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After 23 years on the air, "America's Most Wanted" has been canceled.
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Did Jeffrey Dahmer Kill Adam Walsh?
By Charles Montaldo
February 8, 2007
Did Wisconsin serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer kill Adam Walsh, son of “America’s Most Wanted” host John Walsh in 1981? New speculation linking Dahmer to the kidnapping and murder of Adam has surfaced in the media recently, but John Walsh says he has seen no new evidence linking Dahmer to his son’s death.
The speculation linking Milwaukee’s most famous serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer to Adam Walsh’s murder were printed in a Miami publication, the Daily Business Review, by writer Arthur Jay Harris, an author of true crime books. Harris has written an unpublished book on the Adam Walsh case.
The main points Harris makes linking Dahmer to the Walsh case, using files from the official investigation, include:
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By Charles Montaldo
February 8, 2007
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ORLANDO, Florida (CNN) -- Investigators said Friday that they think remains found near a home where Caylee Anthony lived with her grandparents are those of the missing toddler.
Caylee Anthony, 3, has been missing since June in a case that has received national attention.
Caylee Anthony, 3, has been missing since June in a case that has received national attention.
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But, they added, police and prosecutors are waiting until DNA and other tests are completed before making a positive identification.
Orange County, Florida, sheriff's spokesman Carlos Padilla gave three reasons for the belief the body is Caylee's:
• No other children have been reported missing in the area.
• The remains are consistent with a child of Caylee's age.
• They were found in close proximity to the home of Caylee's grandparents.
Caylee Anthony was 2 when she disappeared in June. Her mother, Casey Anthony, 22, didn't report her missing for a month and is charged with murder.
The first word that the corpse found Thursday had been tentatively identified as Caylee's came as her mother's attorneys sought a court order allowing them to observe the autopsy and conduct their own forensic tests.
Lawyer Linda Kenney Baden said in court that investigators told the defense team they "were proceeding as if this were little Caylee Anthony."
Strands of hair found with the remains, discovered Thursday a half-mile from the home of Caylee's grandparents, are the same color as the girl's, the lawyer said. The age and measurements also were a match for Caylee, Baden added.
Casey Anthony, 22, was charged in October with killing her daughter, but her lawyers insist that she is innocent.
After watching this mini series unfold the past five months, I have come to some conclusions of my own. They may be wrong, but, I don't think so. One is that the Grandparents have always known Caylee was dead, at least since july 16th. Having known a liar or two in my life, the grand parents stink of guilt. I will continue my assumptions on the posts.ORLANDO, Florida (CNN) -- Investigators said Friday that they think remains found... more
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MIAMI (Reuters) – Adam Walsh, the 6-year-old son of television crime show host John Walsh, was kidnapped and killed 27 years ago by a drifter who later died in jail, police in Florida said on Tuesday in closing the books on one of America's best-known unsolved crimes.
The gap-toothed boy, famously pictured holding a baseball bat and wearing a red cap, went missing from the toy department of a mall in Hollywood, Florida, in July 1981. His head was found in a canal two weeks later but his body was never found.
Hollywood police announced on Tuesday that Ottis Toole, a longtime suspect in the Walsh killing, was in fact the murderer. Toole died in prison in 1996.
"For 27 years we've been asking, 'Who could take a 6-year-old boy and murder him and decapitate him? Who?'" John Walsh said at a news conference. "We needed to know. We needed to know. And today we know."MIAMI (Reuters) – Adam Walsh, the 6-year-old son of television crime show host... more
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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.
The announcement brought to a close a case that has haunted the Walsh family for more than two decades, launched the television show about the nation's most notorious criminals and inspired changes in how authorities search for missing children.
"Who could take a 6-year-old and murder and decapitate him? Who?" John Walsh said at Tuesday's news conference. "We needed to know. We needed to know. And today we know. The not knowing has been a torture, but that journey's over."
Walsh's wife, Reve, at one point placed a small photo of their son on the podium.
The suspect, Ottis 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.
Police said Toole was long the prime suspect in the case and that they had conclusively linked him the killing. They declined to be specific about their evidence and noted they had no DNA proof of the crime, but said an extensive review of the case file pointed only to Toole, as John Wash long contended.
"Our agency has devoted an inordinate amount of time seeking leads to other potential perpetrators rather than emphasizing Ottis Toole as our primary suspect," said Hollywood Police Chief Chadwick Wagner. "Ottis Toole has continued to be our only real suspect."
Wagner acknowledged numerous missteps in the investigation and apologized to the Walshes.
"I have no doubt," John Walsh said. "I've never had any doubt."
(more at the link)A serial killer who died more than a decade ago is the person who decapitated the... more
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HOLLYWOOD, Fla. -- Police close books on '81 Walsh killing – 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, police in Florida said Tuesday.
The announcement brought to a close a case that has vexed the Walsh family for more than two decades, launched the television show about the nation's most notorious criminals and inspired changes in how authorities search for missing children.
"Who could take a 6-year-old and murder and decapitate him? Who?" an emotional John Walsh said at Tuesday's news conference. "We needed to know. We needed to know. And today we know. The not knowing has been a torture, but that journey's over."
The suspect, Ottis 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.
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.
Authorities made a series of crucial errors, losing the bloodstained carpeting in Toole's car — preventing DNA testing — and the car itself. It was a week after the boy's disappearance before the FBI got involved.
