Kidnapping

1 / 20 2 / 20 3 / 20 4 / 20 5 / 20 6 / 20 7 / 20 8 / 20 9 / 20 10 / 20 11 / 20 12 / 20 13 / 20 14 / 20 15 / 20 16 / 20 17 / 20 18 / 20 19 / 20 20 / 20 ❮ ❯ Johnny Gosch , a 12-year-old paperboy, vanished in 1982, sparking one of America’s most chilling missing child cases. His whereabouts remain unknown. John’s mother, Noreen Gosch , hired private investigators to look into her son’s disappearance. She believes he was kidnapped and sold into a pedophile prostitution ring. She claimed she was visited by her son when she testified during a 1999 pedophile crime organization trial in Nebraska. Noreen Gosch , of West Des Moines, Iowa, whose 12-year-old son, John David , vanished from his paper route on the morning of Sept. 5, 1982, recalls the sheer “physical pain” of the vigil. His case is still unsolved and is now classified as a non-family abduction. Law enforcement continued to deny any connection between Johnny, Eugene and Marc’s disappearances. Bonacci and Mrs. Gosch met in person at the correctional facility where Bonacci provided details about Johnny that only a person who had seen him or his family would know including describing a birthmark on Johnny’s chest and various scars on his body from childhood accidents. In March 1983, a 12-year-old boy matching Johnny’s description approached a woman leaving a store in Oklahoma. The boy said to her, “I’m John David Gosch . Please help me.” Two men came to the boy and led him away. John has never been seen or heard from again. They immediately phoned authorities to report Gosch missing. Authorities initially treated the case as that of a runaway but his parents were adamant that he was abducted or that foul play was involved. On September 5 , 1982 , 12-year-old Johnny Gosch vanished while running his newspaper route in West Des Moines, Iowa. Over 40 years later, the case remains unsolved. On July 1 , 1984 , a bill she authored — the Johnny Gosch Bill — was passed into Iowa law. ...

1 / 20 2 / 20 3 / 20 4 / 20 5 / 20 6 / 20 7 / 20 8 / 20 9 / 20 10 / 20 11 / 20 12 / 20 13 / 20 14 / 20 15 / 20 16 / 20 17 / 20 18 / 20 19 / 20 20 / 20 ❮ ❯ On February 1 , 2012 , Israel Keyes kidnapped and killed 18-year-old Samantha Koenig before sewing her eyelids open for a “ransom” photo two weeks later. The haunting 2012 disappearance of Samantha Koenig , an 18-year-old Anchorage barista last seen leaving her place of work with an unknown man on a dark winter night, set off a hunt that would lead. Using Samantha ’s phone, which he’d grabbed from the kiosk, Keyes sent text messages to people who’d been calling her: one to her boyfriend, one to her boss. Israel Keyes took his own life in 2012 after his arrest in connection with the kidnapping, rape and murder of Anchorage barista Samantha Koenig . Investigators found that his criminal history appeared to go much deeper, and he confessed to killing others. As the investigation into the activities of serial killer Israel Keyes unfolded, one victim’s disappearance stood ⁢out⁣ among the others. ‌ Samantha Koenig , a‌ young barista from Anchorage, Alaska, vanished without a trace in⁣ 2012, ‍sparking⁢ a nationwide‌ search for her whereabouts. The FBI’s investigation took a significant turn when Israel Keyes confessed to the murders of Samantha Koenig and the Currier couple. Keyes revealed chilling details about his modus operandi, including how he had prepared a shed in advance for holding Koenig captive. Samantha ’s disappearance kicked off a frantic manhunt for her kidnapper who used her debit card to withdraw money across the southwest. When a keen-eyed Texas State Trooper pulled over a suspicious white Ford Focus, it was then that law enforcement got their first look at Israel Keyes. Federal authorities say Israel Keyes raped and strangled Samantha Koenig in a shed outside his West Anchorage home after abducting the 18-year-old from a coffee stand Feb. The new book details how, according to prosecutors, Keyes abducted Koenig from an Anchorage coffee stand in February 2012 , killed her and hid her body in a lake north of the city. And he found Samantha Koenig ’s ID, ATM card, and cell phone. Keyes was arrested on the spot. When questioned, he denied any knowledge of Samantha Koenig. ...