Cops: 1981 Walsh Murder Solved
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- čas přidán 15. 12. 2008
- After 27 years, John and Reva Walsh learned who murdered their 6-year-old son, Adam. Police say pedophile Otis Toole committed the crime and died in prison 12 years ago. Kelly Cobiella reports.
I'm glad the Walsh's we're able to still love and raise a family after this tragedy . You'll see Adam again.
Says who js
Excuse me, but why didn't you take the time to edit out the first 3.00?! This isn't the right way to put up such a post!
Agreed! 😕
Agree!!!!
It was put there so we could be exposed to Katie Couric's little propagandizing for the Obama economy which actually sucked.
Dear Xianne: You must be an arrogant and self entitled person to complain about a video that you are getting for free. I myself am grateful for EVERY CZcams video because in most cases they are not available anywhere else.. You should remember that if you expect less from life, then it will disappoint you less often. ... jkulik919@gmail.com
@@JosephKulik2016 Xiane has a valid point, especially considering that this video was put up by CBS itself. That's incredibly sloppy for them to put in extra footage like that as if they were teenage amateurs.
John Walsh has saved so many lives, we'll never know how many. God bless this family, until they meet again🙏
He is an amazing man.
Adams story does not begin until 3:00. Not right to mislead with title!!
It was all staged. John Walsh made a deal with Ottis Toole to kidnap Adam. He sacrificed his son to gain fame for America's most Wanted. In exchange Toole was allowed to live instead of being executed for the many other murders he committed.
@@captainbuzzkill4658 luckily for you a conspiracy isn't a conspiracy if it can be proved. Many people have had kids snatched without the means to do anything about it; Walsh not only gave hope, but helped law enforcement do a lot of justice over the years. Get a life.
@@ronneyzamora939 You can believe what you want but I know what happened. And you do too if you think about it. Something doesn't add up does it? The best detective in the nation? He can bring thousands of criminals to justice with the smallest amount of leads to trace. Sometimes not even a photo. Just a sketch... Yet somehow he can't find his son who was just standing right next to him? Abducted by one of the creepiest looking humans to ever walk the planet? It was a set up. The more you think about it the more you're gonna realize I'm right. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow. But trust me. The more you think about it the more you're gonna realize the truth.
@@captainbuzzkill4658 --Otis time card showed he was in Tampa at his roofing job.Everything Otis stated came from the news.
Thanks
Theres a lesson to be learned here....NEVER take your eyes off your children.
Charlie Brown Exactly.
Nothing justifies the actions of this woman. She left her son alone/unattended playing video games, while she shopped two isles down.
She should’ve been charged with child neglect. A six year should never be unattended, never.
Martha Almonte that’s not what happened... She let him watch the kids play video games the next aisle over where she could see the top of his head... While she was paying, the 17 year old untrained security guard in the store thought the kids were all there unattended and kicked them out into the mall by themselves where he was kidnapped... The mall, the mall security, the police and the news stations refused to help in any way shape or form and the child brutally lost his life. What a vile ignorant judgmental thing to say about a woman who lost her son in such a brutal way.
Cassie Moreau The kid was six years old. She was far enough to see the top of his head? Seriously?
Security guards are not babysitters,
It is her responsibility not his. Stop justifying her actions. Deep down in side I’m sure she feels guilty.
Nothing justifies her actions.
Nothing. I am a mother, I am also victim of a very violent crime.
It could happen in a blink of an eye.
Cassie Moreau By the way...
Why are you upset with my comment and not Charlie Brown’s comment? She also feels the woman is at fault.
A mother should keep her kids by her side at all times.
Predators are always watching ...
Searching for their next victim.
Martha Almonte you’re ridiculous, seriously ridiculous. Get help.
John is a hero. I'm an 80's child, and remember playing unsupervised. Also remember John and AMW...in my opinion responsible for making parents/caretakers more vigilant across America preventing untold abductions and murders. Ty John God Bless. You will see Adam again.
@Farshad Fouladi Dear Farshad: Why are you "so glad" that they found the murderer decades after he died anyway ? It's cases like this one that make me think that working very old cold cases is just a waste of scarce police resources. If the Walsh family still needs "closure" after all these decades, then should pay the bill themselves to get it. I want my tax dollars going to solve crimes where there is a chance that the criminal is still alive and still young enough to do some serious hard time in prison. But all you get here is a splashy media event that gives John Walsh yet another opportunity to get his face on TV. ... jkulik919@gmail.com
Too bad he is too stupid to find his kids real killer I cant believe he actually thinks ottis did it the skull found hasn't even been proven to be Adam's they never dna tested it or checked dental they just assumed it was like their was no hair or skin and the luminol test in tools car isnt in the shape of a head because the picture they use is rotated and zoomed in on only part and looks nothing like a face
He helped a lot of people but treated his wife like trash though.
