Natasha Alexenko, Who Helped Cut Backlog in Rape-Kit Testing, Dies at 51

Natasha Alexenko, Who Helped Cut Backlog in Rape-Kit Testing, Dies at 51

The New York Times-US·2024-11-13 06:02

Natasha Alexenko, who became a powerful advocate for ending the national backlog of rape-kit testing after suffering dual traumas — being sexually assaulted and then discovering that her own rape kit with forensic evidence from her attacker had gone untested for 10 years — died on Oct. 31 in West Islip, N.Y. She was 51.

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