STL D.A. Tampers With McCloskey Evidence

Not only did the D.A.'s office tamper with the evidence; they also documented their tampering.

"Assistant Circuit Attorney Chris Hinckley ordered crime lab staff members to field strip the handgun and found it had been assembled incorrectly. Specifically, the firing pin spring was put in front of the firing pin, which was backward, and made the gun incapable of firing, according to documents obtained by 5 On Your Side.

Firearms experts then put the gun back together in the correct order and test-fired it, finding that it worked, according to the documents. "--KSDK, quoted at IndySentinel

Egads.