rape kits

Authorities say a special prosecutor will review cases linked to 110 previously untested rape-evidence kits in one Michigan county.Ingham County Chief…

Law enforcement officials and victims of sexual assault in Michigan could soon be able to track the rape kits used to gather evidence. A state budget…

Michigan may start tracking its sexual assault evidence kits. An amendment to the state’s budget would pay for the required software and training.The kits…

Prosecutors say a second backlog of more than 500 untested Detroit rape kits languished in storage for years after more than 11,000 other unprocessed…

After Wayne County found some 11,000 abandoned rape kits in police storage, Michigan’s Attorney General asked every other county to report how many…

Since Detroit discovered some 11,000 untested rape kits in 2009, cities around the country have tackled backlogs of their own. Now the city is holding a…

Soul artist Erykah Badu will donate proceeds from her upcoming Detroit concert to help process untested rape kits in the city. The singer agreed to donate…

More than 1,800 untested sexual assault kits from before Oct. 1, 2014, have been found at law enforcement agencies outside Wayne County, according to…

Wayne County plans to use $1 million to help investigate rape kits found six years ago in a Detroit police property storage facility.County Executive…

Now that more than 10,000 of Detroit’s backlogged rape kits have finally been tested for DNA evidence, there’s good news and bad news.The good (really…