The verdicts were part of the Sexual Assault Kit Initiative by the Orleans Parish District Attorney’s Office. “Those who prey on others in the city of New Orleans will be dealt with,” said ...

A 21-year-old female reported the assault to police, but the rape kit wasn’t tested until years later. The case was then referred to the Kalamazoo Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI ...

Local crime: Battle Creek manufacturer to pay over $2.2 million for PPP eligibility violation Though a sexual assault evidence collection was completed that year, the kit was only tested in 2016.

Sexual assault evidence was collected by authorities at the time of the assault, but the kit was not tested until 2016. After it was finally tested, it was referred to the Kalamazoo Sexual Assault ...

Dustin Thomas, 35, of Cameron, North Carolina, was charged in December after the Kalamazoo Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI) unit began looking into the cold case starting in 2022, Michigan ...

As our media partner, WMTW, has been reporting for over a year, Maine is the last in the country to adopt national best practices for handling sexual assault kits. A revamped proposal has added ...