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'''Louis R. Vitullo''' (July 2, 1924<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fold3.com/record/42377232/louis-r-vitullo-social-security-death-index|title=Louis R Vitullo|access-date=February 6, 2021}}</ref> – January 3, 2006<ref name="lastlinkontheleft">[http://lastlinkontheleft.com/fc0601vitullo.html Obituary for Louis R. Vitullo] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060617233523/http://lastlinkontheleft.com/fc0601vitullo.html |date=2006-06-17 }} at lastlinkontheleft.com (accessed October 19, 2006).</ref>) was a [[Chicago]] police [[sergeant]] and chief [[Microanalysis|microanalyst]] at the city's crime lab.<ref name="Chicago Sun-Times">[http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4155/is_20060112/ai_n16012519 "Crime lab expert developed rape kits: Standard system to collect"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311024955/http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4155/is_20060112/ai_n16012519 |date=2007-03-11 }} by Chris Fusco, ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' (published January 12, 2006; accessed October 19, 2006).</ref>
'''Louis R. Vitullo''' (July 2, 1924<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fold3.com/record/42377232/louis-r-vitullo-social-security-death-index|title=Louis R Vitullo|access-date=February 6, 2021}}</ref> – January 3, 2006<ref name="lastlinkontheleft">[http://lastlinkontheleft.com/fc0601vitullo.html Obituary for Louis R. Vitullo] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060617233523/http://lastlinkontheleft.com/fc0601vitullo.html |date=2006-06-17 }} at lastlinkontheleft.com (accessed October 19, 2006).</ref>) was a [[Chicago]] police [[sergeant]] and chief [[Microanalysis|microanalyst]] at the city's crime lab.<ref name="Chicago Sun-Times">[http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4155/is_20060112/ai_n16012519 "Crime lab expert developed rape kits: Standard system to collect"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311024955/http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4155/is_20060112/ai_n16012519 |date=2007-03-11 }} by Chris Fusco, ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' (published January 12, 2006; accessed October 19, 2006).</ref>


Vitullo is best known for his role in the development of the [[rape kit]], which standardized evidence collection in cases of [[sexual assault]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Engels|first=Tristin|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FRVazgEACAAJ|title=The Power of Truth: The Life of Louis R. Vitullo and the Legacy of the Rape Kit|date=2020-09-04|publisher=Genius Book Publishing|isbn=978-1-947521-71-1|language=en}}</ref> [[Marty Goddard]], a victim advocate, had noted the need for more systematic evidence at trial, and brought her concerns and the idea for a kit to Vitullo. Vitullo helped develop Goddard's prototype.<ref name="CNN">{{cite news|last1=Ravitz|first1=Jessica|title=The Story Behind the First Rape Kit|url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/20/health/rape-kit-history/|access-date=13 May 2016|agency=[[CNN]]|date=November 21, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author1=T. Christian Miller|author2=Ken Armstrong|title=A False Report: The chilling true story of the woman nobody believed|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9fzWDgAAQBAJ|date=6 February 2018|publisher=Random House|isbn=978-1-4735-3943-3}}</ref><ref name="NYTcontemp">{{cite news |last1=Freudenheim |first1=Betty |title=Chicago Hospitals Are Using New Kit to Help Rape Victims Collect Evidence |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/12/02/archives/chicago-hospitals-are-using-new-kit-to-help-rape-victims-collect.html |access-date=17 June 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=2 December 1978 |page=48}}</ref><ref name="SecretNYT">{{Cite news|last=Kennedy|first=Pagan|date=2020-06-17|title=Opinion {{!}} The Rape Kit's Secret History|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/06/17/opinion/rape-kit-history.html|access-date=2020-06-17|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Although the resulting evidence kits were for a time called ''Vitullo kits'',<ref name="lastlinkontheleft"/><ref name="NYTcontemp"/> this name has more recently come under criticism for underemphasizing Goddard's contribution to the kits.<ref name="SecretNYT"/>
Vitullo is best known for his role in the development of the [[rape kit]], which standardized evidence collection in cases of [[sexual assault]]. [[Marty Goddard]], a victim advocate, had noted the need for more systematic evidence at trial, and brought her concerns and the idea for a kit to Vitullo. Vitullo helped develop Goddard's prototype, after initially berating her idea.<ref name="CNN">{{cite news|last1=Ravitz|first1=Jessica|title=The Story Behind the First Rape Kit|url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/20/health/rape-kit-history/|access-date=13 May 2016|agency=[[CNN]]|date=November 21, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author1=T. Christian Miller|author2=Ken Armstrong|title=A False Report: The chilling true story of the woman nobody believed|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9fzWDgAAQBAJ|date=6 February 2018|publisher=Random House|isbn=978-1-4735-3943-3}}</ref><ref name="NYTcontemp">{{cite news |last1=Freudenheim |first1=Betty |title=Chicago Hospitals Are Using New Kit to Help Rape Victims Collect Evidence |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/12/02/archives/chicago-hospitals-are-using-new-kit-to-help-rape-victims-collect.html |access-date=17 June 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=2 December 1978 |page=48}}</ref><ref name="SecretNYT">{{Cite news|last=Kennedy|first=Pagan|date=2020-06-17|title=Opinion {{!}} The Rape Kit's Secret History|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/06/17/opinion/rape-kit-history.html|access-date=2020-06-17|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Although the resulting evidence kits were for a time called ''Vitullo kits'',<ref name="lastlinkontheleft"/><ref name="NYTcontemp"/> this name has more recently come under criticism as part of a general push to honor Goddard's contribution to the kits.<ref name="SecretNYT"/><ref name="CNN" /><ref name="Whose Rape Kit?">{{cite journal |last1=Shelby |first1=Renee |title=Whose Rape Kit? Stabilizing the Vitullo Kit Through Positivist Criminology and Protocol Feminism |journal=Theoretical Criminology |date=December 2018 |volume=24 |issue=4 |pages=1-20 |access-date=1/9/2022}}</ref>


