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, ...

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. — 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 ...

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. — Debby Dalhoff knows firsthand the pain and anger of waiting for justice after she said she was sexually assaulted in 1985. “There’s not a day that goes by that it doesn’t cross my ...

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 ...

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 ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - After state lawmakers put pressure on a serious statewide rape kit backlog the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is seeing improvements. This past summer hundreds of runners ...