Albuquerque mayor plans to address city’s rape kit backlog

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller says he plans to issue an order for investigators to clear the backlog of untested rape kits in the city’s crime lab.
Keller is expected to detail his plans for the order at a press conference Wednesday.
Keller took office as mayor of Albuquerque last month.
A year earlier, he released a report as state auditor aimed at identifying the root causes of a statewide backlog of 5,000 untested evidence kits from sexual assaults.
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