During a search of a crime lab database, the woman's DNA was tied to a burglary in late 2021. Her DNA had been collected and stored as part of a 2016 domestic violence and sexual assault case.

The district attorney's office said the case violated the woman's Fourth Amendment rights and called the police department's use of the alleged victim's DNA, "illegal."

The Georgia Bureau of Investigations is now caught up on processing a backlog of sexual assault kits. These so-called "rape kits" preserve evidence that...