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TBI rape kit processing time down by 38.6% since 2022, senator says

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 ...
WKRN-TV

TBI outsources rape kit processing to Florida lab

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 ...
WREG

Rape Kits Still Untested By TBI

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (Nashville, TN) “We provided the (TBI) ...
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TBI rape kit processing time down as Memphians demand more action from local officials

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 ...
WATE 6 On Your Side

TBI ‘making progress’ on rape kit testing

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 ...
FOX13 Memphis

TBI rape kit testing down to less than 12 weeks, senator says

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 ...
WSMV

Bill that would require TBI to test all rape kits left out of governor’s budget

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, ...
WTVF

TBI is hiring to help with long turnaround times on testing rape kits

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — The turnaround time to test a sexual assault kit in Tennessee can take months to even a year. It was a sexual assault kit from 2021 that just recently linked the Memphis man ...
WKRN-TV

TBI labs adding jobs to help process rape kits

(WREG/WKRN) — On Thursday, Gov. Bill Lee’s office announced plans to speed up the hiring process for 25 new forensic positions at the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) in order to increase ...
WSMV

TBI outsourcing sexual assault kits to Florida lab

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation announced Monday it is sending up to 1,000 sexual assault kits to a Florida lab in an effort to more quickly process and analyze the ...
WREG

TBI ‘making progress’ on rape kit testing

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MEMPHIS ...