Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A swab sample from a crime scene rests on a forensic evidence bag — one piece of evidence that may be included in a rape kit, ...

They are small white boxes, but in the world of a sexual assault survivor, forensic evidence kits can be a symbol of hope. A sexual assault evidence kit, also known as a rape kit, is a collection of ...

In 2016, Arizona had a sexual assault evidence problem. The state didn’t know how many of the forensic kits containing swabs, test tubes and evidence collection envelopes obtained from survivors at ...

COLUMBIA — Evelyn Mitchell said it felt like a weight was lifted off her shoulders when the state Legislature passed a bill in 2020 creating a tracking system for rape kits. Just two years prior she ...

MADISON, Wis. (WSAW) - Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul today is celebrating two years of Wisconsin’s Sexual Assault Kit (SAK) tracking system. Since its inception in May 2022, 3,458 SAKs have ...

A long-awaited program that allows survivors of sexual assault to track crucial evidence through the criminal justice system has begun its gradual roll out in South Carolina. Law enforcement officials ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A measure that would require the Phoenix Police Department to used the state’s real-time rape kit tracking program passed an Arizona Senate committee on Wednesday afternoon. House ...

A Kansas Bureau of Investigation initiative is expected to change the state’s sexual assault evidence kit process so that survivors are no longer left in the dark. As early as 2026, sexual assault ...

Pennsylvania's statewide initiative will soon give survivors of sexual violence visibility into the status and location of their sexual assault kits. BALTIMORE, Jan. 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- InVita ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Forensic evidence. Swab sample from a crime scene on top of a forensic evidence bag. A swab sample from a crime scene rests on a ...