David Kofoed, jo pehle Douglas County, Nebraska ke Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) vibhag ke pramukh the, apni pehchaan ek kushal aur samarpit forensic visheshagya ke roop mein bana chuke the. Lekin 2006 mein Wayne aur Sharmon Stock ke hatya khand ke dauran sabooton ki gadbad ne unki sakh ko dagdar kar diya. Is mamle mein, Kofoed par aarop laga ki unhone jhooti rakt ke saboot plant kiye, jiske karan do nirdosh vyaktiyon ko galat tareeke se aaropi banaya gaya. Antatah, asal apradhiyon ka pata chala aur ve dandit hue. Is ghatna ke pariprekshya mein, Kofoed ko sabooton se chhedchhad ka doshi paya gaya aur unhe 2010 mein kaid ki saza sunayi gayi.

Apni saza kaatne ke baad, Kofoed ne Nebraska chhod diya aur North Carolina mein bas gaye. 2014 mein, ek civil mukadme ke tahat, unhe do nirdosh vyaktiyon ko, jo galat roop se arrest hue the, lagbhag $6.5 million ka hani bhugtan karne ka aadesh diya gaya. Yeh arthik dand unke liye ek bhari bojh tha, aur unhone kaha ki unke paas is dhanrashi ko chukane ke sadhan nahi hain.

North Carolina mein apni nayi zindagi shuru karte hue, Kofoed ne apne ateet ke baare mein charcha ki. Ek interview mein, unhone apne pehle ke kaam aur forensic vigyaan ke prati apne junoon ke baare mein bataya. Unhone kaha ki agar unka doosra mukadma alag tareeke se khatam hota, to shayad ve Douglas County Sheriff’s Office mein apni seva jaari rakhte. Iske alawa, unhone likhne ki ichha bhi vyakt ki, kyunki ve pehle se hi published author hain aur ek text book par kaam kar rahe the.

Aaj, David Kofoed North Carolina mein apni zindagi bita rahe hain, apne ateet ke vivadon se door. Unka yeh safar ek yaad dilata hai ki kaise ek samay ka prasiddh forensic visheshagya apne hi kiye gaye karmon ke karan apni sakh aur career dono kho baitha.