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ABS News Story
MSNBC Article
12/16/2008
HOLLYWOOD - FOX 5 has confirmed that one of the most famous unsolved murder mysteries in the country will be officially closed today.
The Sun Sentinel Newspaper reports the Adam Walsh murder case will be officially closed, and Ottis Toole will be named by police as his killer. Adam was 6 years old when he disappeared from a Sears store in Hollywood, Florida in July 1981. His severed head was found two weeks later, but his body was never recovered.
Toole confessed twice to killing Adam, but he later died in prison in 1996.
Authorities aren't saying anything concrete yet, but FOX 5 has learned that a press conference has been scheduled for 2:30 p.m. Tuesday. Adam's parents, Reve and John Walsh will be there.
John Walsh became an advocate for missing children after his son's disappearance, and he later became the host of FOX's America's Most Wanted.
In 2006, President Bush signed into law the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act, which called for tougher monitoring of sex offenders once they're released from prison.
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