Henry Lee (criminologist)

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Henry Chang-Yu Lee (Chinese: 李昌鈺, pinyin: Lǐ Chāngyù) (born November 22, 1938), is one of the world's foremost forensic scientists.

Lee was born in Rugao city, Jiangsu province, China, and fled to Taiwan at the end of the Chinese Civil War when he was six. He graduated in 1960 from the Taiwan Central Police College with a degree in Police Science. Lee then began his work with the Taipei Police Department, where he rose to the rank of captain at age 22, the youngest in Chinese history.

In 1972, after coming to the United States to pursue his education, he earned a B.S. in Forensic Science from John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York. He went on to study science and biochemistry at New York University and earned his M.S. in 1974 and Ph. D. in Biochemistry in 1975.

Lee is currently the Chief Emeritus for Scientific Services for the State of Connecticut and a full professor of forensic science at the University of New Haven, where he has helped to set up the Henry C. Lee Forensic Institute. Previously, he has served as Connecticut's Commissioner of Public Safety, the Director of the Connecticut State Police Forensic Science Laboratory, and as the state’s chief criminologist from 1979 to 2000.

Lee currently resides in Connecticut with his wife of 39 years, Margaret.

He currently has a TV show on the Court TV network titled Trace Evidence: The Case Files of Dr. Henry Lee which highlights his work on his famous cases.

[edit] Famous cases

He has worked on famous cases such as the JonBenét Ramsey murder, the O.J. Simpson and Laci Peterson cases, the post-9/11 forensic investigation, and the Washington, DC sniper shootings. He investigated the 3-19 Shooting Incident of President Chen Shui-bian and Vice President Annette Lu. Following the O.J. Simpson case Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr hired Dr. Henry Lee to join his investigation of the death of Deputy White House Counsel Vincent Foster, who killed himself in Fort Marcy Park on July 20, 1993. He also was consulted on the 1991 death of investigative journalist Danny Casolaro: initially, Lee said the evidence prosented to him by police was consistent with suicide -- but when additional evidence was revealed to him a few years later, Dr. Lee formally withdrew his earlier statement. See the Danny Casolaro page for further details.

[edit] Appearances and Speeches

Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS), Baltimore, MD - March 2006

[edit] External links

• Official website
• Taiwanese news report on Lee's arrival in Taipei
• Biography (Chinese)
• Trace Evidence: The Case Files of Dr. Henry Lee