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Episode. if the police and fbi have already ruled out whatever the cause is either strangulation that cannot be an accident, cannot be self-inflicted. or blunt force injuries. head injuries, bodily injuries that cause death, that could not be from an accidental fall. otherwise they wouldnt call it a homicide. they know what the cause of death is. they know a lot of information that we dont have. the toxicology will be important. they will even do a rape kit to see if she had been sexually assaul...

Have seen in the videos is that there was no attempt to bury the body or to conceal the body. >> martha: what does that tell you? >> that doesnt tell me anything in particular except that the person doing it may have been in a frenzy and didnt know what to do. the death occurred, whether he meant to kill her or not is hard to explain till you get to interview him. one of the things that did a lot of dna swapping of the clothing and him. the boyfriends dna will be on that because they were togeth...

On her body after that lapse of time? >> if there was a thinker person involved? >> shannon: right. whether it was a boyfriend, whether it was someone else, would there be after all this time still dna on the body, clothing, that would help to lead police to the right suspect? >> since they lived together, so much time together, having hairs or dna from the boyfriend on her clothing, which could be found, wouldnt tell you who has done it. the only thing that would come up with the dna, if there ...

They have already codified very extreme laws in many states, including mine. the day after the supreme court does away with roe v wade in missouri, it is really questionable whether or not a women can be arrested for using an iud. whether or not couples will be able to participate in invitro fertilization in order to have a family. it will really be a question of whether or not they can actually have the morning after pill for rape victims in emergency rooms when they come in to have a rape kit ...

Samota files, took a look inside and found some promising evidence. >> in06 when she decided to reopen the case, she went over to the lab and realized they did have a rape kit. they did have a sample that in todays technology could be tested to try and find a dna standard. >> by 2006, of course, dna testing had evolved. some of angies other friends also approached police about reopening the investigation, but it was sheila who eventually made more than 700 phone calls over the years. trying to m...

Was just 13. her own rape kit with her attackers dna, sat untested on a shelf for more than 20 years. by the time her attacker was identified, the statute of limitations had run out and the man was already in prison. he had been caught after raping two other women while lavinias kit sat on the shelf. >> we still have a lot of work to do. its not an easy task. its a heavy lift. >> reporter: texas state representative victoria niave has been working alongside lavinia for years to clear the rape ki...

Report their numbers to the state. so, the number could be much higher which means thousands of rapists could be on the run, possibly raping others. how frustrated are you that thousands of rape kits are still sitting unprocessed on the shelf? >> um, im -- im very frustrated. >> reporter: she is a member of governor abbotts sexual assault survivors task force was raped at knifepoint back in 1985. she was just 13. her own rape kit with her attackers dna sat untested on a shelf for more than 20 ye...

That that was his response. >> it was flippant, and it was ridiculous, and the sad part was this was part of his priority agenda, so he should have had an actual response ready, whatever that was going to be. but we know this idea that he can wave a magic wand and somehow get rid of rape, my question to the governor is why havent you gotten rid of rape before, and you need to tell everybody else in this country how to do it, you know, but what we do know is when it comes to policies, theres no m...

A victims advocate will also be on hand during the exam, or whats traditionally known as a rape kit, to answer questions and share resources.

Another woman, 18-year-old woman was murdered the same night around the same time in a park, yellow river park, connected i say no, m.o. different. i would say no. it was somebody she knew that killed her. this is not a serial killer, however, i do think this perp has either killed or attacked before. interesting, her dog we think may have bit the perp. they are looking at dna in the dogs mouth. they will do a rape kit to find if it was a sex attack but it was a frenzy. nobody heard screams and ...