LAPD reduces untested rape kits by half

By ABC7
LOS ANGELES A year ago, there were 7,500 untested kits. The backlog has been reduced to 3,266.

Detectives say DNA evidence helped close 405 cases this year.

They hope to finish going through all the rape kits by July 2011, but the city's record budget deficit may push that date back.

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