On April 1st, 1988, 8 year old April Tinsley was supposed to arrive home from a friends house at 4pm. When she didn't show, her anxious mother feared the worst. After making the dreadful 911 call, authorities started the search for April. Just 72 hours later, she was found murdered. Listen to Episode 74 for all the details in the April Tinsley case. A case that was cold but never forgotten in Fort Wayne, Indiana. How DNA finally cracked the case wide open, thanks to Parabon- NanoLabs, and how April's killer was finally caught.

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Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_April_Tinsley

https://www.wane.com/news/local-news/tinsley-detectives-reveal-new-details-about-case-suspect/

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/indiana-man-who-taunted-police-pleads-guilty-1988-murder-april-n945341

http://studyofindianacoldcases.blogspot.com/2017/10/april-marie-tinsley.html

https://meaww.com/man-murdered-april-tinsley-1988-taunted-police-for-years-arrested-dna-match

https://www.washingtonpost.com/crime-law/2020/02/12/he-moved-into-his-daughters-dorm-targeted-her-roommates-sex-trafficking-prosecutors-say/