April Andrews left her home to walk down to a church clothing giveaway, but never returned.

She was assumed to be a runaway for years, but the sheriff's department took another look at the case,

and they now believe it's a criminal one. But they need to find April to move forward. I'm Charlie,

and welcome to crime lines.

Hello and welcome to day three of the 12 days of crime lines, 12 days that are not exactly in a row,

but they are spread out throughout the month and that has been working for us so far. We're only on day three,

so we'll see how the rest of the days go. Today's episode takes us to northwest Arkansas

to talk about the case of a missing teenager, April

Dawn Andrews. The lead advocate in this case was April's older sister Tanya, but sadly,

she passed away in 2022 at just 47 years old. Thankfully, she did a comprehensive interview with

the Unfound podcast in 2020, so I have

used that as a source. The podcast will, of course, be listed in my sources, and I do recommend

listening to it because there really is no substitute for hearing it straight from Tanya herself.

But let's go ahead and talk first about April. April Andrews

was born in April of 1991 into a large family. It was a blended family. She had five full

siblings with her mom and dad, and then her dad had three older children he brought into the marriage.

They were quite a bit older than April. In fact, her sister, Tanya, had a child around April's

age. When April was about four or so, her parents divorced, and her mother, Tina, did

remarry, and then in 2002, April's father died. April was just 11. Not long after her

father's death, Tina's second marriage ended and she didn't have anywhere to go with the children.

Tina didn't work and her only income was the Social Security survivor benefits so that she

was getting for the kids because their father died.

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