Do San Francisco Police Use DNA from Rape Kits to Identify Survivors in Separate Crimes?

A hand holds a teal awareness ribbon against the sky; text above discusses a San Francisco DA dropping a case involving a survivor identified by a rape kit.

San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin has dropped a property crime case against a sexual assault survivor identified from DNA evidence obtained via her rape kit. The announcement comes after multiple news outlets including the Washington Post reported that the San Francisco Police Department has a history of using survivors’ DNA from past rape kits to identify […]