rape kits

This is the first of a two-part series about the lingering effects of Detroit's rape kit backlog. Here, one survivor tells her story of working with investigators years after her assault.

A warehouse full of more than 11,000 untested rape kits were found abandoned in 2009. All of those kits have been tested. But there are still thousands of cases to prosecute.

Fabius Township Supervisor Kenneth Linn is accused of sexually assaulting a woman after a 2010 golf outing in Kalamazoo County. Prosecutors say his DNA matched evidence from the woman's rape kit, which went untested for over a decade.

A $1.5 million grant will fund community-based violence intervention. The city is also getting a $2.5 million grant from the National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative.

A Detroit man named Lionel Wells was sentenced last week for sexually assaulting five teenage girls between 2007 and 2014. He’s the latest perpetrator of a violent crime identified with the help of a relatively novel investigative technique called genetic genealogy.

Today on Stateside, we’ll talk about what’s changed for survivors and law enforcement after the years long effort to process thousands of backlogged rape…

Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy says her office is still accepting donations to fund the investigation and prosecution of sexual assaults linked to a…

Today on Stateside, ten years after thousands of untested rape kits were found in a Detroit police warehouse, we talk to the prosecutor who’s been working…

Ten years ago this month, a Wayne County assistant prosecutor found more than 11,000 untested rape kits in an abandoned evidence warehouse.On Wednesday,…

Michigan has launched a web-based tracking system for rape kits. It allows sexual assault survivors to make sure their rape kit has not been lost or…