When fourteen-year-old April Millsap left home to walk her dog on a warm July evening in 2014, no one in the quiet town of Armada, Michigan could have imagined the horror that would follow. Hours later, her loyal dog Penny came home alone — and a small community was forever changed.

In this episode of Dark Dialogue, John and Angela take you inside the groundbreaking trial that proved a killer’s guilt without a single eyewitness or confession. Through fitness app GPS data, cell tower triangulation, and digital breadcrumbs, investigators pieced together the final minutes of April’s life — and exposed James VanCallis, a local man whose lies collapsed under the weight of the data.

From the FBI’s 63-minute Google Earth animation of April’s last walk to the haunting testimony of her mother and boyfriend, “Trial by Technology – Justice for April” reveals how modern forensic science gave a voice to a victim who could no longer speak for herself. This case redefined how technology serves justice — and how data, once cold and clinical, can become the most powerful witness of all.

💔 Featuring:

• April’s final GPS trail reconstructed step by step

• Eyewitness accounts and expert testimony that stunned the courtroom

• The digital evidence that led to a life-without-parole conviction

• A heartfelt tribute to April Marie Millsap — forever 14

🎙️ Join John and Angela as they expose how data became the storyteller, justice found its footing in zeros and ones, and a mother’s strength turned tragedy into advocacy.

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