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Another killer caught by genealogy DNA database
Posted on 7/16/18 at 12:11 pm
Posted on 7/16/18 at 12:11 pm
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Police arrested an Indiana man on Sunday for the rape and murder of an 8-year-old girl who was found dead in a ditch 30 years ago.
John Miller, 59, was arrested on Sunday morning after DNA evidence linked him to the rape and murder of April Tinsley, whose body was recovered three days after her family reported her missing in 1988, according to charging documents.
Investigators with the Fort Wayne Police Department and the Indiana State Police said they arrived at Miller’s home on Sunday morning and asked him if he “had any idea why the police wanted to talk to him,” according the documents.
Miller answered "April Tinsley" and told police that he abducted the young girl on April 1, 1988 and took her to his trailer, where he said he sexually assaulted the young girl and choked her to death, according to court documents.
He told police that it took 10 minutes for the young girl to die and said he kept her body for a day before dumping it.
Police said they received their first lead in the case back in 2004 -- 16 years after April’s murder -- when the self-proclaimed killer left notes, images and used condoms at three different locations, taunting police and threatening to kill again, police said.
Some of the notes, which were handwritten on lined yellow paper, were inside baggies along with Polaroid pictures of the supposed killer’s body, according to the FBI, which has also been investigating the case.
"Hi honey. I been watching you," one note released by the FBI read. "I am the same person that kidnapped, raped and killed April Tinsely. You are my next victim."
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Investigators said they arrested Miller after using a genealogy database to narrow down the DNA match to either him or his brother. The DNA was taken from the used condoms and evidence from the crime scenes, according to court documents.
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Posted on 7/16/18 at 12:12 pm to Fun Bunch
Wish they would’ve shot him.
Posted on 7/16/18 at 12:12 pm to Fun Bunch
Damn, there are some sick people out there.
Posted on 7/16/18 at 12:13 pm to Fun Bunch
quote:Dude knew he was done and just came clean
Investigators with the Fort Wayne Police Department and the Indiana State Police said they arrived at Miller’s home on Sunday morning and asked him if he “had any idea why the police wanted to talk to him,” according the documents.
Miller answered "April Tinsley"
Posted on 7/16/18 at 12:13 pm to Fun Bunch
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Police said they received their first lead in the case back in 2004 -- 16 years after April’s murder -- when the self-proclaimed killer left notes, images and used condoms at three different locations, taunting police and threatening to kill again, police said.
Well he's a fricking moron.
And should just be shot in the head and be done with it.
Posted on 7/16/18 at 12:14 pm to Fun Bunch
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genealogy DNA database
Like ancestry.com?
Posted on 7/16/18 at 12:15 pm to lnomm34
Yup. That's how they caught GSK.
Posted on 7/16/18 at 12:16 pm to Fun Bunch
Oh, wow. I didn't realize that. I didn't follow that case.
My wife, on the other hand, loves these murder cases. I tell her that her fascination with them is leading me to think she's plotting my murder.
My wife, on the other hand, loves these murder cases. I tell her that her fascination with them is leading me to think she's plotting my murder.
Posted on 7/16/18 at 12:17 pm to lnomm34
quote:discovery ID fanatic?
My wife, on the other hand, loves these murder cases. I tell her that her fascination with them is leading me to think she's plotting my murder.
Posted on 7/16/18 at 12:18 pm to Fun Bunch
Whoa, this was the case on the season premier of that Paula Zahn show on ID last night.
Posted on 7/16/18 at 12:22 pm to Fun Bunch
This is where the police prove they are better men than I am. As the arresting officer, this demon would have had several slip and fall accidents, resisting arrest, the final one being fatal.
Posted on 7/16/18 at 12:24 pm to troyt37
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asked him if he “had any idea why the police wanted to talk to him,” according the documents. Miller answered "April Tinsley"
Police say he then fell onto a recently fired round that came from the officers gun
Posted on 7/16/18 at 12:26 pm to Fun Bunch
I’m glad they caught him but I don’t like the principle behind this.
This should kill these ancestry dna companies
This should kill these ancestry dna companies
This post was edited on 7/16/18 at 12:27 pm
Posted on 7/16/18 at 12:26 pm to Fun Bunch
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Investigators said they arrested Miller after using a genealogy database to narrow down the DNA match to either him or his brother.
Soon for everyone. Will be a blessing and a curse
Privacy will not be a right one day, it will be something only the rich can buy.
Posted on 7/16/18 at 12:27 pm to nvasil1
No way that's his only murder. He's totally a serial killer I bet.
Posted on 7/16/18 at 12:28 pm to Pecker
I don’t think they use ancestry or 23&me
At least for the GSK it was from a public database which I have no problem with
At least for the GSK it was from a public database which I have no problem with
Posted on 7/16/18 at 12:30 pm to 5 Deep
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At least for the GSK it was from a public database which I have no problem with
similar site that had a checkbox to allow it for public searches...
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GEDmatch, a free open-source website that pools together genetic profiles uploaded by users seeking to conduct research or fill in gaps in their family trees
This post was edited on 7/16/18 at 12:31 pm
Posted on 7/16/18 at 12:30 pm to TH03
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Wish they would’ve shot him.
Posted on 7/16/18 at 12:34 pm to Fun Bunch
The use of these genealogy databases is really brilliant.
The world now has one less child predator walking amongst us all. The ends justify the means.
The world now has one less child predator walking amongst us all. The ends justify the means.
Posted on 7/16/18 at 12:35 pm to lnomm34
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My wife, on the other hand, loves these murder cases. I tell her that her fascination with them is leading me to think she's plotting my murder.
See if she is taking notes. She might be learning from their mistakes, and it plotting the perfect murder, starring you as the unlucky victim.
RIP Inomm34.
This post was edited on 7/16/18 at 12:35 pm
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