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A Denham Springs, Louisiana, man has been arrested after he allegedly raped his ex-girlfriend at gunpoint in her home in Abbeville.

A Denham Springs, Louisiana, man has been arrested after he allegedly raped his ex-girlfriend at gunpoint in her home in Abbeville.

In an effort to reduce turnaround times in the TBI’s Forensic Biology Units, hundreds of sexual assault kits, submitted by law enforcement agencies across the state, have been outsourced for laboratory analysis in Florida. The TBI secured $1.5 million in federal grant funding for the project through the Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration’s Office of Criminal Justice Programs. Following a competitive bid process, the state awarded the contract to DNA Labs Inter...

A suspect has finally been arrested in a more than four-decades-old California murder case after DNA from a 1994 rape helped identify him. 

JACKSON — Republican Rep. Dana McLean of Columbus joined advocates and other House members Wednesday to urge the state Senate to pass bills that streamline how rape kits are processed

The bureau aims to fill 25 positions and play catch-up on sexual assault kits that still await testing

Trauma-informed care is at the forefront at five locations in Nashville

>> yeah, well, to put it plainly, it is a mess. it is an absolute mess and certainly a tragedy. my heart goes out to madisons family at this time. i have got to tell you, it is so convoluted and confusing. what we do know is the level of alcohol would put her in a position and just understand this, as reported, almost four times the legal limit. she was reaching almost .32. you start to get up and 2.31 area, youre talking about almost in a coma at that particular time. to suggest that she could ...

Elisha fletcher. 41 years old a teacher in texas and jogging, security camera footage caught her being kidnapped and she was later found dead. what do you know about this case? do we know the motive behind the murder? >> what is interesting about the fletcher death, she has jogging as she usually did, kidnapped, caught on video, a secure video the tennessee university. and the next day, they find the perpetrator and set for trial. what happened though is another woman came forth and said about a...

ALBANY, N.Y. -- Governor Kathy Hochul signed a new law Thursday, establishing a new electronic tracking system for Rape Kits, to ensure survivors have access to information regarding their kits.