Henry Lee Forensic Scientist Biography

Henry Lee was big in forensic science before forensic science was cool. To photocopy his resume would take a big bite from a ream.

• Dr. Henry Lee became as close to becoming a household name as any forensic scientist in U.S. history. He achieved fame in a profession whose practitioners generally operate behind the scenes.

• Henry Lee testified in some of America’s biggest murder cases, from O.J. Simpson to JonBenet.

• But he’s been accused of botching evidence in multiple trials. B efore he became a true-crime celebrity, forensic scientist Henry Lee took the stand at a wildly bloody murder trial in Connecticut.