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Adam is a 1983 American made-for-television film starring Daniel J. Travanti and JoBeth Williams. It aired on October 10, 1983, on NBC. On its original air date, it was seen by an audience of 38 million people. [1] It was rebroadcast on April 30, 1984, and rebroadcast again on April 29, 1985.
Adam John Walsh (November 14, 1974 [1] – c. July 27, 1981) was an American child who was abducted from a Sears department store at the Hollywood Mall in Hollywood, Florida, on July 27, 1981. His severed head was found two weeks later in a drainage canal alongside Highway 60/Yeehaw Junction in rural Indian River County, Florida .
John and Revé Walsh were portrayed by actors Daniel J. Travanti and JoBeth Williams in Adam, a 1983 NBC television film dramatizing the days following Adam's disappearance. The real Walshes appeared at the end of the broadcast to publicize photographs of other children who had vanished but were still missing.
Adam Walsh (1974–1981), abducted American child Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act , sex-offender legislation signed on the 25th anniversary of Adam Walsh's abduction Adam Walsh (American football) (1901–1985), American football player and coach
John Walsh, Adam's father, continues to believe that Toole was guilty. [14] On December 16, 2008, 27 years after the 1981 murder, Hollywood, Florida, police announced Toole as the murderer, and the Adam Walsh case was closed. [15] [16] The police did not reveal any new physical evidence and pointed out that they still had no DNA evidence. [15] [17]
Code Adam is a missing-child safety program in the United States and Canada, originally created by Walmart retail stores in 1994. [1] This type of alert is generally regarded as having been named in memory of Adam Walsh , the 6-year-old son of John Walsh (the host of Fox 's America's Most Wanted ).
The Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act [1] is a federal statute that was signed into law by U.S. President George W. Bush on July 27, 2006. The Walsh Act organizes sex offenders into three tiers according to the crime committed, and mandates that Tier 3 offenders (the most serious tier) update their whereabouts every three months with lifetime registration requirements.
Walsh was married from 1996 to 2003 to actress Melora Walters, with whom he had two children, Thomas Walsh (b. 1996) and Joanna Walsh (b. 1997). [8] After the couple divorced, Walsh married actress Joanna Going on October 10, 2004, and the two have a daughter, Stella Walsh, who was born in 2003. In 2010, Walsh announced he filed for divorce. [8 ...