According to CNN, April was walking in her neighborhood in Fort Wayne, Ind., when she was abducted, raped, and killed. Three days later, her body was discovered 20 miles from where she was taken. As police searched for her killer, they did not have a lead on any suspects.
A few years later in 1990, a message appeared on a barn door, not far from where April’s body was found, which read, “I kill 8 year old April Marie Tisley I will kill agin [sic].”
But, the murderer did not stop there. Fourteen years following that, four notes were found at numerous residences in the Fort Wayne area, and some were left on the bicycles of young girls.
“Hi Honey I Been watching you I am the same person that kinapped an Rape an kill Aproil Tinsely,” the messages stated. “You are my next vitem.”
The frightening messages were also left alongside used condoms and pictures of the killer’s body. The DNA from the used condoms was compared to the samples left on April’s underwear, and were determined to be a match.
Source : https://www.distractify.com/p/what-happened-to-april-tinsley