Updated 1 hour ago NBC Universal, Inc. More than 2,000 rape kits from a dozen San Diego County law enforcement agencies have been tested following their delivery to an independent lab, the latest milestone in a three-year project to clear the county s untested sexual assault kit backlog, the San Diego County District Attorney s Office announced Wednesday. Of the 2,030 kits submitted, 735 contained DNA other than the victim s, according to the District Attorney s Office, which said the testing has resulted in criminal charges being filed in a new case. Larry Gene Rivers, 57, is charged with sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl in 2014, and the DA s Office says DNA evidence from one of the newly tested kits led to the filing of charges.
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More than 2,000 rape kits from a dozen San Diego County law enforcement agencies have been tested following their delivery to an independent lab, the latest milestone in a three-year project to clear the county's untested sexual assault kit backlog
SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – More than 2,000 rape kits from a dozen San Diego County law enforcement agencies have been tested following their delivery to an independent lab, the latest milestone in a three-year project to clear the county’s untested sexual assault kit backlog, the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday. Of the 2,030 kits submitted, 735 contained DNA other than the victim’s, according to the District Attorney’s Office, which said the testing has resulted in criminal charges being filed in a new case. Larry Gene Rivers, 57, is charged with sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl in 2014, and the DA’s Office says DNA evidence from one of the newly tested kits led to the filing of charges.