The Center for Health Education and Wellness hosted a presentation on both on and off-campus resources for people experiencing domestic/dating violence on Oct. 18. The presentation included speakers from The
I didn t clean myself. That s the best thing you can do. Do not clean yourself up. Do not. Just because you feel dirty or scared, do not. Because that s raw DNA on your body, said Trent.
Blood and semen marks were on Trent s bedding. She said police took all her sheets and pillows for DNA testing and evidence.
A friend drove her to the University of Tennessee Medical Center and DNA was collected using a Sexual Assault Kit. It s very overwhelming. It s a lot of people asking you the same questions, she said.
Trent said to investigators and medical staff that she couldn t describe her attacker. She could only confirm that he was Black and around 6 tall.