An audit of the Canton Police Department made public on Tuesday faulted investigators for missteps in the investigation into ...

“It just gives you peace of mind to know that we do not have kits that need to be tested.” The testing of 105 sexual assault evidence collection kits, which were collected from 1999 to July ...

If you look it up online, you’ll see a box with a white label, and in blue writing you’ll read “Vitullo Evidence Collection Kit for Sexual Assault Examination” along with more lines to take in the ...

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — State funding for evidence collection kits used in sexual assault investigations has won final approval from the South Dakota Legislature. The state House of ...

Finally, the sexual assault evidence collection kit—more commonly known as a rape kit—is complete. The examiner seals the small cardboard box and, with it, all of the woman’s hope for ...

Click here for reporting options. Sexual assault evidence kits are required to be stored for one year by a health care provider. The healthcare provider may not share the evidence kit with law ...

And in 1978, Goddard's non-profit, Citizens Committee for Victims Assistance, trademarked the design as the Vitullo Evidence Collection Kit. Adding a man's name to the box opened the right doors.

At the emergency room, doctors and nurses can treat injuries, test for and prevent sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and pregnancy, and facilitate evidence collection (sometimes called a 'rape ...