During a shopping trip to the Hollywood Mall in Florida on July 27, 1981, 6-year-old Adam Walsh’s mother, Revé Walsh, briefly left him at a kiosk with other boys playing Atari games, while she did some quick shopping.
When she returned, Adam and the other children had disappeared. Investigators later found the boy murdered, prompting his father, John Walsh, and Revé to go on to become some of the nation’s biggest advocates for catching criminals.
In this episode of Zone 7, Crime Scene Investigator, Sheryl McCollum, talks with John Walsh’s son, Callahan Walsh, about his work at the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC).
They discuss several high-profile missing and exploited children cases, including Adam Walsh, Amber Hagerman, and the Delphi murders. Callahan also talks about prevention tips for parents, the NCMEC’s services, and how to stay safe online.
About the ‘Zone 7’ Host
Sheryl “Mac” McCollum is an Emmy Award-winning CSI, a writer for CrimeOnline, a forensic and crime scene expert for “Crime Stories with Nancy Grace,” and a CSI for a metro-area Atlanta Police Department. She is the co-author of the textbook, “Cold Case: Pathways to Justice.”
McCollum is also the founder and director of the Cold Case Investigative Research Institute, a collaboration between universities and colleges that brings researchers, practitioners, students, and the criminal justice community. They come together to advance techniques in solving cold cases and assist families and law enforcement with solvability factors for unsolved homicides, missing persons, and kidnapping cases.
You can connect and learn more about McCollum’s work by visiting the CCIRI website https://coldcasecrimes.org
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[Feature Photo: Adam Walsh/National Center for Missing & Exploited Children]
