Suspect in 1988 killing of Indiana girl, 8, appears in court

A man arrested in the 1988 slaying of an 8-year-old Indiana girl after authorities said they linked him to the crime with DNA appeared Monday before a judge who gave prosecutors 72 hours to formally charge him in the child’s abduction, rape and killing.

John D. Miller, 59, was arrested Sunday on preliminary murder, child molesting and criminal confinement charges in April Marie Tinsley’s slaying. The Fort Wayne girl’s body was found in a ditch three days after her abduction. Miller is being held without bond and is scheduled to be arraigned Thursday.