When a sexual assault happens, forensic evidence gets collected and processing it is a crucial step in solving the crime. As states around the country have struggled with rape kit backlogs, ...

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation's Knoxville Crime Laboratory has been recognized as one of the top-performing forensic ...

The Virginia Department of Forensic Science has released a report on the inventories of 383 law enforcement agencies’ untested evidence kits that can be used to obtain DNA in rape investigations.

More than half the sexual assault examinations submitted to the state Department of Public Safety’s Forensic Laboratory Bureau since 2023 are still awaiting analysis as the facility grapples with ...

LONDON, Ohio (WXIX) – A single sexual assault kit can take roughly 20 hours to process, according to Kristen Slaper, DNA lab manager for Ohio’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation. Slaper says the London ...