The Drug Was in the Blood. Routine Tests Were Not Built to Find It.

The Redemption Project, Brandon Burley, and Newsroom TRP

Jul 22, 2026

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UPDATE — Sept. 1, 2026: Since this story was published, The Redemption Project has received responses from seven additional forensic and medical-examiner jurisdictions showing that cychlorphine testing remains highly uneven.
Dallas County added the drug to its routine LC-QTOF-MS/MS screen on Feb. 13 and ha…

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