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Fifteen years later, a man who committed sexual assault will now serve time for it
— Audrey Weil, KPTV.com, Feb 17, 2022
"Fifteen years later, a man who committed sexual assault will now serve time for it. She said the case wasn’t handled as it should have been at the time. She completed a sexual assault forensic evidence kit, but then it sat among thousands of others in Oregon’s backlog.
Then in 2015, several law enforcement agencies came together to get those kits tested, and through a $2 million grant, they tested nearly 3,000 sexual assault kits from across the state."
Ramsey Street rapist' pleads guilty in series of rapes in Fayetteville
— F.T. Norton, The Fayetteville Observer, Feb 11, 2022
The man known as Fayetteville's "Ramsey Street rapist" pleaded guilty Friday in Cumberland County Superior Court. Darold Wayne Bowden was accused of sexual assaults on women ranging in age from 15 to 45 from March 2006 to January 2008 and was identified through FGG.
Dane County sex crime convictions latest as result of sexual assault kit testing
— Tony Galli, 27 WKOW, Feb 10, 2022
A dozen years ago, Fitchburg Police personnel investigated a stranger's sexual assault of a woman, but a statewide initiative to ensure more testing of sexual assault kits led to the DNA of Mariono Weaver, 51. Weaver's already serving a prison term for a 2014 Dane County sex crime. Weaver Monday entered guilty pleas to the October 2010 Fitchburg sexual assault and a 2010 sexual assault in the Town of Madison. Weaver will be sentenced March 30.
Kentucky State Police sexual assault kit initiative team expands
— Steve Rogers, WTVQ, Jan 13, 2022
Gov. Andy Beshear and Justice and Public Safety Cabinet Secretary Kerry Harvey announced Thursday an additional $849,491 in grant funding from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has been awarded to expand the Kentucky State Police (KSP) Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI) Investigative Team through an additional investigator who will focus their efforts on the Louisville-Jefferson County region.
Missouri AG: Major strides made in clearing untested sexual assault kits backlog
— KTLO, Jan 12, 2022
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced Wednesday that as of Dec. 31, the SAFE Kit Initiative, which aims to clear the backlog of untested sexual assault kits, has aided 115 police departments and sheriffs’ offices in clearing their backlogs of reported, untested sexual assault kits. Further, the office has sent 2,745 sexual assault kits to private labs for testing.”
Utah suspect hiding in Scotland arrested after sexual assault kit tested
— Melanie Porter, Fox 13, Jan 12, 2022
A suspect who is connected to at least two different sexual assaults was arrested and will be extradited to Utah after a sexual assault kit was tested and a case from 2008 was reopened. "Our office is grateful for the significant interagency collaboration of law enforcement to bring this suspect to justice. We credit Utah’s Sexual Assault Kit Initiative grant funded through the Department of Justice and the Bureau of Justice Assistance as playing a significant role in testing backlogged kits and ultimately identifying the suspect,” said Utah County Attorney, David Leavitt."
