Ebony Robinson was at work when she received a call from a neighbor asking if anyone had access to her home. And that's how this Kansas City woman discovered thieves broke into her home.
"The house was ransacked I mean they literally just tore everything. Tipped everything over and dumped everything over," said Robinson. "They took my TVs, my safe, jewelry, two dollar bills, anything they could get their hands on."
But Robinson remained positive.
By the time she got home, detectives were already on scene searching for evidence. They recovered two of her TVs and found her safe tossed in the woods behind her home. She said they were even able to lift fingerprints off the items.
"I was like 'ok, they are here, they are taking fingerprints. I'll be able to know who was in my home,'" she told 41 Action News.
That was in May 2015. More than two years later, she claims she is still in the dark.
"I checked back a few months, they still hadn't ran the finger prints. I checked back a year they still hadn't ran anything. It's been over two years and I was pretty sure they had ran it or knew who the person was or it didn't match but it hasn't even been ran yet," she said.
According to Robinson, South Patrol detectives told her their fingerprint lab is backed up, which is why the prints have not been ran.
41 Action News reached out to KCPD.
In a statement, one of the department's spokeswoman said, "the fingerprint lab processes cases as soon as they can, and are working to streamline the process while still focusing on accuracy,"
The department would not confirm if there is a two-year backlog or say how backed up the lab is — leaving Robinson with more questions than answers.
"How are you trying to solve these crimes? If the finger print lab is backed up... what is the plan," she asked.
