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Dec 15, 2023 · WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — Johnny Gosch left home for the last time on a warm Sunday in late summer, in the pale morning light before sunrise. He was 12 years old, and he liked building model...
John David Gosch (November 12, 1969 – disappeared September 5, 1982) was a paperboy in West Des Moines, Iowa, who disappeared between 6 and 7 a.m. on September 5, 1982. He is presumed to have been kidnapped. Gosch's picture was among the first to be featured on milk cartons as part of a campaign to find missing children.
Jan 9, 2022 · When a 12-year-old paperboy named Johnny Gosch disappeared on the job in West Des Moines, Iowa at the crack of dawn on Sept. 5, 1982 – 40 years ago – America was just beginning to awaken to the problem of missing and sexually exploited children in this country.
Sep 5, 2022 · WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — Monday marks 40 years since Johnny Gosch went missing. The 12-year-old boy was on his paper route and vanished. All that was left was his red wagon and bundle of...
Sep 13, 2006 · A retired Florida investigator said Wednesday that old photos of boys tied up and gagged do not show missing Iowa boy Johnny Gosch, who disappeared 24 years ago while delivering newspapers; the...
Sep 1, 2022 · The unsolved case of Johnny Gosch, a West Des Moines paperboy, transformed missing person investigations and eroded confidence in child safety.
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Nov 13, 2010 · It’s a story that shocked communities and catapulted Iowa into the national spotlight, changed state law and forever changed the way parents monitored their children’s activities. Twelve-year-old Des Moines Register paperboy Johnny Gosch left his West Des Moines home on Sunday morning, September 5, 1982, to begin his paper route.
