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Untested rape kits start to pile up

Newbury Port Press
By
Christian M. Wade

A backlog of untested rape kits has many states scrambling to process the DNA evidence to help track down sexual predators whose crimes may have gone unpunished.

In Massachusetts, it’s not clear how many untested rape kits exist. State officials are planning to survey local police to get a handle on the scope of the problem.

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