Adam was killed in South Florida in 1979 or 1980
2006-11-26 23:16:18 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
Adam's body was never recovered. John and Reve Walsh nearly went insane from grief. A ferocious serial killer named Ottis Toole became a suspect in 1983 and confessed to the killing on two separate occasions. He later recanted both confessions. Toole died in prison without ever being charged in the crime. "I believe he killed Adam," John Walsh told reporters at the time of his death.
No one has been proven to have committed the murder, although one man, Ottis Toole, repeatedly confessed and then retracted accounts of his involvement. Toole, allegedly a confederate of serial killer Henry Lee Lucas, was never charged in the Walsh case. In September 1996, he died in prison of cirrhosis of the liver while serving a life sentence for other crimes.
2006-11-26 23:25:44 · answer #1 · answered by Michele A 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The chief suspect in the case, Ottis Toole, died without being prosecuted in the case.
John Walsh, Adam's father, maintained that Toole was the killer. Police in Florida lost the DNA evidence that would have been necessary to convict Toole - the technology to use DNA as evidence did not exist at the time of the murder.
There's a story that gives some insight into the evidence loss here: http://edition.cnn.com/US/9602/adam_walsh/
2006-11-26 23:23:00 · answer #2 · answered by Stuart 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-29 20:14:05 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Otis Toole, the main suspect in the case, died in prison before he could ever be charged with the crime.
2006-11-27 11:48:05 · answer #4 · answered by SeahawkFan37 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No the suspect Toole died in jail.
2006-11-30 04:22:18 · answer #5 · answered by sexy_babi_2009 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think so. But did you know Mrs. Walsh would drop the kid off at a toy store in the mall for 8 hours while John was at work? She was having an affair. Just as sickning is how John made himself a millionaire using his sons murder.
John knew his wife was having an affair. This was comman knowledge where they lived. So John is not the saint they make him out to be.
2006-11-26 23:20:40 · answer #6 · answered by bubbles_grandpa 3 · 1⤊ 7⤋
It was never proven, but it is believe that Henry Lee Lucas did it, but he died in prison.
2006-11-26 23:20:30 · answer #7 · answered by Robb 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I think he died in prison(was there something else)
2006-11-26 23:18:04 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