True Crime with Kimbyr - The Tragic End of April Millsap: A Safe Community Shattered: Part 1

Episode Date: December 23, 2024

In this gripping episode of True Crime with Kimbyr, we explore the heart-wrenching story of 14-year-old April Millsap, whose ordinary summer walk with her dog turned into a devastating tragedy. Living in the idyllic town of Armada, Michigan, April's close-knit community was blindsided by her shocking disappearance. What began as a routine stroll along a familiar trail unraveled into an unimaginable nightmare. Dive into April’s life, her dreams, and the chilling details of that fateful day, as we honor her memory and seek justice. Subscribe for more compelling stories blending compassion and meticulous research. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We've all been 14 once. Those carefree summers enjoying the break from school, soaking in the sun and having fun with friends. But what no one expects is that an ordinary walk with their dog on a popular walking trail would end their life before it got a chance to really begin. Hi, everyone. Welcome back to my channel. My name is Kimberlya. If you've never been here before, nice to finally meet you. I would like to introduce you to April Dawn Millsap. She was born on January 2nd. in the year 2000, just barely missing the opportunity to be able to call herself a 90s baby. She was born to her parents, Bobby and Jennifer Millsap in Wise County, Virginia. April's mother was born with a neurological disorder, and forgive me, I'm going to try to

pronounce this the best I can, but cerebellar ataxia. It can cause a person to have difficulty walking and maintaining their balance, as well as hand, coordination, speech, swallowing, and eye movements. Jennifer's walking, as well as her speech, were impaired. However, she she could think just like anyone else, even if it was hard for her to put those thoughts into words. Having April changed Jennifer's life, April became her world. She was the best thing to have ever happened to her. Eventually, Bobby and Jennifer did get divorced, and by the time April was six years old, Jennifer had been dating David Lichtenfeldt, and the couple decided to move with a little April to a small village, just 30 miles north of Detroit, Michigan, called Armada. It's in McComb County, and there's

only about 2,000 people who live there. It's a quiet and peaceful community known for its friendly residents, its strong sense of community, as well as its beautiful natural surroundings. Armada is a great place to live for people who are looking for a safe and affordable place to raise a family. The village has a very low crime rate and a great school system. There are also plenty of parks in Armada, as well as a variety of little shops and restaurants. It was very common for residents to leave their doors unlocked even at night. The sense of security was so strong that nobody anticipated any harm or wrongdoing coming to them. This tight-knit community fostered a warm and welcoming environment.

One of the highlights of living in Armada is the abundance of outdoor spaces you can visit. There are numerous pathways and trails that are perfect for jogging, walking your dog, biking or hiking. The residents take full advantage of the beautiful weather and enjoy an active outdoor lifestyle. David and Jennifer were dedicated to be attentive, present, and loving parents. to April. David raised her like she was his own biological child, and they developed a very strong bond with one another. They spent so much time together enjoying the outdoors, and kids would be free to run up and down the streets unsupervised. The community was so close that everyone knew if they weren't out watching their own child, another parent would be, and they would make sure they were safe. David

shared countless moments of joy and laughter with Little April. One memory stands out to David. It was a day that they decided to fly a kite. David was running after this kite and April couldn't help but notice how his belly bounced with every step. With genuine innocence, she shouted, wow, you jiggle when you run. And David just burst into laughter. He found her observation hilarious and kids really do say the funniest things. I'm wondering if you remember anything you said or that your kids have said, please leave it below. I really love connecting in the comments. April was a happy little girl growing up. When she first met someone, she often came off as shy.

However, it didn't take long for her to open up and come out of her shell and show her fun-loving personality. Her mom mentioned there were times when April couldn't stop talking. She also loved to have her hair done and to dress up. I do have a few photos of April as a young girl with her cute little dresses on, a necklace. Her hair pulled back wearing knee-high boots and another with curlers and her honey blonde hair and her bright blue sparkling eyes. April grew up with pets, she had two cats and two dogs who were like her furry siblings. The cat's names were Satan and fluffy, and they couldn't have been more contrasting names, and I'm sure their personalities fit those names.

