<p>To mark the recent passing of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Lee_(forensic_scientist)" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Henry C. Lee<strong> </strong>(李昌鈺)</a>, one of the world’s most famous forensic scientists, we examine his extraordinary life. In Part 1, we’re in impoverished postwar Taiwan. Lee is the eleventh of thirteen children. That, and his father dying on “China’s <em>Titanic</em>,” means it’s a childhood marked by tragedy and hardship. </p><p><br /></p><p>Lee walked barefoot to school to save his shoes. We follow his police training and work, service on Kinmen, a visa-overstay romance, and an unlikely detour running a tiny newspaper in Borneo.</p><p><br /></p><p>Part 2 follows Lee to the United States, where he rises to international fame through major criminal cases and where his golden reputation is somewhat tarnished by controversy.</p><p><br /></p>