GOSHEN — State police have notified prosecutors across New York state that physical evidence in some criminal cases might have been tainted by a forensic scientist who committed suicide last month, after a routine audit showed he cut corners in some of his work.
An internal investigation is still backtracking over the cases that Garry Veeder worked during 31 years as a civilian scientist at the state police lab in Albany, said Lt. Glenn Miner, a state police spokesman. The investigation was opened after an audit found that Veeder performed only one of two identifying tests on some of the fibers submitted to the lab.
The investigation hasn't yielded a comprehensive list of cases yet, although some high-profile cases already have been identified, such as Veeder's testimony in a Utica-area trial involving the 2006 murder of a police officer.
In Orange County, Executive Assistant District Attorney David Huey said prosecutors were notified about the Veeder situation, but, as Miner pointed out, there isn't yet a list of cases in which Veeder testified or submitted scientific evidence.
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