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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — WREG Investigators have spent more than a decade uncovering problems with rape kit testing in Memphis, and one year ago was no different. We found out a rape kit had sat on a shelf for months, allowing the suspect, Cleotha Abston Henderson, to reportedly abduct a Memphis mother on her morning jog. […]

More than 30 years after a woman's Durham home was broken into and she was raped, police say they have arrested the man responsible.

Inside and found some promising evidence. >> in06 when she decided to reopen the case, she went over to the lab and realized that 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 move angies case forwa...

The tracking system launched in June. Austin McDaniel, with the Department of Public Safety, said 48 kits have been logged into the system so far, and 33 survivors have used the system to track their status.

SPOKANE, Wash. -- The Spokane Police Department has concluded its project of testing backlogged sexual assault kits, which resulted in 297 matches, and the identification of five suspects.

Tennessee lawmakers say there’s still a long way to go, and they’d like to see it drop down to just 60 or 90 days, instead of about 26 weeks. But every step in the right direction is a good one.

Been admitted for a rape kit. >> oh my gosh. >> and my father asked me were you drinking. >> that was your fathers first question? >> we you. >> were you drinking and what were you wearing as what he asked you? >> and it hurts so bad. i think at that moment it took immense amount of grace for me to understand that this is somebody who really grew up in a different world. and i know that he loves me. >> do you think it took the outpouring of public support for you, speaking of truth, and having t...

Thousands of people, years later, are still awaiting results that could not only bring closure but lead to convictions and arrests.

Most telling part was that she told at least two people who testified, whether she reported it to the police were not or took a rape kit, it doesnt matter, she told somebody contemporaneously when the act occurred. what are other reactions were, whether shejust occurred. what are other reactions were, whether she just became silent were, whether she just became silent we know the medical research says a lot of individuals react that way when they have been sexually assaulted and without caecal c...

Advances in DNA technology have allowed law enforcement agencies across the country to crack decades-old cold cases. It’s also helped investigators put criminals behind bars faster, but a 19 News investigation found that in Cuyahoga County, it’s been taking forensic scientists longer to process DNA in murder and rape cases.