After 3 Years and $1.5 Million Testing Rape Kits, Alaska Made One New Arrest
In the state with the highest rate of sexual assault in the nation, testing the backlog of rape kits may not be enough. Many were from cases where the identity of the suspect was already known, or were opened only to find no usable DNA.
Dec. 30, 2020, 11 a.m. EST
Rape kits stacked in the evidence storage area of the Alaska State Crime Lab in 2019. (Loren Holmes/Anchorage Daily News)
Sexual Violence in Alaska
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