By: Tiffany Lukk
For a variety of reasons, thousands of rape kits in Minnesota go untested.
According to a report released earlier this month, Minnesota has nearly 3,500 untested rape kits, which include evidence related to criminal sexual misconduct, like hair and clothing fibers. At the University of Minnesota, only one kit was found untested.
This summer, the state Legislature requested that the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension determine the number of untested rape kits in an effort to learn why so many aren’t processed.