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The 1988 murder of April Tinsley



On April 1,1988 8 year old April left her friends house and was abducted. 4 days later her suffocated and raped body was found in a ditch in Dekalb County. She was Taken from Ft. Wayne,IN. I don't know how far Dekalb county is from there.
2 years later her killer wrote "I kill April Tinsley" on a FT Wayne barn. Later he placed notes on little girls bikes and in a mailbox in the area. With the notes he left either a used condom with DNA matching the killer or naked pictures of his private parts. The last note was left in 2004. I am posting a picture of one of his sick letters and a picture of April with this blog. If you recognise the handwriting please contact law enforcement or AMW who are also on the case. April's killer is still out there and needs to be brought to justice. Here are a couple of link about April's case.
Newsvine.com story

WANE news story and video
enews park forrest

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