Search results
Adam John Walsh (November 14, 1974 [1] – c. July 27, 1981) was an American child who was abducted from a Sears department store at the Hollywood Mall in Hollywood, Florida, on July 27, 1981. His severed head was found two weeks later in a drainage canal alongside Highway 60/Yeehaw Junction in rural Indian River County, Florida.
Dec 16, 2008 · A serial killer who died more than a decade ago is the person who decapitated the 6-year-old son of "America's Most Wanted" host John Walsh in 1981, Florida police said Tuesday.
- NBC Universal
Dec 16, 2008 · Adam Walsh went missing from a Hollywood mall on July 27, 1981. Fishermen discovered his severed head in a canal 120 miles away two weeks later. The rest of his body was never found.
Jul 27, 2021 · Adam Walsh was kidnapped from a Sears department store and his severed head was found along Florida’s Turnpike. His murder went unsolved for decades until a former detective re-opened the case and named Otis Toole as the killer.
Aug 10, 2016 · The remains of Adam Walsh were found Aug. 10, 1981, precisely 35 years ago. His murder changed the way the U.S. deals with missing children.
Dec 17, 2008 · A deceased drifter long suspected in the abduction, murder and beheading of 6-year-old Adam Walsh committed the crime that put missing children on the national agenda, police said Tuesday.
People also ask
What happened to Adam Walsh?
Who killed Adam Walsh?
Who is Adam Walsh?
Who killed Adam on 'America's most wanted'?
Mar 27, 2023 · If there’s one case that changed how authorities handled the disappearances of young children not just in the state of Florida but also across the nation, it is the 1981 murder of Adam John Walsh. After all, the 6-year-old had gone missing from a public place without a trace left behind on July 27, only to sadly be found dead in one of the ...
