Missouri has sent more than 3,000 rape kits from state backlog to labs for testing

Missouri officials say they’re making progress in clearing the backlog of 7,000 untested evidence kits in sexual assault cases.

For more than three years, Missouri officials have been finding, tracking and testing the state’s backlog of thousands of the unaccounted-for kits.

The state has sent 3,298 kits to labs for DNA testing, Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced Monday.

“We have more work to do,” Schmitt said. “But it is my hope that this incredible progress we’ve made sends a clear message to victims of sexual assault: We hear you.”

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