==Death==
==Death==

Revision as of 03:54, 10 January 2022

Louis Vitullo
Louis Vitullo investigates a knife supposedly used by Richard Speck in the murder of eight nurses.
Born(1924-07-02)July 2, 1924
DiedJanuary 3, 2006(2006-01-03) (aged 81)
Barrington, Illinois
Occupation(s)police sergeant, microanalyst

Louis R. Vitullo (July 2, 1924[1] – January 3, 2006[2]) was a Chicago police sergeant and chief microanalyst at the city's crime lab.[3]

Vitullo is best known for his role in the development of the rape kit, which standardized evidence collection in cases of sexual assault. Marty Goddard, a victim advocate, had noted the need for more systematic evidence at trial, and brought her concerns and the idea for a kit to Vitullo. Vitullo helped develop Goddard's prototype, after initially berating her idea.[4][5][6][7] Although the resulting evidence kits were for a time called Vitullo kits,[2][6] this name has more recently come under criticism as part of a general push to honor Goddard's contribution to the kits.[7][4][8]

Death

Vitullo died at Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital in Barrington on January 3, 2006 after he collapsed at his home in Cary.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Louis R Vitullo". Retrieved February 6, 2021.
  2. ^ a b Obituary for Louis R. Vitullo Archived 2006-06-17 at the Wayback Machine at lastlinkontheleft.com (accessed October 19, 2006).
  3. ^ a b "Crime lab expert developed rape kits: Standard system to collect" Archived 2007-03-11 at the Wayback Machine by Chris Fusco, Chicago Sun-Times (published January 12, 2006; accessed October 19, 2006).
  4. ^ a b Ravitz, Jessica (November 21, 2015). "The Story Behind the First Rape Kit". CNN. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
  5. ^ T. Christian Miller; Ken Armstrong (6 February 2018). A False Report: The chilling true story of the woman nobody believed. Random House. ISBN 978-1-4735-3943-3.
  6. ^ a b Freudenheim, Betty (2 December 1978). "Chicago Hospitals Are Using New Kit to Help Rape Victims Collect Evidence". The New York Times. p. 48. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  7. ^ a b Kennedy, Pagan (2020-06-17). "Opinion | The Rape Kit's Secret History". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
  8. ^ Shelby, Renee (December 2018). "Whose Rape Kit? Stabilizing the Vitullo Kit Through Positivist Criminology and Protocol Feminism". Theoretical Criminology. 24 (4): 1–20. {{cite journal}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Check date values in: |access-date= (help)

Further reading

  • Engels, T. The Power of Truth: The Life of Louis R Vitullo and the Legacy of the Rape Kit, Genius Books Publishing (2020), a book by Vitullo's granddaughter.
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