February 7, 2022
A special team of investigators, prosecutors and advocates are helping eliminate a large rape kit backlog in Jefferson County. So far, more than a third of the untested sexual assault kits have now been sent to a state forensics lab. Learn more in the video above.
Their work has helped identify more than 50 serial offenders and 15 suspects are now facing charges.
"For me, that's very fulfilling to be able to reach back to these survivors, talk to them, and let them know they will not be forgotten," said Justin Bowlin, a Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI) investigator for the Jefferson County District Attorney's Office. "That their case is still there and it is very important and that we are working very hard to bring justice for them."
The goals of Jefferson County's SAKI include the following:
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