@@niterida380 how so?
@@niterida380 source?
I really hope that the boy was already dead before he was decapitated 😔 rest in piece little angel.
they found an imprint of Adams face in the carpet of the vehicle as if his head had been held down,
but I hope so too
@Mariah Fox All rapists should be kept in rooms and used for other prisoners "release time," especially child rapists. Keep them alive & see how they like it when they can't stop others from doing it to them.
@@erickaortiz4385 the do gooders would never allow it !
Yeah,he was already gone when the killer did it,it was confirmed
Out of this evil destruction and burning ashes of lamentation, came a powerful and formidable man, John Walsh.
They lost a whole damn car?!
@@myrnawashington9057 indeed it does. Just like so many other children's death their is always something that's not right. As soon as we start asking tough questions about them the media zooms in to run interference. 800,000 children in this country, Every Year, go missing. Yet the media says most sneak back home offering no proof of that. 8 million world wide, yearly. I was born at night but it wasn't last night.
Why even include the first two and a half minutes? Anyway, I'm grateful they finally got closure. I cannot even begin to fathom the agony they endured. This man is a hero and a national treasure in my eyes. He's done so much good for no other reason than he wanted other families to have the closure they didn't have and to get those bastards and bad guys off the streets. We all owe him a collective thank you.
Agree one hundred percent!
It's just awfull to think someone is evil enough to hurt that geougous boy. My heart goes out to the Walsh family. Something as innocent as playing with toys in the toy irle of a store and taken. This goes to show how quickly kids can be taken by evil people. Never leave your kids unsupervised when you are out as what happened to the Walsh family could happen again. RIP Adam.
He was actually kicked out of the store with some older boys, by a security guard
Do not underestimate Robert Dean Hodson.
@@philipwilliams1754 Not heard of him-who is he?
@@chantalsscaleisafibber He's Americas most prolific serial murderer,you will hear more about him eventually.
@@philipwilliams1754 oh ok. Is this a recent case. I'm in the UK but lived in the USA from1988-2000.
John Walsh is tenacious! He turned his incomprehensible grief into action with America’s Most Wanted. Four Decades of tenacity in catching bad guys!
I could not be a news anchor and not cry after hearing that story I got me choked up
Metoo
Well that's what separates you from the professionals.
@@misstantrix
They are used to hearing the stories. This is not a result of professionalism. It's a result of being numbed.
I can envision little Adam running at full speed straight into the loving arms of his wonderful parents some day in heaven. Oh how they all deserve it. Poor family. RIP ADAM WALSH.
Any parents worst nightmare
Otis Otoole had confessed that he murdered Adam but nobody believed him. He confessed to over 100 murders and they thought he was lying to get credit. He also ran with another serial killer, by the name of Henry Lee Lucas.
Bad editing. Making us sit through 3 minutes of news before getting to the point...😒
You DO NOT leave a 6 year old alone even for a minute !!
That is totally impossible so you're going to watch them when they sleep at night ,and when they take a shower and when they go to the bathroom too! You can take your child to the grocery store and could just be looking at sales items on the shelf deciding what to buy and at the brief second your child could be snatched. You can be walking down the street holding your child's hand and a person could just grab and your child and take them away from you. So there is no possible way you can watch your child 24/7 not possible. Don't forget your child goes to school too are you going to go to school and watch them every day to?
Dave BB it angers me every time I come across this story. I remember when it happened. The one to blame is the mother. Nothing justifies her leaving a six year old child alone/unattended, not even if she is shopping two isles down.
Shame on her. Her son died because of her stupidity and negligence.
Kat Parks Your correct on your statement/ opinion. In this case, it was not at all any of the situations you mentioned. The woman confessed in details how she left her six year child to play video games, then walks away to shop... two isles down. Nothing justifies her leaving a six year old child alone/unattended, NOTHING....not even if she is shopping two isles down. Her actions caused the death of her son. She is the one to be blamed. If the kid was a teenager, that would’ve been fine, but a 6 year old? Seriously?
What the hell was she thinking?!
@@marthaalmonte8644 Her actions we're wrong I agree. I was just proving a point though when it comes to other situations you cannot watch your children 24 hours a day.
