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Woefully understaffed, Fort Worth's rape kit backlog climbs to more than 900


The Fort Worth Police Department has failed hundreds of times to test sexual assault evidence kits in the amount of time required by state law, NBC 5 Investigates has learned, raising serious questions about how the department handles the cases and how delays could impact victims.

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