It’s divorce, forensics style
LANSING, MICH. — A state forensics scientist who said she tested DNA in her husband’s underwear to find out whether he was cheating on her could be disciplined if investigators determine she used state equipment.
Ann Chamberlain-Gordon of Okemos testified in a March 7 divorce hearing that she ran the test in September on the underwear of Charles Gordon Jr.
Asked by his attorney what she found, she answered: “Another female. It wasn’t me.”
She also said during a May 25 hearing in Ingham County Family Court that she ran the test on her own time with chemicals that were set to be thrown away.
Michigan State Police, which oversees the Lansing forensics lab where she works, started to investigate her after her husband’s attorney wrote to authorities and media outlets questioning how many DNA tests have been improperly run.
Investigators expect to decide by next week what they have found.
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