Revé Drew Walsh Interview on the Murder of Adam Walsh (November 14, 1981)
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- Adam John Walsh (November 14, 1974[1] - 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. His death garnered national interest and was made into the 1983 television film Adam, seen by 38 million people in its original airing.[2]
Adam's father, John Walsh, became an advocate for victims of violent crimes and was the host of the television program America's Most Wanted and, later, In Pursuit with John Walsh.[3] 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.[4] No new evidence has come to light since then, and police announced on December 16, 2008, that the Walsh case was closed and that they were satisfied that Toole was the killer.
On the afternoon of July 27, 1981, Adam accompanied his mother Revé Drew[5] on a shopping trip to the Hollywood Mall (today Hollywood Hills Plaza) in Hollywood, Florida (26°00′46″N 80°10′30″W). They went to Sears, entering through the north entrance.[6][7] Revé intended to inquire about a lamp that was on sale[8] and left Adam at a kiosk with Atari 2600 video games on display, where several other boys were taking turns playing them.[9] Revé completed her business in the lamp department around 12:15 p.m.[6][10] She said that she returned to find that Adam and the other boys had disappeared. A store manager informed her that a scuffle had broken out over whose turn it was at the kiosk, and a security guard demanded that the boys leave the store.[11] The security guard asked the older boys if their parents were present, and they said that they were not.[12] Adam's parents later conjectured that their son had been too shy to speak to the security guard, who presumed that he was in the company of the other boys and made him leave by the same door by which the boys had entered (the Sears west entrance). His parents believe that after the other boys dispersed, he was left alone outside the store at an exit unfamiliar to him.[13][12][14] Meanwhile, unable to find Adam in the toy department, Revé had him paged over the public-address system and continued to look for him throughout the store.[15] By coincidence, she ran into her mother-in-law Jean, who helped her search for him.[16] After more than 90 minutes of searching and paging failed to locate Adam, Revé called the Hollywood Police at 1:55 p.m.[6]
On August 10, a severed head was found in a drainage canal alongside the Florida Turnpike near Vero Beach, almost 130 miles (210 kilometers) from Hollywood, by detective Ralph E. Latimer Jr. and an unidentified deputy of the Indian River County sheriff's office.[17][18] Indian River County and St. Lucie County divers searched the canal.[17] On the morning of August 11, John and Revé appeared on national television saying that they still hoped that Adam was alive. A US$100,000 (equivalent to $298,060 in 2021) reward was posted for Adam's safe return.[19] Soon after, the recovered remains were identified as Adam's.[20]
The coroner ruled that the cause of Adam's death was asphyxiation. The state of the remains suggested that Adam had died several days before the discovery of his head. The rest of his body was never recovered.[4] The head itself would be kept in the morgue until the case's closure in 2008.[21]
On December 16, 2008, Hollywood police chief Chad Wagner, with his friend John present, made the announcement that the case was now closed. An external review of the case had been conducted and police announced that they were satisfied that Toole was the murderer.[4][26][34]
I know she lived with so much guilt 😢
Right????? Heart was probably in her ass everyday. This is one of the saddest stories I’ve ever heard. 😢😭
Oh wow! Thank you for this interview!
Where were you able to find this footage? Just curious.
Never trusted her
What do you mean by that? Do you think this was all a set up by her?
If they don’t, I do. I’m honestly amazed she wasn’t looked at more closely.
I don't either. I'm rewatching the information on this case and so much doesn't add up. I'm listening to a podcast that talks about the affair she and John were having but her's were confirmed with Adam's "God Father".... So much just doesn't add up!
@@thecommentlounge Do you think it was all a set up by her and she was responsible for the whole thing?
@@Mrd9960 I can't call it right but what I do know is, whoever picked up Adam it was planned. No one was randomly picking up kids and killing them in that area at that moment. There wasn't open cases of the same instances in their town. Also, with the short period of time that he was not in her view, for him to go missing in such a short period of time means they were followed. Something was up, and it's not what they are saying.
Except it was proven later she was gone for 90 minutes and never gave an answer of where she was. This came out in 1983 when she and her husband tried to sue Sears. I agree with whoever said they never trusted her, I still think she knows more than anyone wants to admit. I think she had something to do with it.
she's lucky she wasn't criminally charged for child neglect/abandonment/endangerment for leaving her son alone out of view range inside that sears building, which has since become a target department store
I heard she was gone for 90 minutes, but I don't believe that she had anything to do with her son's disappearance. I believe that at worst, she's guilty of negligence.