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Talked to a receptionist who said he's in retirement, he's not working traffic. >> you left 50 messages in one month? >> yes. i'm a little obsessive. >> she eventually was put in touch with the investigator looking at cold cases. a woman who dusted off the old angie samota files, took a look inside and found some promising evidence. >> in'06 when she decided to reopen the case, she went over to the lab and realized 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 a...

Delays in testing evidence left behind during sexual assaults have been a lost opportunity for investigators and a source of frustration for victims.

The new website is exclusively for survivors of sexual assault to be able to track their kits electronically.

Rape survivors told lawmakers on Friday that they're often being left in the dark about what's being done with evidence in their cases.

City. dna from her rape kit was used to arrest her for theft charges. now, the arrest charges were dropped after this case came to light. and the city did pass an ordinance prohibiting cops from identifying suspects by using dna from an rape kit. doug is back at the table. you have been tuching to source about your story and the implications are pretty far reaching. what do you think about it? >> i talked to a lot of lawyers, particularly former lawyers and former mayor of baltimore, and he says this is an ethical breach. you can't do this. it looks like they could settle out of court because ...