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Louisville Police Close More Than Half Of Rape Cases Without Arresting Anyone

The Louisville Metro Police Department closed hundreds of rape investigations in three years. Officers identified the suspects, knew where to find them and had probable cause to arrest them. But in a majority of these closed cases, LMPD officers made no arrests. The officers determined that arrests were just not possible in 51 percent of all 2014-16 rape cases.

By Eleanor Klibanoff and Jacob Ryan | December 10, 2018