PHOENIX — The Phoenix Police Department says it’s massively shrinking its backlog of untested sexual assault kits. The department’s crime lab reduced the backlog to 160 untested and unpending kits, ...

A swab sample from a crime scene rests on a forensic evidence bag — one piece of evidence that may be included in a rape kit, along with items such as clothing, photos of injuries, and bodily fluids.

MADISON, Wis. (WSAW) - Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul today is celebrating two years of Wisconsin’s Sexual Assault Kit (SAK) tracking system. Since its inception in May 2022, 3,458 SAKs have ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Justice came 23 years after a sexual assault case and advocates are describing this milestone as a win for survivors. The Missouri Attorney General’s Office announced the ...

On summer nights a year apart, two women left bars in downtown Austin, Texas. Before they could get home safely, both were raped. One knew her rapist. He was an acquaintance, she said, who saw she was ...

WASHINGTON, USA — A new audit released Tuesday shows Washington state's sexual assault kit backlog has been cleared. According to the Washington State Auditor's Office report, WSP has "effectively ...

Federal officials who pledged millions of dollars to test backlogged rape kits promised sexual predators would be brought to justice – and wrongfully convicted prisoners would be exonerated. But nine ...

The Angelina County Commissioners Court listened to a report from a representative of the Sexual Assault Response Team at ...

PHOENIX — Crime victims will now have an easier time keeping track of their sexual assault kits due to a new feature on the Phoenix Police Department’s website. The department’s updated victim ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - The South Carolina General Assembly’s Legislative Audit Council (LAC) conducted an audit of the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division’s (SLED) sexual assault kit tracking ...

The Portland Police Bureau recently launched an online system where victims can track if their sexual assault kits were sent to a crime lab for testing. The system is expected to be used statewide by ...

A sexual assault kit was collected at the time, but the case was later dropped because of insufficient evidence.