{"id":81914,"date":"2026-04-02T07:58:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T11:58:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=81914"},"modified":"2026-04-02T07:58:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T11:58:52","slug":"forensic-scientist-in-oj-simpson-jonbenet-ramsey-and-phil-spector-cases-gave-startling-deathbed-confession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/forensic-scientist-in-oj-simpson-jonbenet-ramsey-and-phil-spector-cases-gave-startling-deathbed-confession\/","title":{"rendered":"Forensic Scientist In OJ Simpson, JonBen\u00e9t Ramsey And Phil Spector Cases Gave Startling Deathbed Confession"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <em>New York Post (caution: tabloid):<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/1995-lee-testified-found-something-124725736.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Forensic scientist Henry Lee describes evidence during the O.J. Simpson double murder trial, with defense attorney Johnnie Cochran Jr. and prosecutor Hank Goldberg looking on.\" width=\"307\" height=\"216\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A top forensic scientist who testified in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/04\/11\/us-news\/how-the-trial-of-oj-simpson-gripped-the-world\/\">OJ Simpson<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/27\/us-news\/new-dna-technology-could-help-solve-jonbenet-ramsey-case\/\">JonBen\u00e9t Ramsey<\/a>\u00a0and Phil Spector\u2019s cases made a shocking deathbed confession in a bid to clear his name.<\/p>\n<p>Lee,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/03\/28\/science\/henry-lee-dead.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">who died on Friday at age 87<\/a>, was renowned for work involving blood spatter analysis and crime scene reconstruction, and provided key evidence in numerous trials through the 80s.\u00a0 \u201c[The Pressure] obviously got to him and he got to the point where he couldn\u2019t live up to that image. So, he just kept giving answers without doing examinations,\u201d claimed Turvey, who had played a role in proving Henning and Birch\u2019s innocence. At the time of the decision, Lee insisted to reporters, \u201cIn my 57-year career, I have investigated over 8,000 cases and never, ever was accused of any wrongdoing. This is the first case that I have to defend myself.\u201d However, an investigative team claim they have uncovered at least six instances of Lee contributing to innocent people losing their freedom.<\/p>\n<div class=\"gsp_post_data\" \r\n\t            data-post_type=\"post\" \r\n\t            data-cat=\"news\" \r\n\t            data-modified=\"120\"\r\n\t            data-created=\"1775116732\"\r\n\t            data-title=\"Forensic Scientist In OJ Simpson, JonBen\u00e9t Ramsey And Phil Spector Cases Gave Startling Deathbed Confession\" \r\n\t            data-home=\"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From New York Post (caution: tabloid): A top forensic scientist who testified in\u00a0OJ Simpson,\u00a0JonBen\u00e9t Ramsey\u00a0and Phil Spector\u2019s cases made a.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-81914","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81914\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}