MEMPHIS Tenn. — Memphis Police Chief CJ Davis said she’d like to speed up testing for every rape kit that gets processed, just like police did for Eliza Fletcher, but acknowledges the decisio… ...

At-home test kits exist that allow people to collect a few drops of blood with a finger prick, and then send the sample to a lab, which runs the same tests and makes results available, on average ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — In wake of Eliza Fletcher’s kidnapping and murder in September, state representative Antonio Parkinson has introduced a bill requiring TBI to test rape kits within 30 days.

Tennessee is hiring more forensic analysts to mitigate a rape kit backlog highlighted by Eliza Fletcher's murder suspect, who was previously accused of rape in 2021.

New Tennessee bill would require rape kit testing within 30 days. ... The TBI drew sharp scrutiny earlier this year after the high-profile kidnapping and murder of Eliza Fletcher in Memphis.

To help catch up on the backlog of rape kits, the TBI outsourced testing, flying 1100 kits to a lab in Florida where it costs $2,155 to test each kit. The TBI says $2.2 million in federal funding ...

If the ELISA test produces a positive result for a particular substance, ... Packages that include the home kit and testing for 12 different drugs typically cost less than $100.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Activists say more must be done to reduce the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation’s backlog of sexual assault kits. Monday marked the beginning of the trial for Cleotha Abston ...

PCMC has launched probe against hospital in Wakad for allegedly charging more than ₹600 fixed by state government for dengue ...

The turnaround time to test a sexual assault kit can be months to even a year. That leaves victims languishing while police try to solve the crimes against them.