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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. >> in'06 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 today's technology could be tested to try and find a dna standard. >> by 2006, of course, dna testing had evolved. some of angie's 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 angie's case forward. she even offered to pay for the dna testing herself. >> i said, okay, i'll send you a check,...
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.