This week's guests will be former Fort Wayne Police detectives Danny Jackson and Dan Camp, who will discuss their work on the April Tinsley case. All episodes of The Fort Report premiere at 5:30 p.m. Saturday on Comcast Channel 57 and FiOS Channel 27 and later at www.news-sentinel.com. SEE ...
On Tuesday, NBC News' "Today" show had an interview with Janet Tinsley, the mother of the late April Marie Tinsley, speaking out on the recent arrest of Grabill's John D. Miller in connection with April's 1988 murder. Here is video of the report. RELATED STORY: Type of DNA genealogy research ...
The type of genetic genealogy research that helped identify a suspect in the April Marie Tinsley murder case has the potential to assist in a wide range of police investigations, one of the technique's pioneers said. "It definitely is a game-changer for cold cases, and it could be a ...
Wednesday marked 30 years since the body of 8-year-old April Marie Tinsley of Fort Wayne was found in a DeKalb County ditch, three days after she was kidnapped, sexually assaulted and suffocated. News-Sentinel.com’s Lisa Esquivel Long reported on the anniversary and a remembrance of Tinsley ...
Every time the month of April rolls around, Janet Tinsley is in her "depression" mode. It will last until April 8, the day 30 years ago this year that a memorial service was held for her daughter, April Marie Tinsley. "No one call. No one text. I'm not answering the door," Janet Tinsley said ...
• April 1, 1988: 8-year-old April Marie Tinsley, of the 300 block of West Williams Street, disappears around 4 p.m. after telling a friend in the 300 block of West Suttenfield Street she was going to pick up her umbrella at another girl's house. The Fairfield Elementary School first-grader ...
Paul Tinsley, 32, remembers very little of his sister, April Marie, says their mother, Janet. He remembers how they'd "beat up" on their dad when she came home from work by jumping on him, Janet Tinsley said. When he was 2, "he remembers she went to school one day and came home and then she ...
John D. Miller sat quietly and provided short answers to the judge's questions during his initial hearing Thursday on formal charges of murder and Class A felony child molesting in connection with the 1988 abduction and death of 8-year-old April Marie Tinsley. Miller, 59, of the 13700 block of ...
Editor's note: This story has been updated to correct information about possible sentences for the charges filed against the defendant. The News-Sentinel regrets the error. The Allen County Prosecutor's office filed formal charges of murder and Class A felony child molesting this afternoon ...
Joy, a few watering eyes and a lot of gratitude filled the room today at the news conference regarding Sunday's arrest in the 1988 April Marie Tinsley murder case. Allen County Prosecutor Karen Richards set the tone from the beginning, saying the purpose of the news conference was to thank all ...
News-Sentinel.com is on hand for the press conference providing information on the arrest made in the April Marie Tinsley murder investigation.
Allen County may let out a collective sigh of relief following the arrest Sunday of a man who confessed to the 1988 murder of April Marie Tinsley. That the Grabill man is being held without bond in the Allen County Jail, if proved guilty, should lift a black cloud from the Tinsley family as ...
The Grabill man accused of abducting and killing then-8-year-old April Marie Tinsley in April 1988 was ordered held without bond in the Allen County Jail during a court hearing today at which Magistrate David Zent also found probable cause for the preliminary murder and other charges filed ...
Editor's note: This story has been updated Sunday evening to correct information about another case solved using DNA and genealogy. The News-Sentinel regrets the error. The genetic genealogy researcher most noted for her work on adoption cases helped law enforcement officials develop a ...
Fort Wayne Police have released a new composite profile of a suspect who may have killed 8-year-old April Marie Tinsley in 1988.This marks the first composite profile released since last July when the police department began using forensic DNA analysis called Snapshot. Snapshot uses DNA to ...
A memorial is being planned for April Marie Tinsley, an 8-year-old girl who was abducted and killed in 1988. Twenty-seven years later, her homicide remains unsolved.The Hoagland Masterson Neighborhood Association has agreed to create a small memorial for Tinsley at the southwest corner of ...
Colorful balloons floated into the Fort Wayne sky Thursday afternoon to remember the killing of 8-year-old April Marie Tinsley. Tinsley's parents organized the event at Parkview Field, and one in their hometown in Central City, Ky., to remember April, who disappeared April 1, 1988, from a Fort ...
It has been 25 years since 8-year-old April Marie Tinsley's parents learned the awful truth of what had happened to their daughter, who disappeared April 1, 1988, from a Fort Wayne neighborhood street. April's life will be celebrated with a memorial balloon launch at 4:30 p.m. today at ...
The story of the arrest of 59-year-old John D. Miller in the abduction and murder of 8-year-old April Tinsley 30 years ago has not only been the hot topic of conversation throughout Allen County and Indiana this week, it has received national and international exposure in the media. Miller, of ...
Storm with 91-mph wind disrupts city A powerful storm that blew through Fort Wayne in minutes June 29, followed by another one July 5, left residents for days without electricity - and, more important, air conditioning - while the cleanup took months and cost the city at least $2.5 million. ...