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Note: Cumulative performance metrics are updated quarterly based on state and local level reports.
Man sentenced for kidnapping, raping woman in DeKalb nearly 40 years ago
— WSBTV.com News Staff, Jun 3, 2025
"A DeKalb County jury has convicted a man of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a woman in a 1988 cold case. In June 2019, evidence from the case was tested with the help of the Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative."
Jackson Man Sentenced to 35-50 Years for 2012 Sexual Assault
— Luke Moorehead, WKHM, May 23, 2025
"Jackson County man Curtis Lee Fleming was recently sentenced by Judge John McBain to 35-50 years in prison for 1st Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct. In 2019, the Ingham County Prosecutor’s Office was awarded and accepted a grant to expand and regionalize its Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (S.A.K.I.) to include investigations in Jackson County. Those investigations surround previously untested sexual assault kits from various agencies within both Ingham and Jackson Counties. The S.A.K.I. project is a collaborative mission involving the Attorney General’s Office, both Jackson and Ingham County Prosecutor’s Office, and specific S.A.K.I. investigators and local law enforcement."
Teen’s sexual assault kit sat untested for 27 years in Alaska. Now, man convicted
— Daniella Segura, Sacramento Bee, May 22, 2025
"The unknown man’s DNA from the 1995 case was run in the Combined DNA Index System, “a computer software program that operates local, state, and national databases of DNA profiles from convicted offenders, unsolved crime scene evidence, and missing persons,” according to federal prosecutors. It found Fischer’s DNA profile to be a match, state prosecutors said."
SAKI is enhancing the criminal justice response to sexual assault and ensuring justice for victims. SAKI funding will not only help link victims to advocates and needed services, but also help jurisdictions implement best practices and comprehensive reform to help bring perpetrators to justice and increase safety in communities by preventing future sexual assaults.
Sign up for upcoming webinars or watch webinars from the SAKI archive. Presentations feature practitioners and experts with years of experience in current and cold case sexual assault. The webinars cover investigations, forensic testing, prosecution strategies, victim notification, the neurobiology of trauma, offender research, and more
Choose from five E-Learning Curricula that provide guidance on issues related to unsubmitted sexual assault kits. The courses walk learners through the importance of SAK testing, the effects of trauma, creating a testing plan, victim notification, cold case investigation and prosecution. Individual modules allow learners to complete trainings at their own pace.
Explore hands-on resources tailored for practitioners working to improve their community's response to sexual assault. The SAKI Toolkit contains topics centered around skill development and covers the key categories of sexual assault response. Explore resources, save tools to a customizable Briefcase, or create resource sets to share with others.
SAKI is committed to helping survivors of sexual assault. If you or someone you know needs help, support is available through the resources provided by our partners.
Funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the Sexual Assault Kit Initiative aims to create a coordinated community response that ensures just resolution to sexual assault cases. Through this program, funding is provided to support multidisciplinary community response teams engaged in the comprehensive reform of jurisdictions approaches to sexual assault cases resulting from evidence found in previously unsubmitted sexual assault kits.
