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Old 09-01-2006, 12:59 PM
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Mom Sent Photo of Son Missing Since 1982

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The mother of a boy abducted 24 years ago said she's bewildered by two photographs left at her front door, apparently showing her son and two other children bound and gagged.

The old photos appear to show 12-year-old Johnny Gosch with his mouth gagged and his hands and feet tied. The boy is wearing the same sweatpants Johnny was wearing when he disappeared while delivering newspapers on the morning of Sept. 5, 1982, his mother said.

"It's like reliving it," Noreen Gosch told The Associated Press on Thursday night. "But the bigger picture is, 'Why are they doing this?'

"Whoever had these photos had them for 24 years. I don't understand why they would do this now. It must be some kind of message."

Gosch said investigators confirmed the photos were authentic and likely taken within "hours or days" of the abduction. She said they were checking for fingerprints that could lead them to the source and possibly a breakthrough in a case that has long baffled authorities. The other boys in the photo were unidentified.

"We are in the process of researching where they came from and whether they've been doctored up," West Des Moines police Lt. Jeff Miller told the Des Moines Register.

Johnny's disappearance triggered nationwide fears of child abductions. He was one of the first faces of missing or abducted children to appear on milk cartons across the country.

Several theories have developed since he vanished before dawn while delivering Sunday newspapers. His newspaper wagon was discovered near his West Des Moines home, but few substantial clues have surfaced since then.

Gosch believes her son was taken by child pornographers. She told authorities he briefly contacted her in 1997 but feared for his life and declined to give details about where he was. She believes his abductors got him involved in crimes, which is why he is hiding his identity.

The National Center for Missing Children is examining the other boys in the photograph and trying to match it with its database of missing children.

"These kids have parents someplace," Gosch said. "I'm sure they feel the same way I did. ... Hopefully we can do some good and give these parents some peace."

Johnny was Gosch's youngest of three children, and she has devoted her life to finding him, from raising money for private detectives to following her own leads and prodded police to try harder. She also wrote a book called "Why Johnny Can't Come Home."
Mom Sent Photo of Son Missing Since 1982 - Forbes.com

What a horrible thing for this woman. I hope she finds out what really happenned to her son and gets some peace.
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Old 09-02-2006, 12:19 AM
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I wonder if it was really him who contacted her in 1997, he would have been 27 then. It's strange, why send photos now, after 24 years? It would be awful to live through, you wouldn't know what to think.



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Old 09-02-2006, 09:44 AM
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i heard about this last night on the news, how cruel to do that to a woman whose son has been missing for years. its even worse if the boy in the photo is not her son or if the photo is fake or staged.
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Old 09-04-2006, 04:26 AM
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What she must be going through
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Old 09-04-2006, 05:48 PM
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so is he still alive orr? this is so horrible
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Old 09-05-2006, 08:41 AM
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so is he still alive orr? this is so horrible
Seems like that. I wonder why he's not able to go home, must be 36 now...
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Old 09-05-2006, 06:54 PM
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i know you would think wherever he is he would be able to leave because how old he is
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Old 09-05-2006, 07:16 PM
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That's awful
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Old 09-05-2006, 08:15 PM
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At his age, he can return home if needed. But I guess this "group" still has him tied to them
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