Catch Me If You Can’t – The April Tinsley Murder S1 E17 Moms Murders & Mysteries – The horrifying, 1988 murder of an 8 year old child goes Cold and Unsolved until 2018 when there is a breakthrough in the case-this is the story of that breakthrough!

Our story begins the Friday before Easter April 1st 1988, Good Friday, in Fort Wayne Indiana. A quiet little community where children played in the streets after school and on weekends. 8 year old April Marie Tinsley was one of those children, a blonde-haired, blue-eyed girl full of life. April lived on East Pontiac Street and was playing outside with friends. As the 3 friends were moving from one friend’s home to another’s the 1st grader realized she had left her umbrella behind and went back to get it. This is where things go wrong as little April Tinsley would never be seen alive again.

Resources:

Cold case victim’s family, who waited 30 years for justice, attends suspected killer’s court appearance via ABC News 

Man convicted of 8-year-old April Tinsley’s assault, murder dies via WANE 15 

Apple TV Cold Case Files – Evil Among Us Season 4 Episode 13

Hitting the Airwaves Help Solve Cold Case, Part 2 via FBI

Casefile Podcast – Case 282 April Tinsley

Who Is John Miller via WANE 15 

Two girls murdered within two years, one sure killer and one only possible – The Journal Gazette

Tinsley Killer Gets 80 Year Prison Sentence via 89.1 WBOI

How DNA led to arrest in cold-case killing of Indiana 8-year-old after it ‘haunted the community for 30 years’: Prosecutor via ABC News 

April Tinsley’s Mom to Man Who Allegedly Murdered Her Daughter: ‘I Want to Be the Last Face He Sees’ via Law & Crime 

April Tinsley – The Little Girl Who Was Nearly Forgotten via The True Crime Addition

Where is John D. Miller Now? via The Cinemaholic

Where is Janet Tinsley Today? via The Cinemaholic

Legal Documents:

Affidavit for probable cause

Map of Where Killer Left Notes: