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Locked Away: Grady withheld rape evidence from police

Sexual assault evidence collected from a victim’s body is stored in a “rape kit.” Samples such as bodily fluids or hair are placed in bags or envelopes, bundled together in packages like this one, and sent to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation for DNA testing. BRANT SANDERLIN/BSANDERLIN@AJC.COM
Sexual assault evidence collected from a victim’s body is stored in a “rape kit.” Samples such as bodily fluids or hair are placed in bags or envelopes, bundled together in packages like this one, and sent to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation for DNA testing. BRANT SANDERLIN/BSANDERLIN@AJC.COM
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June 12, 2015

"It seems incomprehensible how this all could have happened." — State Rep. Scott Holcomb of Atlanta

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