On Good Friday in 1988, April Tinsley was abducted while walking in her neighborhood in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and then raped and murdered. Her body was found three days later about 20 miles away in ...

However, Sheriff Tinsley’s efforts to get the false arrest claim against him dismissed was granted because the court determined that Sheriff Tinsley had probable cause to arrest Rice.

"I kill 8-year-old April M Tinsley did you find her other shoe haha I will kill again," read one message on a barn door.

Tinsley went to a friend’s house to get an umbrella on the morning of April 1, 1988, and never returned. Three days later, a jogger in DeKalb County found Tinsley’s body.

The lawsuit alleged, “Sheriff Tinsley’s actions and use of force….were also malicious and/or involved reckless, callous, and deliberate indifference to Rice’s federally-protected rights.” ...