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Montana moves to formalize laws governing sexual assault investigations
— Melissa Loveridge, Great Falls Tribune, Dec 31, 2018

Montana Attorney General Tim Fox is urging state legislature to strengthen laws governing sexual assault in terms of testing and investigating kits as well as prosecuting resulting cases.

Man arrested in Fayetteville rape case
— Nancy McCleary, Fayetteville Observer, Dec 28, 2018

DNA from a previously unsubmitted sexual assault kit from 1990 led police to make an arrest in the case.

Man sentenced in attack after rape kit went untested for 5 years
— Dominic Adams. Michigan Live, Dec 28, 2018

DNA from a previously unsubmitted sexual assault kit from 2013 led to the arrest and conviction of a man in Flint, MI.

Editorial: NM is closer to ensuring rape victims get justice
— Albuqurque Journal Editorial Board, The Albuqurque Journal, Dec 26, 2018

Albuquerque is working towards submitting all of their previously unsubmitted sexual assault kits.

State Awarded Grant to Examine Untested Rape Kits
— Jennifer Mayerle, WCCO 4 CBS Minnesota, Dec 26, 2018

Minnesota has been awarded an additional $2 million SAKI grant to help test more than 3,000 previously unsubmitted sexual assault kits in 2019.

Mayor: Albuquerque has cleared half its rape kit backlog
— KANW 89.3, Dec 17, 2018

Albuquerque police have submitted 2,900 of their previously unsubmitted sexual assault kits to their city's crime laboratory, cutting their number of previously unsubmitted sexual assault kits in half.

Man gets 15 years in prison for 22-year-old rape in Portland solved by testing of old sex assault kit
— Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, Dec 14, 2018

A man whose DNA was found in a previously unsubmitted sexual assault kit from 1996, was sentenced to 15 years in prison.

New Mexico Governor says local law enforcement rape kit backlog cleared
— Matthew Watkins, ABC 7 Amarillo, Dec 14, 2018

The New Mexico Department of Public Safety State Crime Laboratory has tested all of their 1,388 previously unsubmitted sexual assault kits.

Man serving life sentence for rape indicted in 2 cold case assaults
— Heather Nolan, nola.com, Dec 13, 2018

DNA from two previously unsubmitted sexual assault kits produced a DNA match in CODIS for a man who was already serving time in prison for two other sexual assaults.

Mobile's Sexual Assault Kit backlog cleared
— Steve Alexander, Fox 10 News, Dec 12, 2018

Thanks to their SAKI funding, Mobile Police Department has tested all of the 750 previously unsubmitted sexual assault kits that were in their custody, and have made three arrests.