THE
THE FACE
THE FACE OF HIGH4@ AGUILAR THIS PICTURE WAS ON TV IS AND
BILLBOARDS OFFICERS
BILLBOARDS OFFICERS FRANTICALLY SEARCH FOR
THE MISSING NORTH CAROLINA
TEENAGER A GRUESOME DISCOVERY4@
WEEKS LATER SHATTERED HOME
POLICE USED DNA TO LINK A
SUSPECT TO HER AND MURDER
AND4@ IN THIS CASE PURSUIT OF
TO JUSTICE STARTED QUICKLY
BUT THE THOUSAND OTHER CASES
IN NORTH CAROLINA WAIT FOR
THAT4@ JUST AS AS DNA SIT
UNTESTED ON LAW ENFORCEMENT
SHELVES IF THE MONEY CSU'S
MEGAN BLAIR IS CHECKED IN ON
OUR STATE'S MASSIVE4@ RATE KICK
BACKLOG AND A SEXUAL ASSAULT4@
SURVIVOR WHO STORY MADE A
DIFFERENCE4@ THE WAS BECOME AND
FOR HIM A SEVEN YEAR OLD GIRL
WITH AN UNIMAGINABLE SECRETS
THIS ONE I4@ JUST CAME IN KAMEN
LEARN THE STARTED AVERAGE ANY
PRESTON4@ SUFFERED MORE THAN
TWO YEARS OF SEXUAL ABUSE AT
THE HANDS OF HER THEN
STEPFATHER MISERABLE MOST OF
BEEN AMBER ROAD DOWN HER
STORY BUT NEVER TALKED ABOUT
IT PUBLICLY UNTIL ARE4@ FIRST
TV INTERVIEW WITH US LAST
YEAR WITH4@ THE KITS IN THE TO
BE TEST ARE NOT4@ JUST KILL
THE SHOW FOR YEAR AT A TIME
AND DOES NOT NOTHING GO ON TO
SHE FELT COMPELLED TO4@ SPEAK
UP BECAUSE IN FEBRUARY TWENTY
A TEAM THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT'S SEXUAL ASSAULT
INVENTORY REVEALED FIFTEEN
THOUSAND UNTESTED KITS
DATING BACK DECADES EITHER
BACKLOG4@ DOOR INELI4@GIBLE AFR
THAT REPORT CAME OUT WE WENT
TO THE ROB THE STATE CRIME
LAB FOR ANSWERS AND LEARNED
OF A FOR PART SOLUTION4@ OPEN A
SECOND DNA LAB IN WESTERN
NORTH CAROLINA CUT THE TEST
T4@IME FOR NEW KITS FROM SEVEN@
TO FOU4@R MONTHS PASSED
LEGISLATION TO OUTSOURCE
THE OLD KID TO THE INVENTORY
AND CREATE A WAY4@ TO TRACK
THEM IN THE YEAR SINCE THEN
SOME PROGRESS4@. THE WESTERN
LAB IS UP AND RUNNING IN
ASHEVILLE THE TEST TIME IS
DOWN TO SIX MONTHS AND SO FAR
ASHEVILLE THE TEST TIME IS DOWN TO SIX MONTHS AND SO FAR4@
NO LOT TO TEST OLD KIDS
THOUGH A NEW BILL CALLE4@D
THE SURVIVORS ACT COULD
CHANGE THAT IF LAWMAKERS
APPROVE4@ SIX MILLION DOLLARS
IN FUNDING UNTIL THEN ONLY4@
EIGHT HUNDRED OF THE FIFTEEN
THOUSAND UNTESTED KITS ARE
OUT FOR TESTING A PRIVATE
LABS JUST FIVE PERCENT THEY
CAN ONLY TEST SO MANY AT ONE
TIME SO WET I HOPE IS OF
THE GENERAL SOME LEE GIVES US
THE FINDING THAT WERE GOING
TO SEEK IN4@ THE UPCOMING
SESSION THAT OVER THE NEXT
TWO TO THREE YEARS WE CAN
ELIMINATE THE BACKLOG HERE IN
NORTH CAROLINA BUT ATTORNEY
GENERAL JOSH STEIN MADE GOOD
ON HIS PROMISE TO PUT A
TRACKING4@ SYSTEM IN PLACE
CALLED HELPED LAUNCH DATE IN
OCTOBER SEXUAL ASSAULT NURSE
EXAMINER CATHY ROSSI SAYS
IT'S FAIRLY SIMPLE SHE INPUT4@
THINK IT'S BARCODE EXPIRATION
IT'S FAIRLY SIMPLE SHE INPUT4@ THINK IT'S BARCODE EXPIRATION4@
AND COLLECTION DATE T4@HEN SEND
AT ALL TO THE INVESTIGATING
LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHO
SENDS IT TO4@ THE STATE CRIME
LAB THE PATIENT CAN L4@OG AND
TRACK THE KIT KNOWING ITS4@
LOCATION AND STATUS AT ANY4@
MOMENT THE PROCESS A STEP
TOWARD ACCOUNTABILITY THERE'S
NOTHING I CAN DO TO MAKE GO
AWAY. IT'S SOMETHING THAT
WE'RE HOPING THAT THEY CAN
PIVOT4@ F4@ROM AND MOVE FORWARD
SO THAT IT DOESN'T BECOME
THIS POINT IN THEIR LIFE
WHETHER STUCK IN THIS PLACE4@ A
PLACE WHERE AMBER UP ONCE WAS
STUCK SINCE THEN AMBER
FINISHED HER DEGREE4@ ENTERED
HER SECOND YEAR OF MARRIAGE
AND FOUND STRENGTH IN FAITH
SHE ALSO RECEIVED4@ AN
ANSWERED PRAYER. WE TALKING
THEM. SHE WANTS OTHER SEXUAL
ABUSE SURVIVORS TO HOLD ON TO
HOPE THE AND FEEL UNASHAMED
TO GET HELP RECENTLY POSTED
SOMETHING ON FACEBOOK AS AN
ANALOGY ABOUT A CATERPILLAR
TURNING INTO A BUTTERFLY WHAT
IS THAT REPRESENT4@ YOU THINK
OF MYSELF AS A BUTTERFLY INTO
BUSTING OUT OF THE TO AND4@
EXPERIENCE IN THIS NEW LIFE
THAT'S FULL OF BEAUTIFUL4@
COLORS WEST THE BUTTERFLY DO
NOW4@ STILL IMMIGRATE LIFE AM
ROAD THE MOTHER THE SURVIVOR
NOW THE WARRIOR4@ WITH WE ITS
IN ROCKINGHAM COUNTY MEGAMALL
HEIRESS4@ WFMY NEWS TO AMBROSE
F4@ORMER STEPFATHER SAID TO GET
OUT4@ OF PRISON AND TWENTY
TWENTY ONE AFTER SERVING HIS4@
SENTENCE FOR AS FOR THE HUNT
A AGUILAR CASE MICHAEL
MCCLELLAN IS IN JAIL CHARGED
WITH AND MURDER LAST MONTH
TO ROBINSON COUNTY DEPUTIES
LOST THEIR JOBS4@ OVER IT
THE SHERIFF SAYS THEY4@
OVERLOOKED OLD DNA EVIDENCE
FROM MCCLELLAN THAT COULD'VE
PREVENTED THIS TRAGEDY4@. IF
YOU OR SOMEONE YOU