Kat Parks I never ever let go of my child’s hand for one second just saying not one sec.
It is so difficult to even try to think why this little boy could be murdered in such a horrific way! No way is a good way to be murdered, but to just know that little angel 👼 had been decapitated and the rest of the boy's body was never found is just so horrible! 😢 My heart aches for this terrible tragedy! I am so glad John Walsh was able to catch so many others with AMW and GOD kept him strong to help others and also prevent other horrible crimes that would had been committed. God Bless 🙏 the Walsh family!!!
It makes me sick just remembering this & listening to this! Their faith is Rock Solid! God Bless this couple!✝️
Less than half of this video relates to the title. John Walsh starts at 3:00
Otis Tool is one if the killers named in a Netflix documentary about another killer who claimed he murdered like 300-400 people. They would kill people together and Otis Tool liked to dress up as a woman to lure men to be murdered by him. Wow
Henry Lee.
That motherfucker that did that wanted them to know Adam was dead but not to know how he "abused" him while he had him. Makes me cry, I can't even think about what that little boy suffered. RIP Adam.
Makes me wanna cry thinking about how terrible his final moments were. Only a monster could do such a thing to a child
@@vega21 its so hard... the security guard kicked the kids out of the store and he probably was looking so lost and confused and thought that man would help him find his mom :'(
@@littleNica98 😢
Adam 🕊 🕊 🕊 🕊 🕊
Ìt was different in 81 as tragic as it was to loose Adam look how many children were saved or cases solved since. Thanks to his dedicated parents who built a better system and never gave up.
Imagine how traumatizing finding the head would be . Those fishers must be scarred for life
My Wonderful Parents Never Ever Left Unattended until I was old and smart enough to be by myself. We parents can't trust children to do things on their own, bad people are everywhere... RIP ❤️🙏
I love John Walsh, this heartbreak was turned into such a huge organization that has saved so many children and caught so many fugitives!
10 mins to leave a 6 year old in another isle?????????
Parents should of gone to jail.
I’m sorry but I won’t even leave my child 3 feet away from me for 10 seconds
Parents still do this everyday...it shocks me😢
America's most wanted captured the two kidnappers and serial killer that tried to kidnap me in a white van back on 1986 I was able to fight with a heavy hairbrush I had in my purse took it out and hit the one pulling me in the van as hard as I could in his hands....I thank God they captured them some months later...too bad they killed 2 more girls after that...this happened in Pomona California those serial killers were coming from different states back then...
I too was attempted kidnaped that year also...we are the lucky ones sister xxx
I never knew they had a suspect in this case. Smh. Gruesome.
SO THEY STILL DONT KNOW
Well the first 3:00 are a complete waste of time. Adam’s story starts at 3:00. This story was so sad and so important. This video should have been edited better to say the least but I am happy for John and Rava and for little Adam that justice was finally served after so so so so long!
Poor parents poor Mr and Mrs Walsh breaks my heart to know what happened to his little boy
so they are just guessing it was him. they had no proof and lost any evidence that could of proved it. so technically they dont really know it was him.
they don't know, terrible that they put the parents through this
If this crime had occurred today, they would have conclusive, hard evidence one way or the other... unfortunately, 40 years ago the technology wasn't there yet.
SO DEPRESSING POOR KID. RIP.
Whatever happened to the security guard who kicked out Adam and the boys from the Sears store on that July 1981 day? Either the guard believed that Adam was among the boys who were bickering over whose turn it was to play the video game that was on display there; or Adam himself thought he, too, had to leave the store per the guard's instructions. He must have been so confused and nervous then! Very heartbreaking case!
Thanx to those who shared this doesn't start till 3:00 minutes
No one should ever use banks
Very Sad , I never left my children out of sight not even 2 min.
You have to think as a Predator .
Yeah the editing sucks, but think about that sweet little boy who died a horrible death! My God so heart-wrenching, RIP little fella🌷
I’m overwhelmed w sadness to see how much this man (& the mother) suffered all thru time since Adam disappeared. His passion to assure that others wouldn’t have to endure the madness. I’m overwhelmed in tears & it’s also so very endearing to see him transform his grief & frustration into something other victims & families would & still triumph in & gives hope when parents have ran out of everything in them - these things he’s done for children & community & forced law enforcement to step things up. I’m so sorry for long grief & loss of his beautiful son. To this day.
How the hell u lose a whole car???
The so called people who do evil acts such as in this case, are not human. I've heard very intelligent people explain how that psychopaths lack certain necessary qualities or attributes which are part of what makes us human.
