MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Tennessee Senator Brent Taylor (R-Memphis) announced on Wednesday that the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) has seen “significant progress” in staffing and sexual assault kit ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) is hoping a federal grant will help alleviate the backlog of rape kits in the state. Thanks to $1.5 million in federal grant ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — After a loud outcry over the rape kit backlog in Tennessee following the kidnapping and murder of Eliza Fletcher and the arrest of suspect Cleotha Abston-Henderson, some say the ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Rape kit testing has been a challenge for years in the Mid-South. First, the problem was police not sending kits for testing. More recently, it's been a backlog at the Tennessee ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation reports the turnaround time for rape kit testing in West Tennessee is down to just under 12 weeks. Senator Brent Taylor of Memphis said the ...

“It was 19,000 pieces of evidence we had to process,” said TBI Director David Rausch at a committee meeting with state lawmakers on Tuesday. “We are down to just over 10,000.” NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — With the brutal murder of Eliza Fletcher last year, the TBI’s backlog of rape kits became center stage. Fingers were pointed after another woman came forward saying she had ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Legislation that would have required the Tennesse Bureau of Investigation to test all rape kits within 30 days of their collection has been left unfunded. The bill, HB 0104, ...

GREENEVILLE, TN (WJHL) – The Greeneville Police Department sent four untested rape kits to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation’s forensic lab last week, several months after originally telling us it ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The governor’s office has announced that more forensic positions will be added to the lab that tests rape kits for the Memphis area to help accelerate the process. The governor’s ...