What the records say
- When
- 1 Apr 1988
- Kind
- Murder
- Killed
- 1
- Coordinates
- 41.08° N, 85.14° W
- Description
- 1988 kidnapping and murder in Indiana
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Murder of April Tinsley
1988 kidnapping and murder in Indiana
On April 1, 1988, April Marie Tinsley, an eight-year-old girl from Fort Wayne, Indiana, was kidnapped, raped, and strangled to death. The murder went unsolved for more than thirty years and became one of Indiana's most infamous cold cases.
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