eikelenboom refutes the claims. we will begin with the chief investigative reporter. you were the first to sit down with the denver da that has questioned the credibility of this expert for years. >> this is interesting. as you will two distinctive reaction. one says he is a high priced charlton lacking expertise to call himself an expert. his office attacked the expert's credibility and a judge agreed. >> it is depending -- >> that is conifer resident richard eikelenboom. five years ago in the national headline making casey anthony case. >> this is a guy that takes his over the country and gets paid high dollars to give opinions that are not scientifically based. >> and that was the foundation after legal argument made by denver's da that convinced the judge to not allow the conifer resident and nationally known dna expert to testify in a denver courtroom. >> they shouldn't pay attention to what this man has to say because what he says is not scientifically based. >> when you have a defense retained expert who very gladly wi payment, he will render scientifically uns

strong evidence that the eikelenboom dna expert doe skills and qualifications. they called him a charlton. a person that falsely claims he has special talents or skills. >> he moves over here and tried to sell himself as an dna expert. >> this is the second time he has seen something like this in his three decade career. a judge disallowing an expert witness. >> this is a guy that takes his% over the country and he gets paid high dollars to give opinions that are not scientifically based. >> here he is on the stand testifying for the defense in the case of casey anthony and he helped to exonerate tim matthews. once convicted of murder. earlier eikelenboom took the stand in a denver courtroom and prepared to testify for the defense of two men charged with the prosecutors say they got eikelenboom to admit that he has no direct dna analysis. >> i discovered that he remade himself as dna expert when he arrived in the united states and opened up shop in a lab in conifer after a renovated barn and began to hold himself as an expert it seemed fraudulent to exposing him

. % >> reporter: the big question is why richard eikelenboom accused of killing a fort collins woman in the 80s. now double jeopardy comes into play so will not have any effect on the masters case. >> this is a really big deal, not only for denver colorado. he has testified before and big cases. >>> dna expert, richard eikelenboom, is no stranger to the spotlight. >> it that the dna can also decompose. >> that was on the case of casey anthony. >> we took one look at what he claimed he had done and he did absolutely nothing. it was not scientifically- based. >> reporter: earlier this week he took the stand in a denver courtroom where a judge deemedd him unqualified to testify. extraction or analysis experience. >> exposing this guy for the front -- for the fraud that he has. >> reporter: just like dna evidence, this is a complicated story. >> the thing is, they aree trying to discredit me.>> reporter: richard eikelenboom and his wife say they believe this is all about politics and they are now threatening to sue. >> it is important to get the truth out.>> reporter: a legal expert says

says richard eikelenboom is a fraud. the dna expert helped exonerate tim masters, once convicted of murdering a fort collins woman has no dna analysis experience. so a denver judge decided he's unqualified to testify. >> but this is a guy that takes his show on the road and goes all ovvr the country. he gets paid high dollars to give opinions that are not scientifically based. >> it's just untrue. the thing is, what they do, they play a game where they try to discredit you. >> so what does this mean for his other cases? a legal expert have an impact in the masters case because of double jeopardy. but it could lead to appeals in other cases. >>> this morning adams county deputies are investigating attempted robbery that left a man dead. store on pecos avenue and brighton. deputies found a man who was stabbed and the man died at the hospital. the suspect is in jail. car window hattered. it happened yesterday between the johnstown and berthoud exits. deputies say there is no evidence suggesting a bullet did it. >>> should p

. >> richard eikelenboom is defending himself. the denver d.a. says he's a fraud. he testified in the defense of florida mom casey anthony and tim masters. earlier this week, a denver judge ruled him unqualified to testify after the prosecution says it proved he had no dna extraction or analysis experience. >> this is a guy that takes his show on the road and goes all over the country. he gets paid high dollars to give opinions that are not scientifically based. >> it's just untrue. the thing is -- [ inaudible ] other cases? a legal expert says it won't impact the masters case, but it could lead to appeal in other cases. >>> the boulder county sheriff is talking about the jonbenet ramsey case. but the case is in the spotlight now. >> we have not andwell not give up. we remain focused on this investigation and finding the little girl's murder and weeks away from several books coming out and documentaries and an interview with her brother. boulder police say they still 3 need your help. >>> it's 4:37. the community coming out to remember the colorado teen who inspire

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richard eikelenboom is defending himself. the denver d.a. says he's a fraud. he has testified for the defense of florida mom casey anthony and in our state helps exonerate tim masters. earlier this week a denver judg testify after the prosecution said they proved he had no dna analysis experience. >> this is a guy who takes his show on the road and goes all over the country and gets paid high dollars to give opinions that are not scientifically based. >> it's just untrue. the thing is, what they do, they play a game where they try to discredit you. >> what does this mean for the other cases? a legal expert says it won't case because of double jeopardy, but could lead to appeals in other cases. >>> here's your first alert we have quite a bit of cloud cover this morning. could see a few showers in denver in the next few hours. looking up into the foothills, some of that rain moving east of the divide. by about 9:00 to 9:30 we have a few showers. this will be our first wave of wet weather this morning, and then scattered storms by early afternoon. skies will then