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Note: Cumulative performance metrics are updated quarterly based on state and local level reports.
Serial rapist with cases dating back to 2005 receives life sentence
— Paul Wedding, WFAA, Aug 19, 2024
"A 52-year-old man found guilty of aggravated assault will spend the rest of his life in prison in the first Dallas County jury trial to use investigative genetic genealogy.
The defendant, Christopher Michael Green, was charged in a 2005 cold case of raping a young mother at knifepoint.
“We have been working this case with the Dallas Police Department since we started the Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI) almost a decade ago,” said lead prosecutor Leighton D’Antoni in a statement. “I remember long-time Dallas Police Department Sex Assaults Detective Todd Haecker telling me this was his ‘white whale.’ We exhausted every investigative tool without success until the DA’s Office and DPD began working with the FBI Dallas Violent Crimes Task Force, which finally cracked this case.”
Michigan to partner with U.S. Marshals to extradite suspects in sexual assault cold cases
— Beth LeBlanc, The Detroit News, Aug 14, 2024
"The state of Michigan is partnering with the U.S. Marshals Service to help with the extradition of individuals identified and charged in sexual assault cold cases in recent years.
Operation Survivor Justice, believed to be the first such partnership in the country, received about $1 million from the Michigan Legislature in the July budget to help pay for the extraditions, which would usually have to be funded through cash-strapped county prosecutor offices."
Michigan man pleads guilty to 2010 sexual assault cold case at Western Michigan University
— Joseph Buczek, CBS New Detroit, Aug 13, 2024
"A Livonia man has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a fellow student at Western Michigan University in January 2010.
Cameron Alvarez, 34, was charged in 2022 for the sexual assault committed on the Kalamazoo campus. On Friday, Alvarez pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct, the Michigan Attorney General's Office said. "
SAKI is enhancing the criminal justice response to sexual assault and ensuring justice for victims. SAKI funding will not only help link victims to advocates and needed services, but also help jurisdictions implement best practices and comprehensive reform to help bring perpetrators to justice and increase safety in communities by preventing future sexual assaults.
Sign up for upcoming webinars or watch webinars from the SAKI archive. Presentations feature practitioners and experts with years of experience in current and cold case sexual assault. The webinars cover investigations, forensic testing, prosecution strategies, victim notification, the neurobiology of trauma, offender research, and more
Choose from five E-Learning Curricula that provide guidance on issues related to unsubmitted sexual assault kits. The courses walk learners through the importance of SAK testing, the effects of trauma, creating a testing plan, victim notification, cold case investigation and prosecution. Individual modules allow learners to complete trainings at their own pace.
Explore hands-on resources tailored for practitioners working to improve their community's response to sexual assault. The SAKI Toolkit contains topics centered around skill development and covers the key categories of sexual assault response. Explore resources, save tools to a customizable Briefcase, or create resource sets to share with others.
SAKI is committed to helping survivors of sexual assault. If you or someone you know needs help, support is available through the resources provided by our partners.
Funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the Sexual Assault Kit Initiative aims to create a coordinated community response that ensures just resolution to sexual assault cases. Through this program, funding is provided to support multidisciplinary community response teams engaged in the comprehensive reform of jurisdictions approaches to sexual assault cases resulting from evidence found in previously unsubmitted sexual assault kits.
