![]() ![]() Whether that will be included in the final budget approved by the Memphis City Council remains to be seen. That suggestion was supported by all council members present and voting. Morgan, during discussions about MPD’s budget for the upcoming year, proposed setting aside about $600,000 for architecture and engineering for a Memphis forensic crime lab. ![]() After his arrest in Fletcher’s case, Cleotha Henderson was linked to a 2021 rape case via a sexual assault kit that sat untested in a Jackson crime lab for nearly a year. The city also faces a longstanding lawsuit over rape kit backlogs. The issue rose to prominence most recently after the high-profile kidnapping and murder of Eliza Fletcher. Guess what? They’re not getting it from the state.” “These victims deserve a faster turnaround time. “This is such a priority,” said Councilman Worth Morgan. The creation of a crime lab in Memphis is one item on the Memphis City Council’s “wish list.”Ĭouncil members Monday asked the Memphis Police Department to bring back dollar figures on the cost to build a crime lab in the area.Ĭurrently, forensic evidence like rape kits from Memphis are processed in a lab in Jackson, Tennessee. ![]()
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