John David Gosch: The Missing Pieces of the Puzzle
1 / 20 2 / 20 3 / 20 4 / 20 5 / 20 6 / 20 7 / 20 8 / 20 9 / 20 10 / 20 11 / 20 12 / 20 13 / 20 14 / 20 15 / 20 16 / 20 17 / 20 18 / 20 19 / 20 20 / 20 ❮ ❯ 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. Johnny Gosch, a 12-year-old paperboy, vanished in 1982, sparking one of America’s most chilling missing child cases . His whereabouts remain unknown. His disappearance was a near carbon copy of that of 12-year-old Johnny Gosch , who set out with his dog and his red wagon Sept. 5, 1982, to deliver the Sunday newspaper near his suburban West Des. 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. Johnny was last seen around 6 a.m. By a friend as they picked up their Sunday newspapers at the paper drop at 42nd Street and Ashworth Road. Minutes later, the friend spotted Johnny talking to a man wearing a baseball cap near 42nd Street and Marcourt Lane. 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. West Des Moines paperboy Johnny Gosch , 12, disappeared in the early morning hours on Sept. 5, 1982, after setting out to deliver the Sunday paper. John David Gosch was 12 years old when he was abducted while delivering newspapers at 6:00 AM, Sunday, September 5, 1982 in West Des Moines, Iowa. Johnny was a well-liked boy from the neighborhood who was a Cub Scout, made friends easily, was close with his parents, and loved his little dog, Gretchen. Noreen Gosch , of West Des Moines, Iowa, whose 12-year-old son, John David , vanished from his paper route on the morning of Sept. 5, 1982, recalls the sheer “physical pain” of the vigil. ...