When someone is sexually assaulted and goes to a hospital for treatment, a forensic nurse examiner offers what’s called a “physical evidence recovery kit.” The nurse will attempt to collect any ...

The whisper was barely audible, a terrified breath against a phone. "I can't talk," the woman managed, discreetly setting her device down, praying someone would arrive before her life was extinguished ...

Around 70% of non-fatal strangulation cases in the last year have been dropped due to evidential issues, exclusive data shared with Sky News shows. It is now three years since it became a standalone ...

ZANESVILLE − Muskingum County Prosecutor Ron Welch said an uptick in strangulation charges in the first half of 2024 is on account of a new Ohio law that went into effect April 3, 2023, and ...

A 31-year-old man admitted in Franklin County Common Pleas Court to attacking his ex-girlfriend inside her apartment on Columbus’ West Side last August. He punched her three times in the face and ...

Some of the more than 50 members of Columbus Division of Police's STOP team pose for a photo during a event marking one year of the program. The Strangulation Team Operations for Prosecution provides ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman released the state’s first manual to combat strangulation crimes in Kentucky. In 2019, the Kentucky General Assembly passed a bill ...