How TF you lose a whole car!!!???
I am grateful this set of parents went the extra mile to change how missing children are found throgh extensive efforts.
that's too bad the Otis Toole died in jail!!! He never got the punishment he deserved - justice didn't come soon enough or at all!!! I thought if you were a pedophile/child killer in jail you'd be killed by the other prisoners "not true". Blame the police miss steps in the investigation is shameful - how do you lose bloody carpet from Toole's car??? They waited all those years when they could've won in court - cases have been won with less. Otis didn't get the death penalty - waiting on death row in worry - no! he died probably peacefully in his cell - not punishment enough!!!!
Joyce K the punishment he is in now is more than earthly punishment could ever be hon . God please continue to bless the Walsh’s
@joyce K
He actually died in the 90s due to liver disease and aids. I hope that pos suffered greatly. Besides the cops losing crucial evidence, it took so long bc Toole kept recanting and they could never find the body where he said he had buried it.
What is the point about the credit cards? I was watching this video because of John Walsh. Rest in peace Alan Walsh.
How can the police loose a car??? Smh
I heard about this terrible story and I knew from the beginning it was Ottis Toole. John Walsh has my everlasting respect for never giving up hope.
John Walsh trying to talk and not break down. He speaks for so many of us parents, families of murdered children.
Words can't describe the heartache of what happened to Adam Walsh. May he be RIP.
God bless the Walsh family for all the pain they suffered over the years ❤️❤️❤️
Bank if America. What's in your wallet?
I think need somebody needs to check their crap because it doesn't start until 3:00 mark???? WTH
I was actually glad to learn that credit card information. Yes the reason for the video was delayed but the credit card info was helpful.
Would make two great videos of separate topics.
I was a kid when this happened and I remember it. This is so so sad. This man was an evil monster and he is finally getting his...in a fiery hot pit in the center of hell.
I need to buy a shirt with John Walsh on it.
RIP Adam
go to 3:00 for the adam story
No words.
My heart goes out to you Mr. Walsh. So sorry for your loss.
Why did John walks take his daughter’s Meghan’s children from her?
The news starts here 3:00 .
Made me nostalgic.
I don't want to hear about no dam credit cards percentage 😼
LeeAnn Rimes- “How Do I Live” Rest In Peace Adam. Wait For Me.......................❤️
Otto confessed to a bunch of crimes he never did
Did they throw out the Jeffrey Dahmer theory. I thought over 20 people recognized him in that mall.
They ruled out Jeffery dahmer because he said he didn’t kill Adam Walsh. Jeffery dahmer had no problem confessing to his crimes. When he was asked if he killed Adam and he said no. It wasn’t 20 people that said they thought they saw dahmer at the store. Two witnesses said they saw a man with blonde hair and a van that matched dahmer description. These witnesses didn’t come forward until dahmer was arrested and his face was in the newspaper. Sometimes witnesses are not always reliable. Also Otis wrote to the Walsh family and others confessing what he did to Adam. John said when he read that letter he felt so sick and disgusted that he threw up. I think they also ruled out Jeffery dahmer because they must of figured out where he was at the time and he wasn’t in the area at the time of the abduction. I think if Jeffery did do it he would’ve confessed to someone like he did with all of his crimes. Also, the Adam Walsh abduction and murder didn’t match Jeffery dahmer’s MO of his crimes.
@@amymonteith8064 he was never ruled out definitively, this isn't solved.
@@Jmjdit Adam didn't fit his MO. If he did Dahmer would've told someone. Dahmer liked to talk about his crimes. People said they saw the vehicle match Ottis toole at the store as well. So there were too many conflicting stories from witnesses. Either way the case is closed and the Walsh family have made their peace with it. We will never know what really happened to Adam Walsh and we need to leave it alone
@@amymonteith8064 Dahmer was a psychopathic serial killer whose MO included beheading and he was sighted at the disposal site; according to FBI sources they thought him more likely than Otis Toole and that he was lying when indicating he wasn't responsible. Much of the evidence surrounding OT has been discredited. The Walsh family considers the matter still open for investigation. The media and public won't be leaving it alone, particularly not while John Walsh is still a campaigner. The incompetence of the FL police should not be left unaddressed either as it has continued to today and effects everyone.
