PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — State funding for evidence collection kits used in sexual assault investigations has won final approval from the South Dakota Legislature. The state House of ...

Finally, the sexual assault evidence collection kit—more commonly known as a rape kit—is complete. The examiner seals the small cardboard box and, with it, all of the woman’s hope for ...

Click here for reporting options. Sexual assault evidence kits are required to be stored for one year by a health care provider. The healthcare provider may not share the evidence kit with law ...

For decades, Chicago police sergeant Louis Vitullo was credited with creating the sexual assault collection kit. But it was ...

At the emergency room, doctors and nurses can treat injuries, test for and prevent sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and pregnancy, and facilitate evidence collection (sometimes called a 'rape ...

“It just gives you peace of mind to know that we do not have kits that need to be tested.” The testing of 105 sexual assault evidence collection kits, which were collected from 1999 to July ...