Crime Junkie

UPDATE: Monster in Fort Wayne, Indiana

Apr 5, 2018
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ANECDOTE

Umbrella Run That Ended In Disappearance

  • Janet describes April leaving a friend's house to fetch an umbrella and never making it around the corner.
  • April's umbrella had been left at Nicole's, so she went back for it and disappeared en route.
INSIGHT

Witnesses Versus Official Theory

  • Witness reports of a blue pickup looping the neighborhood introduced multiple possible perpetrators.
  • Police later focused on a single suspect, creating tension between witness accounts and the official theory.
ANECDOTE

Family Testing And Polygraph Fallout

  • Janet says police started by testing family DNA and she had to give DNA twice during the investigation.
  • She emphasizes that failing a polygraph during trauma caused public suspicion and hurt her deeply.
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