Times of San Diego

DA pledged to test 1,000 rape kits, but lab’s pace is testing critics’ patience

August 30, 2018
By
Ken Stone

In late April, at the height of her successful campaign for district attorney, interim DA Summer Stephan announced she would spend $1 million to test 1,000 rape kits.

By the end of August, only 200 kits will have been tested by Bode Cellmark Forensics, a private lab in Virginia, said a spokesman for LabCorp, Bode’s corporate parent.

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