The dogs were Bella, who was a pit bull lab mix and Penny, a border collie lab mix, and she was black with a beautiful white chest, and Penny loved April. She would follow her all around the house. As soon as April woke up and came out of her room, there was Penny following close behind. They were inseparable. And April knew at a very young age she wanted to be a veterinarian. So David began saving money every week so we could help put her through college one day. The family lived in a quaint little house built in 1905 on the corner of Main Street,

only a couple blocks from the town's cute little downtown area. It was also only a two-minute drive to St. Mary's Mystical Rose Parish, where April attended the church youth ministry. As April got older into elementary and middle school, she had a little bit more. school, she loved to draw and paint, write poetry, and short stories. And she was actually really gifted at drawing anime characters, but as she got into her teen years, her focus shifted to fashion, beauty, makeup, and hanging out with friends, being on her phone, and talking about boys.

April had a core group of very close girlfriends with her best friend being Madison Adams, who went by Maddie. They actually met in sixth grade in our maid in middle school, and they just gravitated towards one another because they were both kind of outcasts. At the time, April was actually struggling with her self-esteem. We've all been teens once, the sense of wonder, but also the struggle of being comfortable in our own skin. It's almost a right of passage that everyone has to go through

at some point in their life, especially when puberty is making it very difficult to always be kind to the face that we see in the mirror, especially when social media is a big part of your life like it was for April. Comparing herself to others had started to take a toll. on April's self-image. She became increasingly concerned about her body image, and she started to eat salads and watch her weight very closely. She also decided to dye her light hair to a dark burgundy like her mother's. They actually looked even more alike now with their light eyes and their dark red shiny hair. April was very creative. Every Halloween, she came up with unique costumes.

In 2010, she looked like the corpse bride, and every year she seemed to get even more skilled. In 2011, she wore this really creepy but cool white contact lens and black choker with scars painted on her face. But as she got older, April wanted to dress a little prettier rather than scary. And in 2013, she went as Little Red Riding Hood, which is actually quite chilling looking back, as this would have been her last Halloween. It was tough for April as a teen. But for those on the outside, they thought that she was beautiful. And many young girls wanted to be just like her.

It's not always easy to look at yourself the way others do, but others were looking April's way, especially boys. April had boyfriends here and there, but none of them were serious until she met Austin Albertson in seventh grade. He was just a year older than April, and they hid it off. And of course, it wasn't without its drama, as most teenage relationships go. April faced her fair share of bullies and even jealous girls, and by eighth grade, her and Austin were still going strong. but there was a classmate named Heather that was trying to get in the middle of them. She liked Austin and would try to break them up.

April referred to Heather as a backstabber, someone who was nice to her face because she wanted something, and in this case, she wanted April's boyfriend. But of course, Austin and April remained together. Her stepdad David even invited him over to work on cars together so that they could get to know each other. He wanted to give Austin a chance to bond with him

because he knew it was the guy that April liked so much. By 2014, April was 14 years old. She was in the eighth grade. It was her final year of middle school, and she'd been dating Austin for just over a year now. That was an exciting year. As April had her confirmation at church, and it was a very special day for her. She was so proud of herself, and her family was so proud of her too. She took the commitment to her faith, her friends, and her community very seriously.

Jennifer remembers taking photos of April at home in her confirmation outfit. There was a cute one of her in Austin too. And then April with her mom at church. No one could have known what that summer would bring along with its bright sunny days. Their lives would be filled with darkness. And April would never make it to high school, something she was so looking forward to that fall. On the last day of middle school, she and Maddie actually got into an argument, and it was just silly teenage drama, nothing serious. But as the summer began, April and Maddie went their separate ways.

They didn't exchange a single word. and Maddie left town for a vacation with her family. But as time passed and when July was coming to an end, Maddie returned home and she realized just how much she missed her best friend. In a moment of reflection, she reached out and she apologized to April. She sent a text to April expressing how bad she felt about their final goodbye and asked if they could meet up soon. And just like that, April and Maddie were back talking

and had made plans to see each other soon. But that meeting would not come soon enough. Sadly, Maddie would never get to see her best friend again. One way April liked to stay fit was to use a fitness tracker on her new iPhone that David bought her for Christmas. Her mom got her a cute little teddy bear-shaped phone case. She would go on long walks with her dogs. She'd take one of them with her at a time and head out to the McComb Orchard Trail. It was the perfect place to get in her steps.

