New Mexico led the nation a decade ago in untested DNA evidence kits in sexual assault cases, with more than 5,000 scattered about the state in 2016, according to then-State Auditor Tim Keller, who is ...

The Colorado Bureau of Investigation has sent nearly a third of its backlogged sexual assault evidence kits to outside labs for testing, as it tries to bring turn-around times back within state ...

Editor's note: This story contains details of sexual assault and might be difficult for some readers. It’s a situation Miranda Spencer never thought she’d find herself in. The Denver mom was going ...

When someone is sexually assaulted and goes to a hospital for treatment, a forensic nurse examiner offers what’s called a “physical evidence recovery kit.” The nurse will attempt to collect any ...

Louisiana is on track to clear a backlog of sexual assault kits, among other forensic evidence kits previously piled up in the state's crime lab, said New Orleans Council Member Lesli Harris on ...

Last week, the San Diego Police Department announced it has no backlog of untested sexual-assault evidence kits for the first time since 2019. The accomplishment puts the department in compliance with ...

SAN ANTONIO — A new statewide program is giving sexual assault survivors the ability to collect and test DNA evidence without having to file a police report, according to a press release from the ...

WASHTENAW COUNTY, MI — An Ypsilanti man convicted in one of several sexual assaults documented from 2015 and 2018 has taken a plea on another sexual assault linked to him through DNA. Lewis Junior ...

The California Legislature should require law enforcement agencies to do a better job using and keeping track of evidence they collect from sexual assault victims that could contain DNA evidence, ...

New DNA testing from a sexual assault kit helped reveal that a man was wrongly convicted of rape over 40 years ago in Ventura County, officials announced Thursday. Ventura County District Attorney ...

In 1975, a rape victims’ advocate named Linda Reinshagen shared a story with a reporter from the Chicago Tribune. A man on the South Side had pulled a woman into an alley where he raped and badly beat ...

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