The last of over 11,300 rape kits discovered in a Detroit police facility are currently being processed by the Wayne County Prosecutor’s office.
614 kits remain, and they were shipped to Bode Cellmark Forensics and Sorenson Forensics labs for testing before they are reviewed by the Michigan State Police lab.
In 2009, one of Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy’s assistants discovered more than 11,300 untested, backlogged rape kits in a Detroit Police storage facility. The vast majority of the kits belonged to women, and some of them had been sitting in storage for more than a decade. Worthy's office raised funds to send each kit for testing with the help of major donors and organizations such as the Michigan Women’s Foundation.
According to the Wayne County Prosecutor’s office, processing these kits have led to the identification of 818 serial sex offenders and the conviction of 130 rapists. 273 cases are currently under investigation.
