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Rape kits

Local News

Cold Cases Could Be Reopened With Rape Kit Grant

Lisa Autry

The backlog of untested rape kits in Kentucky has grown larger than the initial 3,000 discovered in 2015.While testing is complete on the original…
Crime

Attorney General Beshear Talks Rape Kit Testing, Open Records Lawsuit

Lisa Autry

Kentucky is making progress in addressing a backlog of untested rape kits. A 2015 audit revealed the commonwealth had more than three-thousand untested...

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