Editor's note: The following article describes acts of sexual assault and may not be appropriate for some readers. Over the last three years, fewer than one in five sexual assault kits were tested at the state crime laboratory in Ankeny, a Register Reader’s Watchdog probe found, and law enforcement agencies maintain vastly different approaches to testing that evidence. While some send all sexual assault kits for testing, others don't bother when two people involved in an alleged assault disagree over whether a sex act was consensual. Agencies said they've been doing that based on guidance from the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation Criminalistics Laboratory ― guidance that flies in the face of national best practices and research showing more serial offenders get caught when more kits are tested. To read more on how sexual assault kits are tested and to hear more from a veteran lawyer on how critical it is to have this evidence, tap the link in our bio. #Iowa