Rape kits

A former Columbus police detective has been fined and sentenced to 10 days house arrest for not properly investigating sexual assault and kidnapping…

A veteran Columbus police officer is facing three counts of dereliction of duty, and the division plans to develop more formal procedures to review the…

The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation has finished testing 14 thousand rape kits from across the state and has begun helping police…

Under federal law, people sexually assaulted don't have to pay for their medical forensic exams. Yet some have trouble getting the hospitals or collection agencies to stop dunning them for payment.

A bill that was pulled from consideration by state lawmakers last week was approved yesterday . Ohio Public Radio's Jo Ingles reports.The…

Since President Trump took office, thousands of Ohio women have been rallying at the White House and the Statehouse. They have been advocating for…

Ohio Attorney General Mike Dewine says nearly 12 thousand rape kits have been tested under an initiative launched in 2011. More than 13 thousand kits…

The Ohio Attorney General's office says more than 98 hundred previously untested rape kids have now been tested. Nearly 12 thousand had been submitted for…

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine says the state crime lab has processed nearly 5 thousand previously untested rape kits as it searches for DNA matches…

The Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's office says a recent acquittal in a 1993 rape case illustrates some of the challenges authorities face while pursuing…