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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. 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. 5, 1982 , Johnny Gosch woke up before sunrise and left the house with his dachshund, Gretchen, to deliver newspapers in West Des Moines, Iowa. According to Iowa Cold Cases, his father usually went with him, but John David Gosch had decided to stay home that fateful Sunday morning. On Sunday, September 5 , 1982 , John Gosch started getting calls at the family’s west Des Moine home from neighbors, saying that they were concerned because Johnny hadn’t delivered their morning newspaper yet. John David Gosch is a figure who has captivated the public’s attention for decades. His disappearance in 1982 at the age of 12 sparked a widespread search effort and ignited discussions about child abduction and exploitation. To this day, his case remains unsolved, leaving many questions unanswered. 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 to. What was arguably the weirdest happened in 1990. Noreen Gosch had what must have been the shock of her life when, according to the Los Angeles Times, the body of John E. Gosch was recovered from where he had been dumped in a ditch in Mexico. Noreen’s son, incidentally, was John D. On Sunday , September 5 , 1982 , Johnny got up early but didn’t wake his father up like he usually did.