Progress made in clearing Missouri’s backlog of untested sexual assault kits

Missouri’s Attorney General announced Monday that 169 law enforcement agencies in the state have cleared their backlogs of untested sexual assault kits.

In total, 3,298 kits have been sent to the state’s lab to be tested.

Attorney General Eric Schmitt also said Monday there are now three cases being prosecuted because of the effort to clear the backlog, known as the SAFE Kit Initiative.

The entire story can be read on ozarksfirst.com.

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