Forensic scientist Henry Chang-Yu Lee dies at 87 in Nevada, US
發佈日期: 2026-03-28 22:32
TVB News
Forensic scientist Henry Chang-Yu Lee, also known as the "Chinese-American Sherlock Holmes," has died at his home in Nevada in the U.S. on Friday. He was 87.
Lee earned international acclaim through his involvement in a list of high-profile cases like the shooting of former Taiwanese leader Chen Shui-bian and the O.J. Simpson murder trial.
The shooting of Chen Shui-bian took place on March 19th, 2004, on the eve of Taiwan's general election.
A bullet grazed Chen's abdomen and another injured then-vice president Annette Lu during a campaign parade in the city of Tainan.
Dr. Henry Lee was asked to view evidence on the shattered car windshield, the bullets' trajectory and the crime scene. Lee's team determined Chen had gunshot injury after examining, but said it cannot be further conjectured as the wound started to heal.
They also deduced that the suspect probably fired from afar, reporting that no gunpowder residue was found on Chen's clothing.
In 2005, Lee said in an interview that the case was still mystery-riddled.
This as Chen Yi-hsiung, who was named to be the shooter, died by an allegedly suicide shortly after the incident and was cremated immediately. The suspect's clothes, belongings and farewell letter were also burnt.
Falling short of direct evidence, Lee said forensic scientists were unable to make further elucidation.
Born in November 1938 in Rugao, Jiangsu Province in the mainland, Lee and his family moved to Taiwan where he became the youngest police captain at the local community.
He reportedly worked as forensic expert in over 40 different countries and all 50 states of the US, having provided consulting services for around 600 law enforcement agencies.
Some of the well-known cases that Lee worked on include the re-examination of John F. Kennedy's assassination, and the 1994 murder trial of former NFL star O.J. Simpson, who was accused of slaying his ex-wife.
According to TVBS, Lee spent much of his career in academia.
He joined the University of New Haven in Connecticut in 1975 and founded the Henry C. Lee Institute of Forensic Science in 1998, before launching the "Crime Scene Center." Lee had authored or co-authored over 40 books.
The university's president hailed Lee's lifelong dedication to forensic study and said he worked until the last minute.
