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Lab: No evidence Widmer detective's personnel file altered
Written by Janice Morse • jmorse@enquirer.com   
Monday, 03 January 2011 13:01

The lead detective in the Ryan Widmer murder case did write on a pair of documents that misrepresent his qualifications, and there is no evidence to support Lt. Jeff Braley’s allegations that someone else altered the documents, a state crime lab analysis says.

Hamilton Township officials released a report Monday from the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation into the authenticity of documents that Braley, a Hamilton Township police officer, has disputed.

In September, township trustees asked the Ohio Attorney General to assign the investigation to an independent agency, noting “Lieutenant Braley welcomed the action taken and has cooperated fully,” an e-mail from Warren Ritchie, the township’s law director, said Monday.

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