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John’ s mother, Noreen Gosch , hired private investigators to look into her son’s disappearance. She believes he was kidnapped and sold into a pedophile prostitution ring. She claimed she was visited by her son when she testified during a 1999 pedophile crime organization trial in Nebraska. John or more commonly known as Johnny Gosch was last seen on the morning of September 5th 1982 in Des Moines, Iowa. He was delivering newspapers on his usual route by himself. Johnny was accompanied by his dachshund dog, Gretchen. He was using a red wagon to carry his stack of papers. Ten-year-old John David Gosch , affectionately known as Johnny, was abducted while delivering newspapers in his West Des Moines, Iowa neighborhood. His disappearance immediately captivated the nation, igniting a massive search effort involving local law enforcement, the FBI, and countless volunteers. John David Gosch , a 12-year-old boy, disappeared on September 5, 1982, while on his paper route in West Des Moines, Iowa. His mysterious disappearance has captivated the nation and sparked numerous theories and speculation about what may have happened to him. The friend later told police the man, who was driving a blue, full-size car with Warren County license plates, had driven past other newspaper delivery boys three times, and twice had asked directions to 86th Street. Because Johnny had his dog with him and the dog wasn’t barking, the friend assumed Johnny wasn’t in danger. In the early hours of September 5, 1982, the quiet suburb of West Des Moines, Iowa, was shattered by the disappearance of 12-year-old paperboy Johnny Gosch . What started as a routine day for young Johnny, delivering newspapers with his trusty red wagon, soon turned into one of the most chilling cases of a missing child in American history. In March 1983, a 12-year-old boy matching Johnny’s description approached a woman leaving a store in Oklahoma. The boy said to her, “I’m John David Gosch . Please help me.” Two men came to the boy and led him away. John David Gosch , born November 12, 1969, was a paperboy in West Des Moines, Iowa, who vanished on the morning of September 5, 1982, between 6 and 7 a.m. His disappearance is widely believed.