Rape Victims Search For Answers, Justice and Closure

August 5, 2020 Karen Focht

Investigating ‘The Mess': Debby’s Journey

Rape victim’s search for answers leads to grim discovery that evidence may have been destroyed in hundreds of cases

Memo jogs ex-cop’s memory

Retired MPD official says he destroyed evidence, including rape kits, in hundreds of sex crimes cases in the 1990s

VIDEO OF DEBBY BELOW:

VIDEO HERE:

Celia explains in this video how she feels “less than a dog”

‘Raped Twice’

Aging victims seek justice and the release of records to prove MPD neglected rape investigations

Read more here:

https://dailymemphian.com/article/11447/mpd-rape-kite-backlog-impact-on-victims-raped-twice

Chasing Predators

The massive remedial effort seeks justice for victims in neglected and overlooked cold cases

Video below:

This project was done with investigative reporter Marc Perrusquia who is the director of the Institute for Public Service Reporting at the University of Memphis.

Photography by Karen Pulfer Focht ©

If you have been raped, or need information about rape contact the Rape Crisis Center: Website below

https://shelbycountytn.gov/737/Crime-Victims-Rape-Crisis-Center

Featured other places:

Be sure to listen to the 30 min, public radio presentation on WKNO 91.1 FM with Christopher Blank and reporter Marc Perrusquia

https://www.wknofm.org/post/special-report-waiting-decade-rape-victims-still-seek-justice

Also featured at ZUMA Press

This story featured as ZUMA PRESS ZREPORTAGE: zReportage.com Story of the Week #750: TUESDAY August 25, 2020: OVERLOOKED FORGOTTEN DISCARDED by award winning ZUMA Press photojournalist Karen Focht. Karen worked together with The Institute for Public Service Reporting on this investigative project on neglected rape cold cases.

https://www.zumapress.com/srp.html?HEADLINE=Investigating+\%27The+Mess\%27+System+Fails+Rape+Victims