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May 11, 2023
Blessing says clear communication between the victim and the department about the process of testing kits is critical.
November 2, 2022
The new online system provides information to survivors on the status of their sexual assault evidence collected since January 1, 2018.
August 20, 2022
In the wake of legislation mandating new rape kits be quickly tested for DNA, the State Police Crime Laboratory has hired new staff and added new technology.
May 24, 2022
A Florida man has been arrested after Kalamazoo County's Sexual Assault Investigation Initiative (SAKI) Team identified him as a suspect in a 2010 sexual assault cold case.
February 3, 2022
In a motion to dismiss charges, a deputy prosecutor wrote the state was unable to meet its burden of proving the case beyond a reasonable doubt "due to the passage
January 27, 2022
The man will be required to register as a sex offender for life, attorneys said.
October 15, 2021
Attorney for Officer Chris Schroder said Thursday his client has agreed to plead guilty in case
October 6, 2021
The man admitted to playing drinking games with the woman and two other men, who are also charged in the alleged rape, and sexually assaulting her even though he knew
April 14, 2021
The Wisconsin Department of Justice plans to launch a tracking system for sexual assault kits that will be accessible to survivors by the end of this year. The system will give survivors of sexual assault and others — police, prosecutors or health care professionals, for instance — the ability to monitor the amount of time kits spend at different points in the system, including hospitals, police departments and crime laboratories. "This is going to help prevent a backlog," Wisconsin At...
March 17, 2015
Shelf, its just not right. >> reporter: wayne county prosecutor kim worthy sounded the alarm on untested rape kits back in 2009. thats when her office discovered 11,341 untested rape kits in a city warehouse. the kits, they later realized, went back 30 years. all that time the women who the kits belonged to expected police to be using that evidence to help catch their attackers. detroit has completed testing on 2,000 of the rape kits. another 8,000 are in the process of being tested. of those th...