Texas Forensic Science Commission

2020 Complaints

Case #	Subject	Complainant	On Behalf of	FSC Forensic Discipline(s)	Forensic Discipline(s) Other	Status	Referred to	Disposition	Disposition Document
20.01	Texas Department of Public Safety - Houston; Montgomery County Sheriff's Office	Inez Crowley	James D. Crowley, Jr.	Ballistics; Forensic Biology - DNA; Firearms / Tool Marks		Closed		Dismissed	Disposition Letter
20.02		Albert G. Hardy		Forensic Biology - DNA	Forensic Photography	Closed		Dismissed	Disposition Letter
20.04		Daniel Ruiz, Jr.		Seized Drugs		Closed		Dismissed	Disposition Letter
20.05	Southwestern Institute of Forensic Sciences	Antonio Cochran		Serology; Forensic Biology - DNA		Closed		Dismissed	Disposition Letter
20.06	Texas Department of Public Safety - Austin	Edward E. Johnson		Firearms / Tool Marks	Latent Print Examination	Closed		Dismissed	Disposition Letter
20.07	Texas Department of Public Safety - Austin	Jayden Green		Firearms / Tool Marks	Latent Print Examination	Closed		Dismissed	Disposition Letter
20.08	Andrea Zaferes	Laura Day	Angela Moore	Crime Scene Reconstruction		Closed		Dismissed	Disposition Letter
20.09	Texas Department of Public Safety - Austin	Keith Mitchell				Closed		Dismissed	Disposition Letter
20.10	Texas Department of Public Safety - Austin; Bryan Police Department	Jerry Rangel		Forensic Biology - DNA; Bloodstain Pattern		Closed		Dismissed	Disposition Letter
20.16		Tristan Farmer				Closed		Dismissed	Disposition Letter
20.19	Texas Department of Public Safety - Lubbock	Daniel Garcia		Forensic Biology - DNA		Closed		Dismissed	Disposition Letter
20.20	Texas Department of Public Safety - Austin	Jaime Apodaca		Toxicology		Closed		Dismissed	Disposition Letter
20.21	Texas Department of Public Safety- Austin; Austin Police Department Crime Laboratory	Edward Johnson		Forensic Biology - DNA		Closed		Dismissed	Disposition Letter
20.22	Texas Department of Public Safety- El Paso	Jerry McGavitt		Forensic Biology - DNA		Closed		Dismissed	Disposition Letter
20.23	Texas Department of Public Safety- Lubbock	Abel Armendariz		Forensic Biology - DNA		Closed		Dismissed	Disposition Letter
20.24	Tom Green County Prosecutors	Margaret Schmucker		Bloodstain Pattern		Closed		Dismissed	Disposition Letter & Email
20.26	SANE Cynthia Garcia; Bexar County Criminal Investigation Laboratory	Joe Gonzales		Forensic Biology - DNA	Sexual Assault Nurse Examination	Closed		Dismissed	Disposition Letter
20.27	Austin Police Department Crime Laboratory	Charles Lee		Forensic Biology - DNA		Closed		Dismissed	Disposition Letter
20.28	Texas Department of Public Safety- Houston	John Therell		Toxicology - Blood Alcohol		Closed		Dismissed	Disposition Letter
20.29	Missouri State Highway Patrol	Royce W. Tawater		Forensic Biology - CODIS		Closed		Dismissed	Disposition Letter
20.30	Texas Department of Public Safety- Austin	Michael A. Soto		Toxicology		Closed		Dismissed	Disposition Letter
20.31	Texas Department of Public Safety- Austin	Timothy Bowie		Bloodstain Pattern	Latent Print Examination	Closed		Dismissed	Disposition Letter
20.32	Texas Department of Public Safety- Austin	Mark Palmer		Forensic Biology - DNA		Closed		Dismissed
20.33	Southwestern Institute of Forensic Sciences	Rickey Starr		Forensic Biology - DNA		Closed		Dismissed	Disposition Letter
20.34	Max Courtney	Anthony Hill		Crime Scene Reconstruction		Closed		Dismissed	Disposition Letter
20.36	United States Drug Testing Labs (USTDL)	Steve Cooper			Non-Criminal Testing of Human or Nonhuman Blood, Urine, or Tissue	Closed		Dismissed	Disposition Letter
20.38		Toddrick Eugene Matthews				Closed		Dismissed	Disposition Letter
20.39	University of North Texas Health Science Center (UNTHSC)	Carry Tucker		Forensic Biology - DNA		Closed		Dismissed	Disposition Letter
20.45	Integrated Forensic Laboratory	Chaz Rodgers	Devon O. Candler	Firearms / Tool Marks		Closed		Dismissed	Disposition Letter
20.46	Bode	Bobby Dean Coker		Forensic Biology - DNA		Closed		Dismissed	Disposition Letter
20.47	Ft. Worth Police Dept. Crime Laboratory	Trisa Crutcher		Forensic Biology - DNA		Closed		Accepted	Final Report
20.51	Orchid Cellmark	Jeffery Lee Manns		Forensic Biology - DNA		Closed	DNA Panel	Dismissed	Disposition Letter
20.52	FBI	Linda V. Leyva	Francisco Ramos	Materials (Trace)		Closed		Dismissed	Disposition Letter
20.55	ExperTox	Philadephia Office of the District Attorney		Toxicology		Open		Accepted
20.60	Armstrong Forensics	Gerard Cantu		Serology; Toxicology		Closed		Accepted	Final Report
20.62	Round Rock Police Department	Ricky J. Flores		Forensic Biology - DNA		Closed		Dismissed	Disposition Letter
20.63	Austin Police Department	Tristan Farmer			Latent Print Examination	Closed		Dismissed	Disposition Letter
20.64	University of North Texas Health Science Center	Raymond E. Lumsden		Forensic Biology - DNA		Closed		Dismissed	Disposition Letter
20.66	Tarrant Co. Medical Examiner's Office	Anonymous				Closed		Dismissed
20.67	Harris Co. Institute of Forensic Sciences	Jesse Curry		Forensic Biology - DNA		Closed		Dismissed	Disposition Letter