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May 21, 1984 · JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Convicted murderer Ottis Toole, who is linked to 100 slayings nationwide, again confessed to killing 6-year-old Adam Walsh, describing his crime in vivid details but...
Police attributed the 1981 murder of Adam Walsh to Toole on the basis of recanted statements. Lucas had backed Toole's confession to the Walsh murder, claiming that he had been in possession of the victim's severed head, though Lucas had a reputation for false confessions.
Dec 17, 2008 · Toole had twice confessed to killing the child, but later recanted. He claimed responsibility for hundreds of murders, but police determined most of the confessions were lies. Toole's niece told the boy's father, John Walsh, her uncle confessed on his deathbed in prison that he killed Adam.
Apr 1, 2016 · Another murder pinned to Toole? The 1981 slaying of Adam Walsh. Toole confessed to kidnapping the six-year-old boy from a Sears department store, luring him into his car. After Adam began crying in the backseat, Toole attacked, eventually beheading the victim with a machete. Fishermen later found the severed head in a Vero Beach canal.
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Dec 6, 2019 · Perhaps most infamously, Toole confessed to the 1981 murder of 6-year-old Adam Walsh, the son of "America's Most Wanted" host John Walsh, but was never convicted. Toole made a number of gruesome claims about the murder, telling police that he beheaded the young boy and cannibalized part of his body.
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Convicted serial killer Ottis Toole confessed to Adam's murder, but was never convicted of the crime because evidence was reportedly lost and Toole later recanted his confession. Toole died in prison of liver failure on September 15, 1996.
Dec 20, 2008 · In a 1996 AP prison interview, Lucas said Toole confessed to him, even taking him to the mall to show him where he picked up Adam and to the spot where he supposedly killed him.But Lucas, who...
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