172: April Millsap

Stolen Lives True Crime

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture

4 • 619 Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

The brutal murder of 14-year-old April Millsap

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0:00.0	Here on Stolen Lives, we discuss brutal and heartbreaking crimes against children.
0:05.7	Themes may include child murder, torture, and sexual domestic and child abuse.
0:11.3	I do to my best to remain respectful for the babies in these stories, and leave out unnecessary
0:16.3	details that honestly, none of us need to know to understand the frustration of why and how
0:21.3	this ever happened. However, if you find any of these themes triggering this podcast may not be
0:27.8	for you. Listener discretion is advised. This week's episode is a listener's suggestion.
0:41.1	Thank you to Katie for bringing April's story to my attention.
0:45.0	Our phones track us most of the time.
0:47.5	From counting every step we take to what we are doing and where we are doing it.
0:52.0	From the strangely specific advertisements on social media
0:55.2	to perfect recommendations on YouTube,
0:58.0	our phones seem to know us scarily well.
1:00.7	However, in this case, the victim's phone and its tracking
1:03.9	is what brought her killer to justice.
1:07.4	July 2014, Amada, Michigan.
1:11.3	14-year-old April Millsap went out for her regular evening stroll with her dog penny in
1:16.2	toe, just as she had countless times before.
1:19.9	However, on this occasion, only one would return home.
1:23.4	April having no way of knowing this would be her last walk ever.
1:27.3	This is April's story.
1:29.6	Police continue to scour the village of Armada looking for 14-year-old April Millsaps killer.
1:34.9	April was killed Thursday evening near Fulton and Depot Road.
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