Dozens Of Men Raising Money For Rape Kit Tests In Detroit
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) - Dozens of men are working to raise awareness about sexual assault and help get old rape kits tested.
The men and businesses are joining the African American 490 Challenge, which last year urged black women, individually and collectively, to raise multiples of $490 -- the cost of processing a single rape kit. An event to promote the effort is being held Tuesday.
The African American 490 Challenge is working with Enough SAID (Enough Sexual Assault In Detroit) to raise more than $650,000 by the end of the year for processing untested rape kits. So far, $250,000 has been raised.
Michigan and the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office have tested more than 10,000 of the 11,341 kits that were found in a Detroit police property storage facility in 2009. Some of the sexual assaults occurred as far back as 1984. Testing has led to thousands of DNA matches and the identification of more than 549 serial rapists. Dozens of offenders have been convicted.
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