EPISODE · Jul 8, 2021 · 26 MIN
April Marie Tinsley - Murdered
from Crime Over Coffee · host Crime Over Coffee
April Marie Tinsley was murdered in 1988 in Fort Wayne, IN. Her case was solved in 2018 through use of DNA testing. Listen to her episode to hear her story! Sources: https://www.indystar.com/story/news/crime/2018/07/22/april-tinsley-murder-arrest-puts-enddecades-long-suspense-fort-wayne/805023002/ https://www.indystar.com/story/news/crime/2019/05/13/april-tinsley-murder-officers-get-honorablemention-top-cops-award/1189914001/ https://parabon-nanolabs.com/about.html https://www.wane.com/news/local-news/tinsley-detectives-reveal-new-details-about-case-suspect/ https://www.in.gov/apps/indcorrection/ofs/ofs?previous_page=1&detail=264854 https://snapshot.parabon-nanolabs.com/ https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/16/us/cold-case-april-tinsley-dna-trnd/index.html https://truecrimedaily.com/2016/05/02/young-girl-murdered-police-receive-series-of-disturbingtaunts/ https://www.tampabay.com/news/nation/-I-been-watching-you-A-child-killer-taunted-little-girls-withterrifying-notes-police-say-After-30-years-DNA-led-to-an-arrest-_170049629/ https://www.indystar.com/story/news/crime/2018/07/15/april-tinsley-cold-case-murder-1988-resultsarrest/786568002/ https://docs.google.com/viewerng/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2FWPTA.images.worldnow.com%2Flibrary%2F7581442b-5128-48ef-8eb0-d581e70fb146.pdf&urp=gmail_link https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/news/stories/2009/april/tinsley_040309 https://fortwaynesnbc.com/2018/07/16/april-tinsley-case-timeline/ https://journalgazette.net/news/local/police-fire/20180716/case-timeline#:~:text=Tinsley%20case%20timeline%20April%201%2C%201988%3A%20Eight-year-old%20April,from%20asphyxiation%2C%20and%20she%20had%20been%20sexually%20assaulted. https://www.news-sentinel.com/news/local-news/2018/04/05/the-april-marie-tinsley-case-a-timeline-of-the-fort-wayne-girls-1988-kidnapping-and-killing/ https://www.oxygen.com/crime-time/april-tinsley-1988-cold-case-murder-dna-leads-arrest-john-miller https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/indiana-man-arrested-decades-old-murder-april-tinsley-n891676
What this episode covers
April Marie Tinsley was murdered in 1988 in Fort Wayne, IN. Her case was solved in 2018 through use of DNA testing. Listen to her episode to hear her story! Sources: https://www.indystar.com/story/news/crime/2018/07/22/april-tinsley-murder-arrest-puts-enddecades-long-suspense-fort-wayne/805023002/ https://www.indystar.com/story/news/crime/2019/05/13/april-tinsley-murder-officers-get-honorablemention-top-cops-award/1189914001/ https://parabon-nanolabs.com/about.html https://www.wane.com/news/local-news/tinsley-detectives-reveal-new-details-about-case-suspect/ https://www.in.gov/apps/indcorrection/ofs/ofs?previous_page=1&detail=264854 https://snapshot.parabon-nanolabs.com/ https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/16/us/cold-case-april-tinsley-dna-trnd/index.html https://truecrimedaily.com/2016/05/02/young-girl-murdered-police-receive-series-of-disturbingtaunts/ https://www.tampabay.com/news/nation/-I-been-watching-you-A-child-killer-taunted-little-girls-withterrifying-notes-police-say-After-30-years-DNA-led-to-an-arrest-_170049629/ https://www.indystar.com/story/news/crime/2018/07/15/april-tinsley-cold-case-murder-1988-resultsarrest/786568002/ https://docs.google.com/viewerng/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2FWPTA.images.worldnow.com%2Flibrary%2F7581442b-5128-48ef-8eb0-d581e70fb146.pdf&urp=gmail_link https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/news/stories/2009/april/tinsley_040309 https://fortwaynesnbc.com/2018/07/16/april-tinsley-case-timeline/ https://journalgazette.net/news/local/police-fire/20180716/case-timeline#:~:text=Tinsley%20case%20timeline%20April%201%2C%201988%3A%20Eight-year-old%20April,from%20asphyxiation%2C%20and%20she%20had%20been%20sexually%20assaulted. https://www.news-sentinel.com/news/local-news/2018/04/05/the-april-marie-tinsley-case-a-timeline-of-the-fort-wayne-girls-1988-kidnapping-and-killing/ https://www.oxygen.com/crime-time/april-tinsley-1988-cold-case-murder-dna-leads-arrest-john-miller https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/indiana-man-arrested-decades-old-murder-april-tinsley-n891676
NOW PLAYING
April Marie Tinsley - Murdered
No transcript for this episode yet
Similar Episodes
Jun 16, 2026 ·100m
Jun 9, 2026 ·83m
May 26, 2026 ·94m
May 19, 2026 ·50m
May 12, 2026 ·77m