Recalled Test Strip, Wrong Thumbprint: How Kelly Almost Lost Everything
Recalled Test Strip, Wrong Thumbprint: How Kelly Almost Lost Everything
A nursing student was jailed after a cardboard field test strip turned a brownish-purple color on four ounces of powdered glucose and a supplement - even though that lot of strips had been legally recalled seven months earlier. How did a misfiled recall notice, a partial thumbprint on the inside of a sealed bag, and a 22-minute utility visit converge to nearly destroy Kelly Collins' life?
In this episode, we walk through the timeline from the May 3, 2019 field test to the nine-day trial that hinged on a single strip, and…
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