Utah rape kit backlog grows 2 years after bill to address it

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) DNA Analysts work behind closed doors in an extraction clean room at the office of the medical examiner in Taylorsville where rape kits are being processed on Wed. June 6, 2018. As of November 2019, there is a backlog of untested rape kits in Utah totally nearly 2,000.

Utah rape kit backlog grows 2 years after bill to address it

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