"So many mistakes were made," John Walsh said in 1997, upon the release of his book "Tears of Rage," which harshly criticized the Hollywood Police Department's work on the case. "It was shocking, inexcusable and heartbreaking."
For all that went wrong in the probe, the case contributed to massive advances in police searches for missing youngsters and a notable shift in the view parents and children hold of the world.
Adam's death, and his father's subsequent activism on his behalf, helped put faces on milk cartons, shopping bags and mailbox fliers, started fingerprinting programs and increased security at schools and stores. It spurred the creation of missing persons units at every large police department.
It also prompted national legislation to create a national center, database and toll-free line devoted to missing children, and led to the start of "America's Most Wanted," which brought those cases into millions of homes.
What it also did, said Mount Holyoke College sociologist and criminologist Richard Moran, is make childrenVIDEO: http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/index.php?cl=11126866... more
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Police in Hollywood, Florida, said Tuesday that they are closing the investigation into the 1981 abduction and slaying of 6-year-old Adam Walsh.
The boy's abduction and slaying 27 years ago put missing children on the national agenda.
Police will name deceased drifter Ottis Toole, a convicted pedophile who died in prison in 1996, as the boy's suspected killer, a law enforcement source told CNN.
Toole twice confessed to killing the boy -- and twice recanted his story, saying he made it up. It could not be learned what, if any, new evidence exists.
Hollywood police chief Chad Wagner plans to provide details at an afternoon news conference. He will be joined by the boy's parents, John and Reve Walsh, whose son would now be 33.
Adam disappeared from a Sears store across from the Hollywood police station on July 27, 1981. Two weeks later, his severed head was found in a canal 120 miles away. The boy's body was never recovered, and no one was ever charged in the case.
Walsh turned his grief into action, becoming an early advocate for for missing children and crime victims. Three presidents -- Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton -- have honored John Walsh for his efforts to safeguard children.
His efforts led to the passage of the federal Missing Children's Assistance Act of 1984, which established the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
And, his fierce loathing of fugitives, convicts and predators launched a new career as host of the television show "America's Most Wanted."
It's awesome that something great like "AMW" was created out of a tragedy...Police in Hollywood, Florida, said Tuesday that they are closing the investigation... more
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The government just released a new wanted list "for environmental fugitives accused of assaulting nature."
http://www.epa.gov/fugitives
Some in the wanted list:
John Karayannides: Allegedly helped orchestrate the dumping of 487 tons of wheat tainted with diesel fuel into the South China Sea in 1998. Karayannides is believed to have fled to Athens, Greece.
Raul Chavez-Beltran: Ran an environmental cleanup company in El Paso, Texas, that is accused of transporting hazardous waste from factories along the Mexican border and improperly disposing and storing it in the U.S. In one case, he allegedly stockpiled mercury-laced soil from an environmental spill in a warehouse.The government just released a new wanted list "for environmental fugitives... more
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The direction of the government is currently heading toward more enforcement and tougher penalties for marijuana use. However, it may be time to consider legalization.The direction of the government is currently heading toward more enforcement and... more
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Help us find Marlo, Please repost where ever you can, she was last seen since September 23, 2008, on the Big Island of Hawai'i. If you have seen Marlo please contact the Hilo Police. Her 'Ohana misses her dearly. Please Kokua and Repost.Help us find Marlo, Please repost where ever you can, she was last seen since... more
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A missing 12-year-old girl who was featured on the TV show America's Most Wanted has been found in British Columbia thanks to a tipster.
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Former fugitive Gordon Weaver will probably remain behind bars while he awaits a new trial in the 1999 death of his wife after a judge on Tuesday denied a defense motion to lower Weaver's $10 million bail.
Ramsey County District Judge Salvador Rosas said the case is "too close to a resolution to risk it."
Weaver, 51, skipped out on bail in March 2000 after a grand jury handed up an indictment charging him with first-degree murder in connection with Jean Weaver's death in the couple's White Bear Lake home.Former fugitive Gordon Weaver will probably remain behind bars while he awaits a new... more
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This is a long story so I will keep it short. Basically I turned a guy into America's Most Wanted and the FBI when I discovered who he was. This man had been hiding out at my parent's home in Florence, Oregon for four years. This link is to the capture story on AMW's website. His parent's, Lawrence and Delores Weaver, were charged with aiding and abetting him. My father and I are suing his parents to hold them accountable for the damage they did. They took out a credit card in his assumed name of "David Carson" and regularly called my parent's home to inquire about Gordon, but his mother Delores pretended to be an imaginary aunt named Rita.
Gordon murdered his wife first by shoving her so that her head hit a concrete wash basin in the basement of their home then he set her still alive body on fire. The family dog died in the fire because he had been locked in a closet upstairs.
Gordon's now deceased wife, Jean Weaver, was remembered by her family and friends as a very loving and wonderful woman. Gordon cut her life short after she announced she was divorcing him. Gordon is a control freak and he exercised the ultimate act of control over her life by taking it.
His arrest devastated our family and resulted in my parents getting a divorce. My mother has now moved to Iowa to be closer to her sisters and to Gordon who is in Prison and so she can be near his parents to look in on them from time to time. Gordon's adoptive parents are in their eighties and his father is suffering from Alzheimer's.
There are numerous stories floating around on the internet, just search for Gordon Weaver or Jon Jaramillo.
Dateline NBC just shot a series of interviews about this story and the show will air sometime in December 2007 or January 2008.
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