Eva Parks is the producer for both NBC 5 Investigates and NBC 5 Responds As the resident watchdog, she covers a variety of issues fighting for consumers in North Texas and beyond.
Eva is right at home at NBC 5. She grew up in Richardson and is proud to call North Texas home.
As part of NBC 5 Investigates Eva helped uncover mistreatment of wounded soldiers at the Army’s Warrior Transition Units, institute change in police policy, and exposed safety concerns and corruption inside Dallas County Schools.
Eva has been nationally recognized with multiple journalism awards including a 2017 Peabody Award, five Edward R. Murrow Awards, IRE Award Finalist, two national Society of Professional Journalist awards and a National Emmy.
When she’s not covering the news, Eva enjoys hot yoga and discovering hidden trails to hike across DFW with her family.
The Latest
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NBC 5 Investigates: Justice Shelved
New developments in the massive backlog of sexual assault evidence in Fort Worth. Fort Worth Police Chief Neil Noakes acknowledged on Monday he was aware a year ago that 0hundreds of rape kits had missed state testing deadlines. Senior investigative reporter Scott Friedman asked that question in a frank and open discussion with the chief.
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Fort Worth police chief confirms even more rape kits missed testing deadlines
NBC 5 Investigates has learned sex assault evidence testing delays have affected even more victims than Fort Worth police first acknowledged.
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Fort Worth Police Chief updates progress in clearing rape kit backlog
Fort Worth Police Chief Neil Noakes gave city council members an update on the efforts to clear the rape kit backlog highlighted by NBC 5 Investigates reporting.
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Fort Worth police race to clear hundreds of backlogged rape kits
Fort Worth Police Chief Neil Noakes told NBC 5 that he wished he had done more to address the problems months ago, as he and others in the department began to learn more about the backlog.
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‘Completely unacceptable,' FWPD chief apologizes to rape victims for testing delays
The chief of police in Fort Worth, Texas vowed Tuesday that all options were on the table as his department works to clear a backlog of rape kits, brought to light by NBC 5 Investigates.
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Irving, Arlington update procedures for handling rape kits after NBC 5 investigation
Two North Texas police departments are changing how they handle evidence in sexual assault cases after NBC 5 Investigates reported last week that rape testing kits used in investigations in Fort Worth were not being processed in the time required by state law.
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New safety measures planned for deadliest street in Dallas
It’s a conversation prompted by an NBC 5 investigation, Driven to Death, which highlighted dangers on Loop 12 in southern Dallas, a road that continues to lead the city in traffic deaths and injuries.
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Fort Worth leaders pledge action after NBC 5 investigation finds 901 untested rape kits
Fort Worth city leaders are promising to fix the problems uncovered in an NBC 5 investigation that found, hundreds of times, Fort Worth police have missed state deadlines for testing sexual assault evidence kits.
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‘We will fix this': Fort Worth leaders react to rape kit backlog
Fort Worth city leaders are promising to fix the problems uncovered in an NBC 5 investigation Wednesday night. NBC 5 senior investigative reporter Scott Friedman has the immediate reaction to our reporting that found Fort Worth police have missed state deadlines for testing hundreds of sexual assault evidence kits.
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Woefully understaffed, Fort Worth's rape kit backlog climbs to more than 900
The Fort Worth Police Department has failed hundreds of times to test sexual assault evidence kits in the amount of time required by state law. NBC 5 Investigates raises serious questions about how the department handles the cases and how the delays impact victims.