rape kits

Southfield Man Charged Based On Long-Abandoned Rape Kits

A 29-year-old man has been charged after authorities test evidence from old rape kits pulled in 2009 from a Detroit police storage facility.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2013/02/21

Prosecutor: 11,000 Rape Kits Remain Untested In Detroit

Testing rape cases remains a thorn in Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy’s side.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2013/02/16

Michigan State Police Create Rape Kit Testing Unit

Michigan State Police hope to solve rapes in Metro Detroit more quickly when they open a lab to handle rape kits this summer.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2012/04/21

Closed Detroit Police crime lab is seen on 5/27/11 (WWJ Photo/Pat Sweeting)

Testing Of Old Detroit Rape Kits Moves Into Second Phase

The Wayne County Prosecutor’s office is into the second phase of a federally funded project focused on untested rape kits discovered in the former Detroit Police crime lab.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2012/03/10

Old Detroit Rape Kits To Be Tested

More than 1,000 once-forgotten rape kits that were part of a trove found in a Detroit police property storage facility are expected to be reviewed and possibly tested for DNA in crimes dating to the 1980s.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2012/02/16

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