--- description: Middle schooler was found dead hours after she left her home to walk the family dog title: Murdered Michigan Teen May Have Texted Boyfriend "I'm Being Kidnapped" image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt60ffb57848e1a5d7/69869db2810bbbbd88c92cd5/ap479882318475.jpg?branch=production&width=480&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Living](/tag/time-section-living/) ## Living Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Murdered Teen Texted Boyfriend 'I'm Being Kidnapped'  by [Charlotte Alter](/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Jul 29, 2014 10:48 PM CUT  April Millsap, in an undated photo provided by the Millsap family via Michigan State Police, July 27, 2014. April Millsap, in an undated photo provided by the Millsap family via Michigan State Police, July 27, 2014.Michigan State Police/AP  by [Charlotte Alter](/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Jul 29, 2014 10:48 PM CUT A 14-year-old Michigan girl who was found murdered last week reportedly texted her boyfriend just before her death. “Omg… I think I’m being kidnapped,” was the text April Millsap’s boyfriend received from her phone the night she was killed last Thursday, the Detroit _Free Press_ [reports.](http://www.freep.com/article/20140729/NEWS04/307290150/April-Millsap-Armada-Macomb-County "undefined") Millsap, who was due to start high school in the fall, was found dead by the side of the road, hours after she had left her home in Armada, Michigan, to walk the family dog. A couple found her body later that night, guarded by the collie, named “Penny.” An autopsy report confirmed that April was murdered, but authorities declined to say how, specifying only that she was not shot or stabbed. Police have interviewed Millsap’s parents and boyfriend, but said they are “not considered suspects in her death.” \[[Detroit _Free Press_](http://www.freep.com/article/20140729/NEWS04/307290150/April-Millsap-Armada-Macomb-County "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3054910/murdered-teen-texted-boyfriend-im-being-kidnapped/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3054910/murdered-teen-texted-boyfriend-im-being-kidnapped/"},"headline":"Murdered Teen Texted Boyfriend 'I'm Being Kidnapped'","datePublished":"2014-07-29T22:48:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:55:44.601Z","description":"Middle schooler was found dead hours after she left her home to walk the family dog","url":"https://time.com/3054910/murdered-teen-texted-boyfriend-im-being-kidnapped/","keywords":["Living","Murder","Crime","Michigan","teen","Dog"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt60ffb57848e1a5d7/69869db2810bbbbd88c92cd5/ap479882318475.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Charlotte Alter","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt60ffb57848e1a5d7/69869db2810bbbbd88c92cd5/ap479882318475.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"April Millsap","caption":"April Millsap","creditText":"Michigan State Police/AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-living/","name":"Living"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3054910/murdered-teen-texted-boyfriend-im-being-kidnapped/","name":"Murdered Teen Texted Boyfriend 'I'm Being Kidnapped'"}}]}] ```