Tackling the backlog was one of the attorney general's campaign promises, and he said that the issue is significant for multiple reasons. Laxalt said he sympathizes with the victims and there is a good chance that the DNA testing will lead to the …

Noel Smith and Josh Macdonald are two of 166 rural Franklin residents who have been given a kit, which allows people to mark their valuable property using an invisible ultra-violet (UV) solution that has a unique synthetic DNA code. Marked objects glow …

Madison— Thousands of DNA samples taken from victims of suspected sexual assaults have sat untested in police storage across Wisconsin for as long as 19 years, erasing in some cases any chance that suspects could be tried for crimes, a Milwaukee …

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today announced that forensic scientists with the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation have now tested more than 8,000 sexual assault kits as part of a special initiative to test rape kits that had …

CLEVELAND, Ohio — State crime labs have completed testing more than 8,000 rape kits that hadn't previously been DNA tested, according to the Ohio Attorney General's office. Law enforcement statewide have sent more than 10,000 sexual assault kits, with …

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – The state's forensic scientists have tested more than 8,000 rape kits submitted by law enforcement agencies around Ohio to check for possible DNA matches. Just over 10,000 kits have been submitted as part of an effort that began …

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The state's forensic scientists have tested more than 8,000 rape kits submitted by law enforcement agencies around Ohio to check for possible DNA matches. Just over 10,000 kits have been submitted as part of an effort that began …

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – The state's forensic scientists have tested more than 8,000 rape kits submitted by law enforcement agencies around Ohio to check for possible DNA matches. Just over 10,000 kits have been submitted as part of an effort that began …

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The state's forensic scientists have tested more than 8,000 rape kits submitted by law enforcement agencies around Ohio to check for possible DNA matches. Just over 10,000 kits have been submitted as part of an effort that began …

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The state's forensic scientists have tested more than 8,000 rape kits submitted by law enforcement agencies around Ohio to check for possible DNA matches. Just over 10,000 kits have been submitted as part of an effort that began …