— A man arrested in the 1988 slaying of an 8-year-old Indiana girl after authorities said they linked him to the crime with DNA appeared Monday before a judge who gave prosecutors 72 hours to formally charge him in the child’s abduction, rape and killing. Police have arrested a man in the 1988 slaying of an 8-year-old Indiana girl.Authorities say John Miller of Grabill agreed to speak with police Sunday in Fort Wayne and made incriminating statements about abducting, assaulting and killing April Tinsley. An affidavit released by the Allen County prosecutor says investigators have DNA evidence linking Miller to the girl.A recent search of Miller's trash helped police make a DNA match. When police asked him if he knew why they were there, he reportedly answered “April Tinsley.”

Back in 1988, April Tinsley was abducted from the street in her Ft. Wayne neighborhood as she walked to a friend’s home to grab an umbrella. It wasn't immediately known if Miller has a lawyer who could comment on the arrest.April's body was found in a ditch, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) from her Fort Wayne neighborhood, three days after she disappeared in April 1988.April's family left Fort Wayne in 1991 but returned five years ago. Fifty-nine-year-old John D. Miller of Grabill was arrested Sunday on preliminary murder, child molesting and criminal confinement charges in the abduction, rape and killing of April Marie Tinsley.
Police in Allen County, Indiana arrest a suspect in the 1988 murder of the 8-year-old April Tinsley.