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 ...

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 ...

(Nashville, TN) “We provided the (TBI) Tennessee Bureau of Investigation this year several tens of thousands of dollars for several projects they thought were important, but this was not listed as one ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A bill headed to Governor Bill Lee's desk would require the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation to provide quarterly updates on their efforts to hire and train forensic service ...

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, ...

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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 ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – Tennessee is dealing with a backlog on thousands of sexual assault kits. “Tennessee is not the only state dealing with this issue,” explainedTennessee Bureau of Investigation ...

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 ...

For years, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has worked to resolve a backlog in untested rape kits that have left a stone unturned in thousands of sexual assault cases. State officials are now ...

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 ...