Sex trafficking is a terrible reality in Middle Tennessee, and one survivor is sharing her story of survival with News 2. As she clutched a teddy bear, the woman said she is afraid to be identified “because he’s still out…
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Scandal: Recent Rape Highlights Four Year Long Outage of Metro Parks Cameras
It’s been nearly a month since an 18-year-old girl was raped while she was babysitting in an Antioch park. On Thursday, News 2 went to Hamilton Creek Park with the mother of the twins the girl was babysitting. It was…
Read MoreShock: 2,000 Rape Kits Still Untested by TBI
Tennessee is dealing with a backlog on thousands of sexual assault kits. “Tennessee is not the only state dealing with this issue,” explained Tennessee Bureau of Investigation spokesman Josh DeVine. In fact, it’s an issue in many states, but here…
Read MoreTN Ranked 5th Most Dangerous State in the Country
Tennessee natives and transplants from elsewhere might agree that the Volunteer State seems to be one of the safest in the nation. But a new survey says otherwise, ranking Tennessee as the fifth most-dangerous state in America. WalletHub, a personal-finance…
Read MoreIn the Land of the Free, Innocent Men Spend Decades in Prison
The State of Tennessee has denied Lawrence McKinney justice for nearly 40 years, and it is time to rectify this horrible mistake. The 60-year-old Wilson County man spent 31 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. That…
Read MoreLawsuit Contains Shocking Allegations About the Culture at UT Knoxville
Six women have filed a federal lawsuit against the University of Tennessee, alleging that the school violated Title IX and other laws because of its “deliberate indifference” toward sexual assaults committed by student-athletes, most of them football players. The lawsuit…
Read MoreTrial Highlights Rape and Assault by ‘Refugees’ Against Locals
After the first time, the pain of the knife slicing into his thigh started to numb. He did not know his attackers, only that four men who spoke English and another language he did not recognize forced him and his…
Read MoreTBI Brags Local Cops Have Only 2,100 Rape Kits Left to Check On
Tennessee police departments have dramatically reduced their numbers of untested rape kits since a new state requirement took effect this year. Now a set of new written standards, finalized this week, will also govern how police take care of sexual…
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