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Pima County attorney outlines challenges of prosecuting sexual assault cold cases decades later

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By Raya Torres
| KOLD-TV (Tucson, AZ) Verified
TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) - New DNA evidence from thousands of backlogged sexual assault kits is reopening cold cases across Pima County, but prosecuting crimes that occurred decades ago comes with significant obstacles. Pima County Attorney Laura Conover said the passage of time makes an already difficult category of crime harder to pursue in court. “Time is not on our side,” Conover said.
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Tucson woman raped as teen gets justice after testing of backlogged sexual assault kit

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By Raya Torres
| KOLD-TV (Tucson, AZ) Verified
TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) - TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) - A Tucson woman who was raped at the age of 15 waited nearly three decades for justice. DNA testing of backlogged sexual assault kits, including hers, identified her attacker and linked him to other victims. DNA grant leads to convictions in sexual assault cold cases J.L., who agreed to share her story but asked not to appear on camera, said she was raped in 1992 by a neighbor she knew from across the street.
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DNA grant leads to convictions in sexual assault cold cases in Tucson

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By Raya Torres
| KOLD-TV (Tucson, AZ) Verified
TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) - Decades after their assaults, sexual assault survivors in Tucson are seeing justice following the DNA testing of thousands of backlogged rape kits. A $1 million grant awarded in 2016 allowed the Tucson Police Department to begin testing a backlog of roughly 2,000 sexual assault kits. About 1,000 produced DNA results. Of those, approximately half generated matches to known offenders, according to Tucson Police Detective Dallas Wilson, who works on sexual assault cold cases.
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