A former Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) forensic scientist is the subject of an internal affairs and criminal investigation after discovering anomalies in her work as part of DNA testing in the lab. The anomalies were discovered while reviewing a sampling of cases as part of an internal process.
Yvonne “Missy” Woods, a 29-year veteran of CBI’s Forensic Services section is no longer an employee of the Colorado Bureau of Investigation.
At the request of the Alamosa County Sheriff’s Office, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Alamosa Police Department are investigating an officer-involved shooting on October 31, 2023.
On Tuesday, at 3:53 p.m., the Alamosa County Sheriff’s Office responded to a stolen vehicle report at the IHOP restaurant on Main Street.
Nearly $90,000 in state grant funding is available to support local governments in finding missing persons. Applications for the ‘Supporting Recovery Programs Persons Who Wander Grant Program’ will be accepted from October 30, 2023 until January 26, 2024.
For families not able to attend the Missing in Colorado event in August and would like to provide a family reference sample or pictures of their missing loved one, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is hosting an open house at its headquarters located in Lakewood, CO (690 Kipling St.) from 1:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. on November 1, 2023.
At the request of the Silverthorne Police Department, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is serving as the lead agency investigating an officer-involved shooting that occurred in Silverthorne on Monday, October 16, 2023.
Although early in the investigation, it’s believed a male suspect was spotted attempting to break into (trespass) a vehicle parked in the lot of the Summit Place Shopping Center (I-70 and Colorado Highway 6) just before 8:00 p.m. Monday.
This news release is being sent out on behalf of Fremont County Sheriff Allen Cooper and Fremont County Coroner Randy Keller.
October 17, 2023 – Fremont County, CO – “While the investigation for this incident continues, we also remain focused on the impacted families,” said Fremont County Sheriff Allen Cooper. “We want to do all we can to provide the families the support they need as we shift to the next phase in this process.”
The Colorado Bureau of Investigation has set up a tip line for the Suzanne Morphew investigation.
Agents with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) located human remains during the course of a search on September 22, 2023. Those remains were positively identified as Suzanne Morphew (49) of Chaffee County by the El Paso County Coroner on September 27, 2023.
Morphew was reported missing from her home in Chaffee County on May 10, 2020.
Investigators were searching in the area of Moffat in Saguache (SUH-watch) County on an investigation not related to the Morphew disappearance when the remains were discovered.