Amidst a scandal revealing the Houston Police Department's shelving of nearly 100 rape cases despite DNA evidence linking suspects, victim advocates express outrage over potential serial predators evading justice, while warning of long-lasting repercussions on public trust.
The narrative suggesting most of the quarter million cases abandoned by the Houston Police Department lacked workable leads or evidence has taken a major hit with the revelation that nearly 100 rape investigations were dropped despite DNA evidence linking actual suspects to the crime.
We are talking about names, identities that we can act upon," said Ramirez.FOX 26 Houston is now on the FOX LOCAL app available through Apple TV, Amazon FireTV, Roku, Google Android TV, and Vizio!This latest revelation has left victim advocates seething and openly asking how many serial predators were allowed to assault additional targets because HPD chose not to investigate crimes despite substantial evidence."We hear from survivors all the time. They just want justice.
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