A swab sample from a crime scene rests on a forensic evidence bag — one piece of evidence that may be included in a rape kit, along with items such as clothing, photos of injuries and bodily fluids.

A sexual assault evidence kit is logged in the biology lab at the Houston Forensic Science Center in Houston in 2015. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan, File) Buy Photo It can take hours for a sexual assault ...

WE’LL STAY ON TOP OF THIS BREAKING STORY THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. A NEW SYSTEM IS NOW IN PLACE THAT WILL HELP SEXUAL ASSAULTS TAKE MORE CONTROL OF THEIR CASES. GIRLS LAW IS NAMED FOR AN ORANGE COUNTY ...

After years of pressure over lost or untested sexual assault kits, a growing number of states are adopting systems to track the kits — giving survivors a way to follow their evidence through the ...