Springfield, Missouri (CNN) The police chief in Springfield, Missouri, on Thursday told a rape victim advocacy group that the department will review sex crimes cases in which the agency destroyed rape kits. His gesture was in response to a national CNN investigation into rape kit destruction . Springfield Police stood out from other agencies for the variety and volume of investigative shortcomings that led to kit destruction and how quickly rape kits were destroyed. Springfield Police Chief Paul Williams told an advocacy organization his department would review rape kit destruction. Its program End the Backlog is credited with persuading state lawmakers across the nation to enact laws requiring the testing of rape kits.

Source: CNN December 14, 2018 01:52 UTC