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NC Crime Lab breaks previous record of DNA hits for the year

WWAY News,

July 29, 2024

Local

Effort to eliminate backlog of thousands of untested rape kits nearly complete

Sydney Bouchelle,

January 18, 2024

NC

Stein: Progress being made on NC’s backlog of untested rape kits

WWAY News,

April 21, 2022

Thousands of NC sexual assault kits in backlog now tested

Sydney Bouchelle,

May 18, 2021

Medical center apologizes for billing victims for rape kits

Associated Press,

January 22, 2020

North Carolina hospital billed rape victims for rape test kits

WWAY News,

January 21, 2020

North Carolina AG praises law to end rape evidence backlog

Associated Press,

September 19, 2019

Bill to prevent future rape kit delays OK'd by House panel

Associated Press,

April 29, 2019

Rape kits of women found dead in Lumberton sat untested for more than a year

WWAY News,

March 8, 2019

Former sheriff pushes bill in NC House to clear rape kit backlog

Kate Cornell,

February 10, 2019

North Carolina measure would require testing for all rape kits

Associated Press,

January 29, 2019

New tracking system for rape kits, federal grant announced

Associated Press,

October 4, 2018

Rape kit tracking system advances at NC legislature

Associated Press,

June 8, 2018

AG Josh Stein discusses bill to tackle rape kit backlog

WWAY News,

May 31, 2018

NC bases had at least 39 kid-on-kid sex assault reports

Associated Press,

March 13, 2018

More than 15,000 untested sex assault kits in NC

WWAY News,

February 28, 2018

In unusual step, victims told of destroyed rape kits

Associated Press,

January 2, 2018

In unusual step, victims told of destroyed rape kits

WWAY News,

January 1, 2018

New state crime lab could help cut down North Carolina’s rape kit backlog

Associated Press,

December 11, 2017

NCGOP and AG at odds over crime lab rape kits

Kirsten Gutierrez,

September 29, 2016

Report: Charlotte police destroy 1,000 rape kits since 2000

Hannah Patrick,

June 12, 2016

Rape Kits

NC Crime Lab breaks previous record of DNA hits for the year

Effort to eliminate backlog of thousands of untested rape kits nearly complete

Stein: Progress being made on NC’s backlog of untested rape kits

Thousands of NC sexual assault kits in backlog now tested

Medical center apologizes for billing victims for rape kits

North Carolina hospital billed rape victims for rape test kits

North Carolina AG praises law to end rape evidence backlog

Bill to prevent future rape kit delays OK'd by House panel

Rape kits of women found dead in Lumberton sat untested for more than a year

Former sheriff pushes bill in NC House to clear rape kit backlog

North Carolina measure would require testing for all rape kits

New tracking system for rape kits, federal grant announced

Rape kit tracking system advances at NC legislature

AG Josh Stein discusses bill to tackle rape kit backlog

NC bases had at least 39 kid-on-kid sex assault reports

More than 15,000 untested sex assault kits in NC

In unusual step, victims told of destroyed rape kits

In unusual step, victims told of destroyed rape kits

New state crime lab could help cut down North Carolina’s rape kit backlog

NCGOP and AG at odds over crime lab rape kits

Report: Charlotte police destroy 1,000 rape kits since 2000

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