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DNA leads to arrest 15 years after brutal rape
— WLWT5, Sep 1, 2022
"Fifteen years after a brutal rape and robbery, science has led investigators to a suspect and an arrest in the case.
“There was grant funding the commonwealth of Kentucky obtained four or five years ago to take old sexual assault kits off the shelf and have them tested,” Sanders said. The rape kit from the motel attack was entered recently and there was a hit.
“Once you have that in the system, they compare it to everything else that was put in the system, and it’s the old game of cards. You flip over and bam, you got a match,” former prosecutor Jason Phillabaum said."
As NC’s decades-old rape kits are tested, new DNA evidence emerges
— Carolina Public Press, Aug 30, 2022
“The Sexual Assault Kit Initiative is an example of excellent coordination between Durham law enforcement and the Durham DA’s Office to hold people accountable for these violent offenses, even years after the fact,” said Durham County District Attorney Satana Deberry in a statement."
Great results' from Georgia's new sex assault kit tracking system
— Fox 5, Aug 29, 2022
"Use this in graphic: "We've seen some great results so far," explained Amy Hutsell, program director for the CJCC's Sexual Assault, Child Abuse and Human Trafficking Unit. "Our biggest impact, I think is that we have sent a really strong message to victims and survivors in this state that we care about them.""
State Auditor McGuiness: “Delaware Criminal Justice Council Policy Updates Improve Justice for All”
— Deleware.gov, Aug 25, 2022
“I am pleased this update coincides with best practices and recommendations identified in our special report, and we are proud of the efforts from the Criminal Justice Council (CJC) and Delaware Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI) Coordinator Mike Kelly’s efforts to address this critical workload,” said Auditor McGuiness. “These recent policy updates from the CJC are an important step in ensuring victims receive justice, but there is more work to be done,” said Auditor McGuiness."
Missouri Attorney General’s office releases second SAFE Kit inventory report, ships 300 untested kits from Kansas City
— KTTN News, Aug 16, 2022
“One of my first actions as attorney general was to launch the SAFE Kit Initiative to clear the backlog of untested kits across the state of Missouri. Since then, thanks to the dedication and hard work of Judge M. Keithley Williams and her team, the SAFE Kit Initiative has made major strides in working towards that goal,” said Attorney General Schmitt. “My Office will continue to work to ensure that we honor the courage of victims who came forward to report these heinous crimes by bringing offenders out of the shadows and off of the streets.”
Man Arrested in 2005 DC Sexual Assault of Girl
— NBC Washington, Aug 6, 2022
"D.C. police arrested a man nearly 17 years after the armed sexual assault of a 12-year-old girl in Southeast.
According to court documents, the evidence collected from the incident was recently sent out for a new forensic DNA analysis. When the DNA profile was entered into a national database, it matched another sample from Virginia."
Durham Police hope to send remaining 160 untested sexual assault kits from backlog to vendor for testing by year’s end
— CBS17, Aug 5, 2022
"In 2018, an inventory of the Durham Police Department found it had 1,711 untested sexual assault kits. Some of the cases went back as far as the 1980s.
Since then, Durham police have been working with the state’s crime lab to clear this backlog. On Friday, Durham police told CBS 17 that more than 900 of the sexual assault kits from the backlog have been tested, more than 500 are in the process of getting tested and there are 160 they are waiting to send off to a vendor to get tested."
DNA evidence brings guilty pleas in Durham rape cases, one from 17 years ago
— The News & Observer, Aug 3, 2022
"Two men in Durham were convicted of rape in separate “cold cases” Monday, including one that occurred 17 years ago and whose victim died this year before she could see her attacker sentenced.
The Durham County District Attorney’s Office announced the convictions, which came as a result of previously untested DNA evidence in Durham’s Sexual Assault Kit Initiative, according to a news release."