It's an old rail trail surrounded by nature and all kinds of people from the community, either biking, walking, kids playing, and it wrapped around the entire village, weaving in and out through the woods and through town. If you're about to go to Google because you don't know what a rail trail is, don't worry, because I didn't know what it was either, so I did the research for you. A rail trail is a path for walking, biking, horseback riding, and it's actually created from a railroad that's no longer in use. I always wondered what they did when they stopped using them for transportation and now I know, and you do too if you didn't know this before. So when A. went on these walks, she usually started at the trailhead right down the street from her house

near the granary, the Armada Grain Company. They actually make pet food there. And it kind of smelled weird in that area, but it was the closest entrance to the trail from Main Street, off Depot Street, and Fulton Street. She would usually walk the trail for about 30 minutes, then turn back around and walk 30 minutes back. So by the time she would get home, it was about an hour and a half walk. It was a great fun way to get some exercise. And she usually chose penny to go on these walks with her because she was less rambunctious than Bella. She would never take both of them at the same time because they were way too much trouble and I can relate. My dogs together, it is not a fun time all the time. She would take these walks every other day, if not every

single day. It was part of her normal routine. So on Thursday, July 24th, it was just an ordinary summer day for April and her family. April woke up around noon, of course, sleeping in on her summer a break, and she spent most of the morning on her phone in her room chatting with her friends, making plans to go shopping, and hang out before school started again. Once up and in the kitchen, April prepared a salad for herself, and David jokingly referred to her meal as rabbit food. Before leaving for work that afternoon, he said goodbye to April like he had done so many times before. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary. Later around 5 o'clock that evening, April started getting ready to go on one of her routine walks. And Jennifer saw her packing up her black leather

backpack with some dog treats, a water bottle, and a dog bowl. Then she put Penny's leash on, and by 5.30, she was heading out the door. April and her mom exchanged a quick goodbye. Jennifer didn't say I love you. She didn't embrace her daughter, but she would have if she knew this would be the last time she would see her. But to her was just so normal. They'd done this so many times before, so they just did a simple bye. I'll see you later. She knew she would see April back in an hour or two for dinner, Jennifer had no concerns about April walking the McCone Orchard Trail. She had walked it alongside April many times and was very familiar with it. It never seemed completely empty.

There was always someone there walking or biking the trail, especially on a warm summer evening like that one. But by 7 p.m., Jennifer noticed that April still wasn't back yet. She usually wouldn't be gone for more than two hours maximum, but she wasn't worried because Jennifer was aware that April would sometimes use walking. Penny as an excuse to secretly meet up with her boyfriend, Austin, at the park. And now, despite being aware of April's secret agenda, Jennifer allowed her daughter to think she was getting away with something because she didn't think it was a big deal, just two

teenagers in love. But Jennifer had noticed April hadn't packed much water or food for the dog, so that kind of concerned her. If April hadn't brought Penny along, she wouldn't have cared so much, but she thought the dog should at least be brought back home if April planned to hang out longer. So she did end up texting April to bring Penny back. April was always glued to her phone. So Jennifer was a little surprised when she didn't get a response back right away.

April always texted back within just a couple minutes. After not getting any response, Jennifer texted again, and this time asking April where she was. She still didn't get a response. So she texted April with, call me. Then when she still didn't get an answer, she told April to come home again via text. and still nothing.

Jennifer's last text before calling April just said, let me know where you are, but still, no text back. So Jennifer ended up placing that call to her daughter only to be greeted by her voicemail box. So she left a message. The fact that her phone went to voicemail, now that was concerning, it was close to 8 p.m. at this point.

So she texted April's boyfriend Austin asking him if he knew where she was or if he was with April. He actually texted back that he wasn't with April. and hadn't heard from her. Well, Jennifer called Austin and she let him know what was going on. He said that him and his friend Alex were just wrapping up some errands, eating some McDonald's and hanging out to Austin's house, so Alice could give him a ride over there to help Jennifer look for April.

And as she waited, Jennifer started to get a sick feeling in the pit of her stomach. So she went out driving to the trailhead, but there was no sign of April or Penny, so she went back home. It was about 8.30 or so when Austin and Alex arrived, but it was still fairly light outside. So they made a plan. All three of them were going to go look for April.

