Progress Made On Backlog Of Rape Kit Testing, Says Laxalt's Office

By Associated Press

Published March 28, 2017 at 6:54 PM PDT

The Nevada Attorney General's Office says progress is being made on a backlog of rape kits from southern Nevada.

The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that First Assistant Attorney General Wes Duncan says that as of last Friday, 213 kits have had DNA profiles entered into a database, resulting in 58 matches, 11 arrest warrants and eight arrests. A total of 2,456 kits have been sent for analysis from southern Nevada.

There were 6,473 untested kits from southern Nevada and 1,179 from northern Nevada. It is $675 to test each kit.

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Duncan says he expects to have the southern Nevada backlog completed by the end of 2018.

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