Category Archive for : ‘RAPE KIT’

October 15, 2019
Isabel Hughes
USA TODAY

WILMINGTON, Del. – In the early morning hours of Aug. 4, 1993, a young woman was walking near Hill Park in Newark when a nude man grabbed her from behind.

Pushing her onto a grassy area, the man raped her, then fled with her clothes and other personal items.

The 22-year-old, who never saw her attacker, immediately reported the rape to Newark police, who were unsuccessful in locating the man.

Despite receiving tips and interviewing witnesses in the days and weeks that followed, Newark detectives exhausted all

September 25, 2019
Informnny

For years, Emily Doe suffered behind the scenes after she was sexually assaulted, shielded from public view by laws that kept her anonymous.

By contrast, the trial for her attacker, Brock Turner, garnered national headlines for the leniency a judge showed to the former Stanford athlete and the protests the decision sparked.

When the trial was over, the anguish and humiliation she felt from the attack and the public display of her body during the court case only deepened.

Now, Emily Doe, whose real name is Chanel Miller, has come forward,

September 19, 2019

CBS NEWS

A woman who says she was sexually assaulted after getting in a Lyft is now blaming the ride-hailing giant for allegedly mishandling her report. Alison Turkos claims she was kidnapped at gunpoint by her Lyft driver in 2017, and sexually assaulted by at least two men. And after she reported her assault, Turkos claims, Lyft still charged her for part of the ride and allowed her alleged assailant to keep driving.

Turkos said the person she once was ceased to exist after what she says happened to her in 2017. She

September 18, 2019
MSN

Winston-Salem police said a woman reported being raped to authorities Nov. 3, 1993.
On the night in question, the woman told police that a man armed with a knife approached her as she walked in the 1000 block of Cayuga Street.
The man reportedly forced her to another area before he sexually assaulted her, investigators said.
The case was referred to the Criminal Investigations Division of the Winston-Salem Police Department for further investigation was marked “inactive” Jan. 11, 1994.
In 2017, the Winston-Salem Police Department was invited to participate in a North

Sex offenders in Colorado can be forced to pay for the medical sexual assault examinationsrequired for their victims, the state’s Supreme Court ruled on Monday.

While the state already required funds to be set aside to pay for the forensic tests widelyknown as “rape kits,” the ruling clarifies that convicted offenders can be chargeddirectly for the costs of tests for their victims.

Nationally, many victims of sexual assault have to pay some of the costs of rape kits. A recentstudy found that on average, victims with insurance ended up paying about $950