@@Jmjdit Why are you obsessed with this case? John Walsh has publicly said he believes Otis toole was responsible. Yes he isn’t 100% sure but he is looking at the evidence even though it’s circumstantial and the evidence is pointing at Otis. Also Otis harassed the Walsh family to with letters about their son and how he killed him. Dahmer went after teenagers and adults. Here’s the thing. It may not have been dahmer or tool at all. Could’ve been a serial killer or killer that was never caught and may never will be. Ever thought that. Why don’t you go and focus your attention on the here and now. Like finding out where Brian laundrie is hiding out. Yes the Florida police are screwing that case up already. Florida is known to protect criminals. Everyone including yourself who are still obsessing over this case need to move on and do something with your lives. John Walsh continues fighting crime but not letting his son’s murder control his life. I’m done talking to idiots like you who cannot let a case go and have no social or work life.
So the stock market was more important than a solved murder?
That in its self is ridiculous. May the Walsh family live in peace. RIP Adam.
Have JOHN get Dna test on the man stating he’s Adam just in case on live TV!!!
3:00 To get to Adam's story.
why would you leave your kid alone like that?
Trim this video to include the clickbait title and lose all the market garbage!! 😡
Sadly Otis Toole is no longer here to pay for what he did to Adam but at least John Walsh and his family finally got the answers that were long overdue and Adam can finally rest in peace. John and Reve Walsh are the strongest people ever and they are the real heroes ❤❤
Omg I am speechless!!! Poor family
Just one question comes to mind,,,,,,,, why?
He would have been 46 :(
My age. Same town, same shop.
Well done u can spell 👏👏👏👏👏
You misspelled Mrs. Walsh's first name. It's R-E-V-E not R-E-V-A!
Where is Adams body.???
@Astrid Gamble --I'll look up where he is buried.
@Astrid Gamble --5741 SW 188 AVE SW Ranches.FLA.
It's never been found
@@cindynewell9226- Robert Dean Hodson.
@@cindynewell9226 most Likely he ate him
How do you lose a car in police custody??
Even if he didn't kill him God knows and this person will be punished for what he did,he will pay in hell.be it Otis or someone else
Thanks
I’m a year late, but new evidence makes the idea of Jeffrey Dahmer being Adam’s murderer more likely then Tooles. Either way, it’s disappointing that his death happened in the first place
I learned that Jeffrey Dahmer was in that area at the time but I don’t believe it was him, first he liked them to have gone through puberty and he was honest about all of his victims so I think he was telling the truth about Adam.
It was probably the people working at the store that day that killed him.
@86sith she don't need proof. There's no proof that Otis did it either. It's all bs.
@86sith what da?
Anybody that still banks with Bank of America is a fool.
3:00 when the video actually starts
Highly doubt Ottis did it. It’s speculation. He was a liar. I think this was a conclusion to ease the minds of the public and create some closure. I personally don’t think it was ever toole
I was thinking, how can they say for certain ?
@@abundantsunflower1107 exactly! There’s no hard evidence what so ever. They said under circumstantial evidence, which is really dumb to me. I really believe they gave up and said let’s just close this and have closure for the world. So they settled on blaming Toole, though they never actually knew if he did or not since he lied and made shit up. I wonder who really did it though.
Thank you, finally someone said it.
@@RetroExhibitCollective some say Dahmer.
Ma heart goes out to this family. God's the greatest
God bless the Walsh family and Adam.
This is untrue. There is no conviction.why did car end up in a summit Oklahoma salvage yard. This is a lie.
I thought the prison rule was any piece of crap that murdered a child was marked to die
3:00 is where John Walsh story starts.
MY WORST NIGHTMARE, THEY HAVE LIVED,
FANTASTIC MOTHER AND FATHER, FAMILY
ADAM WOULD BE 50 YRS OLD NEXT YEAR IN 2024 RIP MATIE
LOLOVELINDA ❤❤❤
Hope Sears got sued there security was the one who threw out Adam by mistake out of the store
Heartbreaking, I'm happy for them that they finally caught the monster that did this horrific act. That poor boy . . . . . . . . Incredibly soo sad.
Wow cool, a news report about the economy in 1981. Forgive me if I don’t care. The title is completely misleading. This has nothing to do with Adam Walsh.
This news was in 2008. Twenty seven years after the 1981 crime done against John Walsh's kid.
Forward to 3:11 on news about Walsh.
John Walsh had the best show. Such a good Samaritan
I’m 2 minutes into this video and it has nothing to do with Adam Walsh?
At least this posted video ended at the appropriate time. Hey CBS: edit off the first 3 minutes 😡
Just horrible! Breaks my heart
Gee wiz, think you could edit out the first 3 minutes?
Were we all fooled cause ron desantis looks like adam