Sexual Assault | Des Moines | Iowa Coalition Against Sexual Assault
Free and confidential victim services are available for sexual assault survivors in all of Iowa's 99 counties. Helpline Call 1-800-770-1650 or text "IowaHELP" to 20121 for free and confidential services.
Resources | IowaCASA
For survivors of sexual violence in Iowa, IowaCASA has created a "Know Your Rights" card that includes information in both English and Spanish, and lists rape crisis programs in Iowa that serve all 99 counties.
Iowa teen Pieper Lewis, who killed alleged rapist, avoids prison
Sep 13, 2022 · Brooks, 37, of Des Moines, allegedly raped Lewis five times in the weeks before she killed him. Lewis said in her plea agreement she stabbed him 30 times with a knife she found on his...
2 arrests after woman reports being raped by several men in Des Moines
Aug 29, 2022 · DES MOINES, Iowa – Police have made two arrests, and say more are possible after a woman reported she was sexually assaulted by several men Saturday into Sunday. Officers responded to a home in the…
Iowa's push to clear backlog of sexual assault kits tested a fraction
Sep 26, 2024 · Over the six-year Iowa initiative, four suspects were charged because of DNA matches: Myron Lee Brandon, a violent repeat offender from Pacific Junction with earlier convictions for...
Iowa's rape kit backlog eliminated through $3M, 6-year program
Nov 30, 2021 · Officials say Iowa's Sexual Assault Kit Initiative has concluded after testing 1,606 evidence kits and improving processes at the state crime lab.
The Iowa teen who killed her alleged rapist and was sentenced to ... - CNN
Nov 6, 2022 · Pieper Lewis, the Iowa teenager who killed a man she said raped her and was sentenced to probation and ordered to pay restitution to his family, has escaped from a residential corrections...
Services in Iowa - D/SAOC
Des Moines - Nisaa African Family Services. 4936 Franklin Avenue. Des Moines, IA 50310 Service Areas: Statewide. Crisis Line: 515-255-5430. Website: www.nisaa-afs.org Services Offered: Domestic violence and sexual assault services for …
Iowa human trafficking victim Pieper Lewis sentenced, ordered to ... - NPR
Sep 14, 2022 · Pieper Lewis, 17, was sentenced Tuesday after she pleaded last year to involuntary manslaughter and willful injury in the June 2020 killing of 37-year-old Zachary Brooks of Des Moines. Both...
Pieper Lewis, Iowa teen who killed her rapist, escapes from ... - NPR
Nov 7, 2022 · DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa authorities say an 18-year-old sex trafficking victim who pleaded guilty to killing a man she said raped her escaped from a women's center where she was serving her...