Missy Woods retired from CBI in lieu of termination in late 2023 after the agency discovered widespread problems in her work.
Colorado Bureau of Investigation analyst Yvonne “Missy” Woods testifies during the Louis Sebastian murder trial at the Boulder County Justice Center on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2019. Former Colorado Bureau of Investigation DNA analyst Yvonne “Missy” Woods was charged with 102 felonies this week, the latest turn in a year-long scandal that has shaken Colorado’s court system and cost the state more than $11 million.
Woods turned herself in to the Jefferson County jail Wednesday afternoon, where she remained in custody on a $50,000 cash bond. She is scheduled to appear in court Thursday morning; it was not immediately clear whether she had an attorney. “The fact that Missy Woods has been charged is a significant event, but from the perspective of the Office of State Public Defender, charging her is not going to do anything to sort through, investigate and resolve how the clients in the cases she worked on are affected,” said James Karbach, spokesman for office. “There still needs to be transparency — and remedy — if clients’ cases have been improperly handled.
She told criminal investigators that she deleted the data for “expediency,” because it moved cases along — so she could work seven cases a day instead of five, she said, according to the affidavit. The perjury charge appears to be connected to a 2013 Lakewood homicide case in which Woods altered DNA data and then gave false testimony during a jury trial in which she claimed her reports reflected all the testing she’d done when they did not, according to the affidavit.
The criminal charges follow a year-long investigation by the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation. Investigators turned their findings over to Jefferson County District Attorney Alexis King on Dec. 23. She sought additional information from the CBI, which she received Jan. 15, the office said in a news release.
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