The Washington state auditor released a new report that showed progress is being made on the number of sexual assault kits sitting on shelves untested. In 2018, there were more than 9,000 kits that had not been tested. One dating back to 1982, and now the number is cut in half. Leah Griffin is a sexual assault survivor, and in 2014 she faced a broken system. “A hospital that turned me away because they didn’t even provide sexual assault kits, police who refused to investigate, prosecutors who blamed and threatened me,” said Griffin. She then fought to make a difference and with the help of lawmakers, got key pieces of legislation passed including a measure to eliminate the backlog and a tracking system. “I was just a person who experienced trauma and I knew I had to do something and worked my butt off for the last eight years to make substantive change and I’m not unique. You can do it,” said Griffin. In a new report, the Washington State Auditor's Office found progress has been made, but thousands of kits remain untested. The state is blaming the slow down on the pandemic. In January, the state auditor found there were more than 6,000 kits left to be tested. Read the full story here: https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/progress-made-backlog-sexual-assault-kits/281-f672b77a-c265-4d14-8661-bb490218188f