Minnesota State Officials Detail Backlog of Rape Kits

More than 170 law enforcement agencies in Minnesota have them: unprocessed rape kits stashed in evidence storage that never went to the lab, some dating to the 1980s.

The Duluth Police Department found about 578 old kits, about 17 percent of the 3,482 untested rape kits from across Minnesota.

The Anoka County Sheriff’s Office counted 495 of them. St. Cloud police found 306. Minneapolis police reported 194.