Man takes murder plea deal in first Colorado case impacted by work of embattled DNA analyst mymotherlode.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from mymotherlode.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Garrett Coughlin, Boulder County, Colorado, murder case: Prosecutors agreed to a plea deal after learning former CBI DNA analyst Yvonne "Missy" Woods deleted data.
Garrett Coughlin, 31, pleaded guilty Thursday to second-degree murder in the 2017 killings and was sentenced to 42 years in prison with seven years of pre-sentence credit, avoiding the mandatory life imprisonment that accompanies a first-degree murder conviction.
State crime lab employees for years repeatedly tried to warn their superiors at the Colorado Bureau of Investigation that Yvonne “Missy” Woods had become a rogue employee who was cutting
Coal Creek triple homicide retrial continued to July while investigation continues into DNA analyst anomalies dailycamera.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dailycamera.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.