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TEXAS SEX CRIMES: As rape kits pile up around the state, victims go ignored, predators walk free

<p>KVUE’s Cori Coffin looks into how this crisis got so bad and whether the backlog can ever be eradicated for good.</p>

Cori Coffin

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Published: 11:49 AM CDT May 4, 2017
Updated: 11:10 AM CDT May 30, 2017

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There’s not just one person or group to blame for this problem – just like there’s no one solution. A collective change must happen at all levels of government and in every facet of the process. That includes contacting lawmakers and urging them to make this issue a priority.

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A rape survivor's story

AUSTIN -- “The first time it happened, there was a lot of pain, a lot of yelling,” Ginnie Mayen was first raped at five years old.

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