An audit ordered by the legislature last year has revealed 4,265 untested sexual assault evidence kits are stored in police departments and sheriff’s offices across Iowa. Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller says the yearlong survey involved 387 law enforcement agencies and found 168 had at least some untested rape kits.
The survey shows the rape kits in Iowa remain untested and in storage for a variety of reasons.
The effort to document all of the untested kits in Iowa is funded by a $3 million U-S Department of Justice grant.
