Category Archive for : ‘RAPE KIT’

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