The current investigation began after an intern noticed something wrong, says a document obtained by 9NEWS Investigates.
DENVER — A former DNA scientist at the Colorado Bureau of Investigation admitted she purposefully deleted data, according to an internal affairs report obtained Wednesday by 9NEWS Investigates.
> The video above aired May 28: Coworkers shared concerns about the work of a CBI DNA scientist years before criminal investigation, motion saysThe internal affairs report, which had been under a protective order for months, includes portions of an interview with Woods days after she retired from CBI. The report says Woods voluntarily resigned in lieu of disciplinary action.
"The implications were not even a thought, and I think that for that stuff it, it was like – click done, move on, click, done, move on – and not even, not even an additional thought. I don't know any of these people," Woods told an investigator. "I didn't, didn't, didn't even think about it. I didn't even think about it until five weeks ago," Woods said. In September 2023, the report says, an intern uncovered an anomaly in past DNA work of Woods during a research project on sex assault kits. The CBI director requested an internal affairs investigation soon after.
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