Effort To Increase Rape Kit Testing Led To More Than 40 Arrests in NC Cold Cases by Associated Press 6:43pm May 18, 2021 A sexual assault evidence kit is logged in the biology lab at the Houston Forensic Science Center in Houston. (AP File Photo/Pat Sullivan) More than half of the untested sexual assault kits recently accounted for in law enforcement evidence lockers across North Carolina have now been tested or are awaiting testing at private labs, Attorney General Josh Stein said on Tuesday. Giving an update with legislators on the implementation of a 2019 law that set aside $6 million to test many of the kits, Stein said whittling down the backlog has resulted in at least 40 arrests, delivering justice to survivors of sexual assault. Stein said another $9 million is needed from legislators to eliminate the backlog entirely.