AUSTIN, Texas - The backlog of testing forensic evidence in Texas is now shrinking. It has been a big problem for the past several years, especially with cases involving sexual assault.

On Wednesday, FOX 7 was allowed inside the DPS lab in North Austin and got an update on the progress.

The backstory:

"We have made a ton of progress this year with a lot of our backlogs," Austin Regional DPS Crime Laboratory Manager Haley Yaklin said.

Crime lab techs with DPS have spent the past year working to clear a backlog of toxicology cases.

"We had quite a bit of a backlog in that section and so, through some funds that we received through that, we were able to decrease our backlog by about 85%," Yaklin said.

The lab is responsible for testing everything from firearms, drugs, fingerprints, an

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