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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. […]
JACKSON, Tenn. – The TBI opened its doors for Media Day on Wednesday, answering an array of questions.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is working hard to expedite the testing of rape kits following several high-profile cases where kits went untested for months.
On Wednesday, the TBI hosted a press conference to discuss drug trends in Tennessee, and several other parts of the bureau's work.
In an effort to reduce turnaround times, hundreds of sexual assault kits submitted by law enforcement agencies across the state, have been outsourced for laboratory analysis in Florida.