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City discusses possibility of paying plaintiff’s in rape kit lawsuit

ST. FRANCIS COUNTY, Ark. — A three-year-old girl is dead after investigators say she was beaten and possibly raped at her home near Forrest City Friday morning, the St. Francis County Sheriff’s Office confirms. “To me it seems like she’s trying to breathe on her own, but she’s not,” said the girl’s mother, two hours […]

It took a jury less than 20 minutes to return a guilty verdict against 31-year-old Timothy Lindsey on aggravated rape charges Wednesday

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Shocking new details are coming out of a lawsuit against the City of Memphis for the backlog of untested rape kits. A former Memphis Police Lieutenant testified on Wednesday that detectives intentionally closed sexual assault cases without sending victim’s rape kits out for testing or following up on leads first, and he […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn — Memphis is getting more than $1 million to help curb sexual assault and domestic violence in the community. The grant is coming from the U.S. Department of Justice and is expected to be finalized on Wednesday. Police respond to more than 40 domestic violence calls every day in Memphis on average and […]

Jimmie Liddell’s charges go back to 2006

“Just because it’s been 35 years doesn’t mean I have forgotten about it.”

It took 17 years, but now the case against former police officer Bridges Randle is expected to finally to to trial Monday.

She’s one of over 12,000 victims whose rape kits went untested for several years.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — An article bashing the Memphis Police Department for how they treat domestic violence and sex assault victims is making its rounds online. The article was posted by an organization called “The Raw Story,” which has over a million followers on Facebook. The article talks about untested rape kits and controversy with the […]

A community in Nashville is on edge following the brutal murder of a 12-year-old girl inside her home.