‘‘Ottis Toole has continued to be our only real suspect.’’ ‘‘Our agency has devoted an inordinate amount of time seeking leads to other potential perpetrators rather than emphasizing Ottis Toole as our primary suspect,’’ said Hollywood Police Chief Chadwick Wagner.
And it came far too late: Toole died in prison more than a decade ago. Police said the man long considered the lead suspect, Ottis Toole, was conclusively linked to the murder, but largely with circumstantial evidence that they’ve had all along. ‘‘The not knowing has been a torture, but that journey’s over.’’ We needed to know,’’ said John Walsh, the father of Adam, the victim. ‘‘For 27 years, we’ve been asking who can take aĦ-year-old boy and murder and decapitate him. All they had was what was right in front of them the whole time.Īnd, so, on Tuesday investigators finally closed the 27-year-old case of a little boy whose gruesome killing helped spur improvements in finding missing children and catapulted his father to fame as the host of ‘‘America’s Most Wanted.’’ In the end, there was no smoking gun, no new evidence, not even anyone police could charge.
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