Is any place safe? When a child guarded by life in a wholesome, All-American community disappears, is that proof that evil is lurking around every idyllic corner? In the fall of 1982, 12-year-old Johnny Gosch disappeared while delivering newspapers in the suburban neighborhood of West Des Moines, Iowa. The mystery of his disappearance and the investigation surrounding it would go on to change his family, and the country, forever.
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Dad: I’ll Do Anything for Son’s Return - Frank Santiago - Des Moines Tribune - Sep 7, 1982
An Anguished Mother Refuses to Give Up Hope... - Noreen Gosch - People Magazine - Oct 10, 1988
Who Took Johnny? (Documentary) - 2014
What to Know about Johnny Gosch's Disappearance - Des Moines Register - Aug. 31, 2022
Fear in the Heartland - Paul M. Renfro - Slate - Aug. 9, 2021
Forty years after the Johnny Gosch…. - Emma McClatchey - Little Village Mag - Sep 7, 2022
Police Hunt for Missing W.D.M. Boy - Carol Pitts - Des Moines Register - Sep. 6, 1982
1000 Volunteers Search for Missing W.D.M Boy - Carol Pitts - Des Moines Register - Sep. 7, 1982
Johnny Gosch: An Iowa kidnapping… Linh Ta - Des Moines Register - Sep 4, 2017
No New Clues in Search for Boy - Ken Fuson - Des Moines Register - Sep. 11, 1982
Gosches: Police not Cooperating with Us - Tom Alex and Tom Suk - Des Moines Register - Nov 9, 1982
Year of Agony for Gosches - Sherry Richardson - Des Moines Register - Sep 4, 1983
Wednesday Will Be Long Day for Gosches - Sioux City Journal - Sep 3, 1984
Private Eye Believes…. - Frank Santiago - Des Moines Register - August 22, 1984
John and Noreen Gosch Displayed the Message... - UPI - July 10, 1985
Johnny Gosch Still Missing - Nancy Grace - CNN - Mar. 02, 2011
Gosches Divorce after 26 Years - Frank Santiago - Des Moines Register - Sep 04, 1993
Noreen Gosch: I saw Johnny - Frank Santiago - Des Moines Register - Feb 7, 1999
Mother of Abducted Iowa Paperboy... - Associated Press - Sep 2, 2006
Investigator: Photos not of missing boy - Associated Press - Sept 13, 2006
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