But before they left, Austin told Jennifer that he got a really weird text from April earlier that evening. At 6.28 p.m., April had texted Austin with, quote, I think I almost got kidnapped, OMFG, end quote. Austin never responded, because at the time, he was helping his friend move a TV, and he didn't get good service. So that text didn't actually come through

until later when he was back in town. And by that time, he just faced. she was exaggerating, but now Jennifer's truly worried. April wasn't the type to make up stories, so the three of them, Austin, Alex, and Jennifer decided to split up to save time. There were only three ways April could have gone that evening. There wasn't much to the west, so she either went south towards the trailhead off depot and Fulton or further down near the car wash, or she went north up the other end of Fulton.

So Alex took his car and went north. Austin took April's bike and headed to the trailhead, while Jennifer jumped in her car, and looked further south past the trail. At this point, she also called David and let him know what was going on, that April was missing. He was alarmed by the news, and he immediately notified his boss

and explained the situation and requested permission to leave work so that he could assist in the search for April. David drove home so anxious. His mind was filled with worry, and he wanted to know that April was safe. And it wasn't long before Jennifer got a call from Austin telling her to meet him

at the intersection of Fulton and Depot at the trailhead. He said that animal control was out there and it looked like people were gathering around. Maybe Penny escaped April's grasp and they were all looking for her. So Jennifer quickly made her way back to where Austin was and by the time she got there, there were two uniformed police officers and they were talking to Austin. Jennifer introduced herself to the officers and explained that she and Austin were looking for her 14-year-old daughter, April Millsap and her dog Penny. But what Austin and Jennifer didn't know was that it was true. Animal control was there for Penny. She had gotten loose and around

At around 8.20 p.m., a young married couple, 26-year-old Matthew Sadage and his wife, saw a blackboarder collie running all alone down the trail. The couple couldn't help and notice the dog's peculiar behavior. It would dart into the woods and then return to the trail, as though it was telling them to come follow. Curious, they made their way off the trail and over a small ravine down towards a drainage ditch. And that's when they saw a couple of white tennis shoes laying on the ground. and then past the shoes, they saw what appeared to be a mannequin lying in the brush. But as Matthew's eyes adjusted, he realized he was actually looking at the partially nude body of a deceased female. He was shocked. He ran back up to the trail, and they found someone to help them and call 911.

I actually do have a snippet of that call, and I'll play it for you now. I know that I'll see this in the comments, so I'll say it. It's never a mannequin, is it? The gravity of the situation struck Matthew immediately. This gruesome scene might have remained hidden and gone completely undiscovered if it hadn't been for that dog's persistence. This village only had one police officer on duty that night.

An officer Philip Newmire of Armada PD, and they don't deal with anything of this magnitude, so right away they called the Michigan State Police to meet them at the trailhead. Those were the officers that were speaking with Jennifer and Austin. But before they arrived, That one sole officer, Newmire, was the first officer to arrive along with animal control, and they made their way down to where Matthew had called 911. It was a very densely wooded area

across from her neighborhood off the McComb Trail. Officer Newmire only had to take one look to know how bad this situation was. It was clearly a homicide. Animal control examined the dog. It was clear that she had stayed by her owner's side the whole time until she was able to alert that couple. She's such a good dog. Detective Sergeant Rebecca McKeown Arthur and Michigan State Police Chief Howard Smith came out shortly thereafter. They were there to assess the scene. The body was in the middle of the woods and it was not visible from the trail at all. So it was clear that someone had forced her down there.

The state that the body was in told a gruesome story of a very vicious attack. She was wearing jean shorts with a black stripe down the sides. They were pulled down along with her underwear and were at her ankles. Her white tank top was ripped and pulled down as well, exposing her bare chest. and her bra was ripped in two pieces between the cups. Her white tennis shoes were scattered in close proximity to her remains. The veteran officers were actually physically and emotionally affected by what they had seen. It was clear from the shoe marks on her skin that she was stomped to death.

The imprints were on her cheeks, her forehead, and her neck. The force used was immense. Armada hadn't seen a murder in over 40 years and nothing like this. They could tell that she looked young, like a teenager. The detectives called in crime scene technicians to mark and collect evidence from the scene. And meanwhile, they were radioed with the news that a young man and a young girl's mother were at the trailhead looking for a teenage girl. So they went up there to meet them, and that is where we left off. The officers asked Jennifer, what happened?

