April Marie Tinsley was born March 18, 1980. On Good Friday April 1, 1988 the 8 year old left her family's home on Fort Wayne's south side to go to a friend's house. The girl with the mop of blond hair and a slight, almost wry, smile never returned. Her body was discovered three days later by a jogger in a DeKalb County, Indiana ditch. April's Garden at the corner of Hoagland and Masterson avenues was created in her memory. Many national news outlets reported the story for years until it was resolved 30 years later in 2018 with DNA testing.
May 8, 2018 the Parabon Labs website announced Parabon® Announces Snapshot® Genetic Genealogy Service for Law Enforcement including the statement: The company's new genetic genealogy (GG) unit is led by CeCe Moore, a pioneer in the field, best known for her work on the PBS television series Finding Your Roots.
ON THE CASE WITH PAULA ZAHN a national television show has a 42 minute video called Notes from a Killer SEASON 17 • EPISODE 1 When a young girl disappears off a quiet suburban street, it marks the beginning of a terrifying game of cat and mouse between police and her abductor. Premiered July 15, 2018 on the Investigation Discovery TV channel.
DNA Leads to Arrest in 8-Year Old April Tinsley's 1988 Murder DNA evidence allegedly links an Indiana man to the murder 30 years ago of April Tinsley. DNA evidence allegedly links an Indiana man to the murder 30 years ago of April Tinsley. By Monica Rodriguez on Fortune.com.
Inside the genetic genealogy being used to solve crimes Steve Kroft reports on how a new tool that uses a mixture of DNA analysis and family genealogy has been helping law enforcement crack cold cases when he interviewed Cece Moore October 21, 2018 on the television show 60 Minutes. The April Tinsley case was mentioned around the 10:20 mark in the first video and another 5 minute video posted online.
Could your DNA help solve a cold case? Most of those implicated by DNA are 3rd and 4th cousins that we don't even know. Published by 60 Minutes on October 21, 2018 Genetic genealogy, a new frontier in criminology, uses DNA to crack cold cases. Would you have a problem if yours were used?
Parabon Snapshot posted this statement December 10, 2018 on Facebook and December 15, 2018 on Twitter: The Tinsley case is a special one to us here at @Parabon. It was the first case to which we applied the Snapshot technology back in mid-2014, Steve Armentrout said. Genetic Genealogy was used to ID the suspect in the case, and on Friday, he plead guilty.
May 26, 2020The Genetic Detective TV show on ABC featuring Cece Moore. Cece is on Facebook as CeCe Moore - Genetic Genealogist: facebook.com/CeCeMooreDNA/, TV show Facebook page. An email was sent to subscribers stating: EPISODE 5: “April Tinsley, 1988” - The killer of eight-year-old April Tinsley has been taunting police for decades in Fort Wayne, Ind., leaving notes and threats with perfectly good DNA samples, but not enough DNA to catch him, until now. Interviews featured in the episode include April’s mother Janet Tinsley and cousin Kristina Snyder, Fort Wayne Police Department’s Detective Brian Martin and retired Detective Danny Jackson, coroner Chris Meihls, retired forensic scientist Linda McDonald, reporter Jamie Duffy and Parabon NanoLabs Founder Steve Armentrout and Director of Bioinformatics Ellen Greytak. The show was broadcast Tuesday June 16, 2020 as Season 1, Episode 4 The Deadly Playdate Promo information was posted on the ABC Shows page as The Genetic Detective . See June 16, 2020 Facebook post of promo video by ACGSI and Tinsley case airs today on national TV by Matthew LeBlanc published June 16, 2020 in The Journal Gazette newspaper.
