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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 2017
Page
3
In late February Gina Battani reported sexual assault by someone she knew. Seven months later the state lab has not completed DNA testing, leaving a suspect at large while victims wait and the lab grapples with a 4000 plus backlog, stagnant budget, and staffing cuts.
Cedar Rapids and Iowa state crime lab backlog analysis shows 19 rape kits submitted since 2015 with eight charged cases and nine not charged or under investigation. Eight kits from 2016 were processed in one to nine months, while the lab carries 405 pending DNA assignments and faces staffing and budget constraints.
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