And she told them what she knew, that the last time she saw her daughter, April, was when she was heading out for a walk with her dog Penny. Detective MacArthur asked Jennifer what April was wearing that day. And she remembered that her daughter changed at least three times, which was definitely typical for a teenager. But when she left, she was wearing jean shorts with a black stripe on the sides, a white tank top, and white tennis shoes. When the detective heard the description of the clothing

and knew April was with a dog that matched the description of the one animal control had in its custody, she knew Jennifer's daughter was most likely their victim. So Jennifer was driven down to the Armada PD and Austin went along as well and his dad met him there. Once they arrived, Jennifer called David and she was in a complete panic. He said she was already very hard to understand because of her speech impediment, but when she was worked up, it was almost impossible to understand her. But he did manage to figure out that she was at the police station, so he headed that way.

This police station is small. It's smaller than a normal one-bedroom apartment. It only had one area to interview someone and one waiting room and back where Jennifer sat for at least 30 minutes before anyone met with her. That evening, state police detectives came in, and they went over the story with Jennifer. This interview took about an hour or so. And once she told the story a couple of times, she was there for at least a couple more hours, and she still wasn't told anything specific. And according to Jennifer, April was a typical teenager.

She knew the importance of not being out after dark. She described her daughter as a good girl, responsible and cautious. She never had any problems with her. But she got concerned when she wasn't answering her text. The detectives asked her if she was sure that April had a phone with her, and she said, yes, she remembered seeing it with her when she left. The reason why they were asking is that a cell phone had not been discovered anywhere near their victim. One of the questions they asked is, was it possible that April might have been meeting someone on the trail? And though Jennifer mentioned meeting Austin there from time to time, she explained that she called Austin and April wasn't with him that day.

But they wondered, could he have been at some point? They just believed that the the sheer brutality indicated someone who was very angry and was maybe taking that anger out, someone who was close to this victim. She was now being transported to the medical examiner's office after being photographed at the scene and all the evidence documented the way it was when she was found. Meanwhile, David had arrived, but he was told there were way too many people inside the police station, so he had to wait in the parking lot. And as he sat in his car for hours, he listened to the radio. And it didn't take long before the news was reporting that a body of a had been found on the Macomb Orchard Trail.

David was putting two and two together. He was hardly able to remain calm as he sat there and waited for Jennifer to come out. By that time, they told her a body was found, but they still hadn't given her any details. She left the station to go back home in the early morning hours of July 25th, when Austin and his father went in for questioning. She and David went back home to wait for the news about whether this female that they found was indeed April, And I cannot imagine being able to sleep that night, this poor family. And now it was 15-year-old Austin's turn to explain where he was that day.

Anyone close to the victim becomes a person of interest. The officer's job is to rule each one in them out. They felt like they ruled out both Jennifer and David at this point. But there were things about Austin that weren't sitting right with them. For one thing, he seemed extremely nervous. Austin explained it was a normal day for him. He was just hanging out of his house. at his house and then one of his friends needed help moving a TV. So around 4.30 p.m., Austin and Alex

went to assist this friend in New Haven, which was located about 10 miles south of Armada. Afterward, around 6.30 p.m., he said he and Alex stopped at a McDonald's and went through the drive-thru to get a bite to eat, and then they went back to Austin's to eat and hang out. Now, not so long after this, he got a text and a call from Jennifer about April. He said the last time he saw April was actually on Sunday the 20th because they weren't really talking. Now, he admitted they got into an argument that day. It was after April saw something on his phone that upset her. He insisted that she had the wrong idea about it, but she wouldn't let up.

Detectives asked him if that was why he left April's text about almost being kidnapped unanswered. And he said no. He actually didn't see it until much later because he had bad service. But something about the story seems suspicious. They thought there was a possibility that Austin actually texted himself from April's phone. And he took it with him from the scene. They asked him if they could see his phone and go through his text messages

to see if there had been any words exchanged between them prior to April's walk that day. But that's when Austin admitted that he deleted maybe four or five texts, and that didn't look good. He even admitted that, saying something to the effect of that probably doesn't look very good now that she's missing. But he said he just got really nervous when he realized police were involved and he just didn't want it to look like the last conversation they had was a heated one.

He said he was freaking out and he didn't know what to do. He's upset, he's young, he's never been in this type of situation before, and he said he just thought that April was joking when she texted him about almost getting kidnapped. He didn't see it until 7.44 p.m. So by then, he figured she was over it. But the detectives were going hard on him at this point. They took a picture of that text as evidence.

