Backlog News Archive

Published: Thursday, October 13, 2011,  8:00 AM By Laura Maggi, The Times-PicayuneThe Times-Picayune New Orleans police officials said Wednesday more than 800 untested rape kits will be tested by the beginning of next year, clearing up a backlog that includes physical evidence from sexual assaults dating to the late 1980s. Police Commander Paul Noel, who