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Note: Cumulative performance metrics are updated quarterly based on state and local level reports.
One case at a time, one victim at a time': An inside look at the lab where rape kits are tested for Jefferson County
— Jon Paepcke, WVTM13, Oct 4, 2024
"Scientists in Hoover are making significant progress in clearing Jefferson County's backlog of untested rape kits, which date back to the 1990s.
So far, Jefferson County's Sexual Assault Kit Initiative team has sent the lab 2,735 rape kits, or 68 percent of the backlog, for testing. Based on the lab's ability to test fifty a month, that backlog should be eliminated in the next two years."
Man found guilty of rape in 1992 Virginia cold case after DNA retested with new technology
— JeanneTyler Moodee Lockman, WJLA.com, Sep 26, 2024
"A man was found guilty Wednesday of rape and armed burglary in a 1992 cold case that was reopened in Norfolk, Virginia due to a new DNA testing initiative, according to the Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office.
On May 5, 1992, a woman was in her home with her three sleeping children when a man came in through one of the children’s bedroom windows armed with a knife, according to court documents on the 32-year-old case.
The man, identified as Vernon Lorenzo Gay, found the woman in her bedroom and raped her, according to court documents."
DNA leads to Lubbock man’s arrest 10 years after sexual assault
— Caitlyn Rooney, msn.com, Sep 25, 2024
"Court documents recently obtained by EverythingLubbock.com revealed Johnny Joe Sanchez, Sr., 48, was arrested and accused of Sexual Assault after DNA results came back with a positive match 10 years after the crime happened.
According to online jail records, Sanchez was arrested in the 200 block of University Avenue on September 20 by the Texas Department of Public Safety."
SAKI is enhancing the criminal justice response to sexual assault and ensuring justice for victims. SAKI funding will not only help link victims to advocates and needed services, but also help jurisdictions implement best practices and comprehensive reform to help bring perpetrators to justice and increase safety in communities by preventing future sexual assaults.
Sign up for upcoming webinars or watch webinars from the SAKI archive. Presentations feature practitioners and experts with years of experience in current and cold case sexual assault. The webinars cover investigations, forensic testing, prosecution strategies, victim notification, the neurobiology of trauma, offender research, and more
Choose from five E-Learning Curricula that provide guidance on issues related to unsubmitted sexual assault kits. The courses walk learners through the importance of SAK testing, the effects of trauma, creating a testing plan, victim notification, cold case investigation and prosecution. Individual modules allow learners to complete trainings at their own pace.
Explore hands-on resources tailored for practitioners working to improve their community's response to sexual assault. The SAKI Toolkit contains topics centered around skill development and covers the key categories of sexual assault response. Explore resources, save tools to a customizable Briefcase, or create resource sets to share with others.
SAKI is committed to helping survivors of sexual assault. If you or someone you know needs help, support is available through the resources provided by our partners.
Funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the Sexual Assault Kit Initiative aims to create a coordinated community response that ensures just resolution to sexual assault cases. Through this program, funding is provided to support multidisciplinary community response teams engaged in the comprehensive reform of jurisdictions approaches to sexual assault cases resulting from evidence found in previously unsubmitted sexual assault kits.
