DesiChap Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 Scientist DNA-tests husband's pants to check for signs of cheating Last updated at 19:29pm on 4th July 2007 As an award-winning forensic scientist, Mrs Ann Chamberlain-Gordon knew exactly what to do when she suspected her husband of cheating: run a DNA test on his underwear. Last September, she took his underwear to the laboratory where she worked and tested it for traces of another woman's DNA. Not only did she confirm her worst suspicions but she is now facing a discipline hearing if investigators determine she 'violated the use of state equipment'. Ann Chamberlain-Gordon 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 Chamberlain-Gordon works, started to investigate her after her husband's attorney wrote to authorities and media outlets questioning how many times DNA tests have been improperly run. Investigators expect to decide by next week what they found. Her duties have not been restricted during the investigation, state police spokeswoman Shanon Akans has said Charles Gordon's attorney, Michael Maddaloni, said Tuesday that his client disputed his wife's testimony that he acknowledged a sexual encounter with another woman after she found the female DNA on his underwear. Gordon played with the Canadian Football League as a defensive back from the early 1990s through 1997. Mrs Chamberlain-Gordon received the award for Outstanding Contribution to the Michigan State Police Biological Services in 2006 for her research and method development in embryonic and fetal DNA recovery. She has worked for the state police as a forensic scientist since 1999 and supervised the biology unit in 2005, according to the company's website She has given expert testimony in more than 50 cases, including at a widely publicised trial last year in the death of a boy slain by his adoptive parents. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=466224&in_page_id=1811 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beetle Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 >>>>>Not only did she confirm her worst suspicions but she is now facing a discipline hearing if investigators determine she 'violated the use of state equipment':whatchutalkingabout:omg_smile: Poor woman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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