Wisconsin Attorney General Doesn’t Know Rape Kit Test Numbers

Rape Kit Tests Keep Getting Delayed

MADISON, Wis. -Attorney General Brad Schimel apparently doesn’t know how many sexual assault kits have been tested for evidence as part of a state Justice Department push to test kits dating back to 1990.

A DOJ inventory of police agencies completed in March revealed about 6,370 untested kits. The agency has submitted 800 kits to a private lab for testing. DOJ spokesman Johnny Koremenos told The Associated Press on Monday that the lab has tested 50 kits and the state crime lab has tested 13.

Schimel appeared at a meeting of the Attorney General’s Sexual Assault Response team on Tuesday. A team member asked him if it was true that only 63 kits have been tested. Schimel said he didn’t know where that number came from. A DOJ prosecutor verified that number to the team.

Koremenos didn’t immediately respond to an email.