What Happened to John David Gosch? A Deep Dive into the Evidence

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5 hours ago · Before the sun rose on September 5th, 1982, 12-year-old Johnny Gosch stepped out into the stillness of West Des Moines, Iowa—and vanished. Science journalist Maggie Koerth-Baker took a deep - dive into the psychology of conspiracy,noting conspiracy’s counterintuitive immunity to the light-speed proliferation of information. 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 David Gosch – known as Johnny – disappeared in 1982 aged just 12 while working as a paper boy, having vanished while completing his paper round. While most accept he was kidnapped, accounts of Johnny reappearing and strange events in the case mean that there are many unanswered questions. What was arguably the weirdest happened in 1990. Noreen Gosch had what must have been the shock of her life when, according to the Los Angeles Times, the body of John E. Gosch was recovered from where he had been dumped in a ditch in Mexico. Noreen’s son, incidentally, was John D. 39-years-later, there still has not been a proper investigation into his disappearance and he has never been located. Was Johnny simply a runaway or was he abducted and forced into the world of child trafficking. John David Gosch, a 12-year-old boy, disappeared on September 5 , 1982 , while on his paper route in West Des Moines, Iowa. His mysterious disappearance has captivated the nation and sparked numerous theories and speculation about what may have happened to him. When a 12-year-old paperboy named Johnny Gosch disappeared on the job in West Des Moines, Iowa at the crack of dawn on Sept. 5, 1982 – 40 years ago – America was just beginning to awaken to the problem of missing and sexually exploited children in this country. On Sunday , September 5 , 1982 , Johnny got up early but didn’t wake his father up like he usually did. Instead, around 5:45 am he quietly slipped out of the house, taking only his dachshund,.