And they really pegged him as their prime suspect, even saying, quote, we don't think he went out there to premeditate anything, but something might have escalated and something happened. End quote. At one point, Austin's dad was like, listen, you've had him here for hours. Can I take him home now? And it's true. They didn't start questioning him until about 1.30 in the morning,

and now it was close to 5 o'clock. They explained that they just really, really needed to clear him, so he agreed to take a polygraph, which he passed. That still didn't completely rule him out, but they did have enough information to check his alibi for that evening and let him go for now. By the next morning, news of a female's body being found on the McComb Orchard Trail had spread through Armada. The victim still was not identified, but it was shocking to the small village. Maddie's mom told her that a body had been found, and she immediately texted all of her friends, including April, desperately seeking reassurance that they were all safe.

Each one of them texted back, equally horrified about what happened, except for April. She hadn't responded. But at the time, Maddie didn't think much of it. There was so much commotion going on. There was a police presence everywhere. It was overwhelming.

At least 50 officers were called in to assist with this investigation and they cordoned off a portion of the trail with crime scene tape. This is quite a sight to see in a very small village. They were combing the immediate area for clues, and they knew that the small police department in Armada was not going to cut it. So, a makeshift police investigation center was set up

at Armada Middle School. There were about 70 officers collaborating with the FBI to gather clues and statements. The community was scared. When they heard the news, parents stopped letting their children play outside because they feared that whoever had done this was still out there lurking in the shadows, looking for their next victim.

The streets that were once filled with laughing, and smiling children playing together were quiet, except for police cars being parked up and down. They were also making appearances at everyone's door asking them if they had heard or seen anything out of the ordinary the day before. And finally, it seems like they get a lead. It was from a young girl around April's age, and she said that she did see something peculiar the day prior, a weird, banged up and dented white or grayish box truck with a couple of men inside. They were driving really slow behind her, and then they stopped and they pointed her way. It made her so uncomfortable.

She actually took out her phone and shot a video. Now, of course, it's quite far at this point, and the footage is blurry, but the police need anything they can get. They needed to put this out to the public, and that's exactly what they did. But not before a press conference notifying the community about what was going on and who was murdered. That same day, around 1.30 in the afternoon or so. An FBI investigator came to Jennifer and David's door. They were both home at the time, and the investigator informed Jennifer

that he had come there for an identification. Without saying much, he hands her a photo of the deceased victim from the neck up. It's not good quality, it's not even that clear, but it was clear enough for Jennifer to know it was her only child, April. No one that was present at that time will ever forget the sound that can

came out of Jennifer's mouth. She was wailing in pain and in heartbreak. And David couldn't bear to see her that way. And he could not look at that photo. He stumbled out of the room, just grief-stricken, and he almost collapsed against the wall. Nothing prepares you for something like this. All Jennifer wanted to know was why. What did April do to deserve this? She said that she thought, why her child, why anyone's child. The detectives had encountered countless tragedies in their line of work, but the sheer intensity of Jennifer's reaction had left them overcome with emotions. So much so, it was hard for them to get back to work, but they knew that they had to so they could get justice for April. Sometimes we forget that these officers, they're human. They have families of their own. And at this point, the autopsy results had come in,

and the chief of police for Armada was ready to face the public. Now I'm going to play you a portion of this press conference right now. This is the Armada Police Chief Howard Smith, and he asked anyone with information to please contact the police and that the trail was already open to the public because they had already finished combing through the crime scene. But hardly anyone was walking on that trail, especially alone. Here's that press conference now. What we're currently doing is the Armada Police Department and the Michigan State Police are currently investigating a homicide, which occurred within the village limits of Armada. Happened in the area of Fulton Road in Depot, which is at the south end of town.

It happened on the McComborshire Trail, 8.20 last night. Proliminary investigation reveals that two adults that were on the trail using the trail were alerted to a female's body, which was located in a drainage ditch. The cause of death was a homicide. The victim has been identified as April Don Millsap. She's 14 years of age, and she is from the village of Armada. Detectors are currently looking for a large gray box van that was seen in the area of the crime scene. This is described as a painter's type of van.

It has dents all over the van, and the van was occupied by two white males. When April's best friend Maddie got the news that her best friend had been killed, she could not believe it. She was devastated. All of April's friends were. It was all anyone was talking about. How could something like this happen to someone just like them? Were they in danger? There were just so many questions.

The public was told to be aware that there was not anyone in custody, meaning the killer was still out there.