Adam Walsh case transformed missing kid searches.
Reuters - Adam Walsh is seen in an undated handout photo. The 6-uear-old son of television crime show host John...
HOLLYWOOD. Fla. - The abduction happened 27 years ago, at a time when parents routinely left their children playing in the toy store, unattended, and continued shopping.
But when Reve Walsh returned to pick up her 6-year-old son, he wasn't there. Over the mall loudspeaker, the plea came: "Adam Walsh, please come to customer service."
Two weeks later, fisherman discovered the boy's severed head in a canal 120 miles away from the Hollywood mall. His body was never found.