A swab sample from a crime scene rests on a forensic evidence bag — one piece of evidence that may be included in a rape kit, along with items such as clothing, photos of injuries and bodily fluids.

In 2016, Arizona had a sexual assault evidence problem. The state didn’t know how many of the forensic kits containing swabs, test tubes and evidence collection envelopes obtained from survivors at ...

WE’LL STAY ON TOP OF THIS BREAKING STORY THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. A NEW SYSTEM IS NOW IN PLACE THAT WILL HELP SEXUAL ASSAULTS TAKE MORE CONTROL OF THEIR CASES. GIRLS LAW IS NAMED FOR AN ORANGE COUNTY ...

After years of pressure over lost or untested sexual assault kits, a growing number of states are adopting systems to track the kits — giving survivors a way to follow their evidence through the ...

COLUMBIA — Evelyn Mitchell said it felt like a weight was lifted off her shoulders when the state Legislature passed a bill in 2020 creating a tracking system for rape kits. Just two years prior she ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Gov. Katie Hobbs signed a bill into law on Tuesday that will require the Phoenix Police Department to join a statewide system allowing sexual assault survivors to track where ...

A sexual assault evidence kit is logged in the biology lab at the Houston Forensic Science Center in Houston in 2015. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan, File) Buy Photo It can take hours for a sexual assault ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Legislative Audit Council (SCLAC) released an audit of the South Carolina State Law Enforcement Division’s (SLED’s) creation and operation of a statewide sexual ...

MADISON, Wis. (WSAW) - Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul today is celebrating two years of Wisconsin’s Sexual Assault Kit (SAK) tracking system. Since its inception in May 2022, 3,458 SAKs have ...

Survivors of sexual violence in New Jersey will soon have visibility into the status and location of their sexual assault collection kits (SAKs). BALTIMORE, Aug. 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- InVita ...