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Unsolved Disappearances

People magazine recently published an article called "Faces of the Missing: 13 Unsolved Disappearances - and How Their Families Fight for Answers," and I wanted to share it here in case anyone who comes across this blog has seen any of these missing persons. Please check out the article, and if you happen to recognize any of the faces, contact The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children at 1-800-THE-LOST. Faces of the Missing

Movie Spotlight: Who Took Johnny

Who Took Johnny is a 2014 documentary about 12-year-old Johnny Gosch, who disappeared while delivering newspapers in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1982. The documentary focuses on Johnny's mother, Noreen Gosch, who is still trying to find out what happened to her son more than three decades after he went missing. Johnny was last seen around 6 a.m. on September 5, 1982; he had taken his dog with him when he left to deliver papers that morning, and though Johnny never made it home, the dog came back on her own a few hours later. Neighbor John Rossi saw Johnny talking to a driver who was asking for directions, and when Johnny asked John if he could help the man, the car took off. A fellow paperboy saw a tall man follow Johnny that morning, and a neighbor witnessed (from his bedroom window) a car stop at the corner of 42nd and Marcourt Lane, where Johnny was parking his wagon of newspapers. When the car drove away, the wagon was still there, but Johnny was gone. Noreen and her husband, John, w...