EP. 192: TENNESSEE - The Confession: A Massive Update In The April Holt Case

Murder In America

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True Crime

4.8 • 6.6K Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2025

⏱️ 68 minutes

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In today’s episode, we speak with Jamie and Jeremiah, victim April Holt’s parents, about some recent major developments in the case and what justice looks like to them. In addition, we reveal for the very first time the shocking confession that kickstarted this criminal case in the first place. - Listen to our new show, "THE CONSPIRACY FILES"!: -Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/5IY9nWD2MYDzlSYP48nRPl -Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-conspiracy-files/id1752719844 -Amazon/Audible - https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/ab1ade99-740c-46ae-8028-b2cf41eabf58/the-conspiracy-files -Pandora - https://www.pandora.com/podcast/the-conspiracy-files/PC:1001089101 -iHeart - https://iheart.com/podcast/186907423/ -PocketCast - https://pca.st/dpdyrcca -CastBox - https://castbox.fm/channel/id6193084?country=us - Stay Connected: Join the Murder in America fam in our free Facebook Community for a behind-the-scenes look, more insights and current events in the true crime world: https://www.facebook.com/groups/4365229996855701 If you want even more Murder in America bonus content, including ad-free episodes, come join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/murderinamerica Instagram: http://instagram.com/murderinamerica/ Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/people/Murder-in-America-Podcast/100086268848682/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/MurderInAmerica TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theparanormalfiles and https://www.tiktok.com/@courtneybrowen Feeling spooky? Follow Colin as he travels state to state (and even country to country!) investigating claims of extreme paranormal activity and visiting famous haunted locations on The Paranormal Files Official Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheParanormalFilesOfficialChannel - (c) BLOOD IN THE SINK PRODUCTIONS 2025 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Warning, the following podcast is not suitable for all audiences.
0:04.0	We go into great detail with every case that we cover and do our best to bring viewers even deeper into the stories by utilizing disturbing audio and sound effects.
0:12.0	Trigger warnings from the stories we cover may include violence, rape, murder, and offenses against children.
0:18.3	This podcast is not for everyone. You have been warned.
0:22.6	Hello everyone. Today's episode is an update episode. And sadly, it's not the kind of update we
0:29.5	want to give you. Now, if you haven't listened to our episodes about the murder of April Holt,
0:34.6	which were episodes 177 through 179, you have to go back now and give those a listen
0:40.9	or you will be very confused here. But in them, we worked with April Holt's mother, Jamie Dickerson,
0:47.4	to tell you the story about how a mother of two was strangled to death by her estranged husband in
0:53.9	2023. The man in question is Donovan
0:57.2	Holt, and he admitted to killing April that day. He also admitted to staging her death to make it look
1:03.6	like a suicide. In the last episode about this case, we left you with the news of Donovan's arrest.
1:10.0	And for months, we have been patiently
1:11.8	waiting for his sentencing, which just took place on February 18, 2025. But unfortunately,
1:19.1	his sentence was anything but justice. So in this episode, we are going to tell you about
1:25.1	Donovan's slap-on-the- the wrist sentence. We also sat down with
1:28.9	Jamie and her husband Jeremiah to hear their thoughts on everything. And lastly, we are going to
1:35.2	play for you the never-before-heard confession that Jamie herself got from her daughter's killer.
1:41.7	So this is the update on the murder of April Holt. I'm Courtney
1:45.9	Browne. And I'm Colin Browne. And you're listening to Murder in America. The
2:03.6	The I'm The
2:37.0	The Before we get into this episode, I'm going to give you an overview about this case.
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