John Walsh has long said he believed the drifter was responsible, saying investigators found at Toole’s home in Jacksonville a pair of green shorts and a sandal similar to what Adam was wearing ...

"If Ottis Toole was alive today, he would be arrested for the abduction and murder of Adam Walsh on July 27, 1981," Hollywood Police Chief Chad Wagner said at an afternoon news conference ...

** FILE **Ottis Toole, 36, shown in this undated photo, confessed to police that he killed 6-year old Adam Walsh in 1981 after kidnapping him from a shopping mall in Hollywood, Fla.

Ottis Elwood Toole, the man who police identified as the killer of 6-year-old Adam Walsh in 1981, admitted to committing his first murder at age 14.

Ottis Toole was identified by Hollywood police as Adam Walsh's killer. "Police are taking more than 200 calls an hour on the Walsh case. One detective describes the barrage of phone calls here as ...

Convicted serial killer Ottis Toole confessed to Adam's murder, but was never charged or convicted of the crime because evidence was lost and Toole later recanted his confession. No one was ever ...

MIAMI — From his grave, Ottis Elwood Toole, a career criminal with a penchant for storytelling, still bedevils police. His numerous murder confessions earned him a spotlight in dozens of ...

A serial killer who died more than a decade ago is the person who decapitated the 6-year-old son of "America's Most Wanted" host John Walsh in 1981, police in Florida said Tuesday.

In July 1981, the abduction of Adam Walsh became one of South Florida’s most high-profile mysteries. ... “I believe Ottis Toole killed Adam, “ Walsh told The Herald in an interview Thursday.

The Twisted Life of Serial Killer Ottis Elwood Toole Adam disappeared from a Hollywood mall on July 27, 1981. Two weeks later, fishermen discovered his severed head in a canal 120 miles away.

Adam Walsh went missing on July 27, 1981. Less than two weeks later, ... Ottis Elwood Toole would eventually confess to Adam's murder, ...

A former Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office detective who hoped to profit from a book deal in the Adam Walsh case fed a suspect secret information about the boy’s murder, then went to Hollywood ...