#43 - On the morning of September 5th, 1982, twelve-year-old Johnny Gosch left his home in West Des Moines, Iowa, to deliver newspapers along his usual paper route.

It was early and still dark outside. And at first, nothing seemed unusual.

But witnesses later reported seeing Johnny speaking with a strange man near the route. Others noticed an unfamiliar car driving through the neighborhood that morning.

Then, sometime before sunrise, Johnny disappeared.

More than forty years later, nobody knows exactly what happened to him.
Today, we’re taking a closer look at the disappearance of Johnny Gosch — one of the most well-known missing child cases in American history.

If you have any information regarding this case, please contact the West Des Moines Police Department at 515-223-3211.

Even the smallest detail could help investigators finally uncover the truth.

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Sources for this episode include multiple articles from the Iowa Cold Case website, CNN, the Official Johnny Gosch website, A&E, and MissingKids.org. 

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