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Exactly. On an update I heard earlier they were rushing a potential DNA swab test kit to some lab and it are awaiting the results. I’m like.. what about the thousands and thousands of backlogged rape kits that are still waiting to be tested
Comment by Fluck_Me_Up at 07/12/2024 at 01:48 UTC
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100,000k+ untested rape kits
When the police show you who they are, you should believe them
Comment by [deleted] at 07/12/2024 at 02:09 UTC
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For that to work, the person's DNA would have to already be in the system, right? All he has to do is never get arrested for anything for the rest of his life... It's doable, I'm 38 and I've never been arrested
Comment by GayDeciever at 07/12/2024 at 04:33 UTC
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Lol. The lab: "we don't know what happened, but the kit is contaminated. We can't get any conclusive result."
Comment by [deleted] at 07/12/2024 at 03:15 UTC
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The DNA from the water bottle is a bluff. Unless the suspect was deep-throating the bottle it’s likely all they have are old dead cells with degraded DNA.
Comment by lordraiden007 at 07/12/2024 at 05:36 UTC
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Well a lot of those rape kits just aren’t discarded yet, not necessarily in a backlog. If the alleged rapist doesn’t deny that they did have sex with the victim, and instead claims that the encounter was consensual, then the kit can still stay in the “backlog” for testing.
They definitely could put a bit more effort into solving crimes that happen to normal people though. Fuck them for suddenly caring just because the victim was rich.
Comment by [deleted] at 07/12/2024 at 04:13 UTC
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Honestly, if I worked the forensics on that case, I might just accidentally contaminate it. All of it. And if you get fired, I’m sure your GoFundMe is going to more than make up your salary until you get a new job.
What’s your job worth that you help send this man to prison?
Comment by Nezarah at 07/12/2024 at 06:32 UTC
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That’s actually abit more of a complicated subject.
In the event of any sexual assault where victim visits the hospital or reports it to a police, a rape kit is usually recommended by the hospital nurses and/or police. It needs to be done as soon as possible after the crime.
WHILE there is evidence of rape and they might have the perpetrators DNA, the victim more often than not will not want to press charges. Ia rape kit DNA wont get compared unless they have a suspect and/ the accused perpetrator unless the person files charges.
Rapes go unreported more than 50% of the time. Charges are pressed even less than that. Combine this with the fact police hear more false sexual assault and rape cases (people trying to get out of a ticket) than real ones…you might not be treated so kindly when you do try and report the crime.
Comment by [deleted] at 07/12/2024 at 08:12 UTC
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what about the thousands and thousands of backlogged rape kits that are still waiting to be tested
None of them are rape kits of important people /s
Comment by BiscoBiscuit at 07/12/2024 at 13:29 UTC
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Similar thing police do with almost every highly publicized crime case that the media and the country is watching closely.
Comment by [deleted] at 08/12/2024 at 20:41 UTC
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How do they know it is that guys dna?? It could be my uncle's who walks around that part of town!