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Daily Mail
a day ago
- Daily Mail
Five children missing as boat sinks in Miami...with chest compressions being performed on survivor
A sinking boat left five children reportedly missing after the vessel plunged into the water off Hibiscus Island in Miami Beach, Florida. The frightening incident took place Monday morning as rescuers pulled two adults from Biscayne Bay after the sailboat sank. Paramedics were seen performing chest compressions on at least one victim while several divers were spotted in the water. At least one victim was transported to Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital in serious condition, Local 10 reported. It is unclear how many people were onboard and how old the children are. A search and rescue operation is currently underway.
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Yahoo
Who Killed Adam Walsh? Inside the Decapitation Case That Inspired a Father to Host 'America's Most Wanted'
John Walsh's son was just 6 years old when he was brutally murdered, inspiring his dad to host the famous crime show 'America's Most Wanted' Before John Walsh was the host of America's Most Wanted, he was a devastated father desperately searching for answers in the disappearance — and subsequent murder — of his 6-year-old son. Forty-four years ago, on July 27, 1981, Adam Walsh vanished from a department store with his mother nearby. "[Losing him] broke my heart; it almost killed me," John told PEOPLE in 1996. "Believe me, you never get over it." Two weeks later, Adam's head was found in a drainage ditch. The case, which wasn't closed until 27 years later, haunted John and his wife, Revé, who harnessed their grief into action. "The pain is a huge wound that scabs over, and certain things set it off: birthdays, memories, pictures. You're not supposed to bury your children," John previously told PEOPLE. "They're your legacy. But I would never have accomplished the things I have, such as the Missing Children's Act, which brings the FBI immediately into cases involving missing children, if it wasn't for Adam and my love for him." John and Revé also helped create the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) in 1984, as well as the Code Adam program and spearheaded the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act, which was signed into law in 2006. In 1988, John became the host and the face of America's Most Wanted, which ran for 23 years on Fox and had a brief revival on Lifetime in 2012. The series was brought back once more in 2021 with Elizabeth Vargas hosting, and in December 2023, John and his son, Callahan Walsh, took over as co-hosts. The dad is also the host of In Pursuit with John Walsh. Here is everything to know about the killing of Adam Walsh and how it inspired his dad, John Walsh, to advocate for missing children and host America's Most Wanted. What happened to John Walsh's son Adam? On July 27, 1981, Adam, then 6 years old, went shopping with his mother, Revé, at a Sears department store in a mall near their Hollywood, Fla., home. Revé left Adam in the toy section with a group of boys playing a video game and went looking for a lamp, per the police report. When she returned, Adam had disappeared. A store security guard allegedly ordered the group of boys to exit the store and mistakenly thought Adam was with them, so the Walshes believe he may have been outside when he was abducted, per Missing Kids. After an in-store search and police investigation proved fruitless, a mutual friend helped John reach then-Good Morning America host David Hartman. The anchor then showed Adam's photo on air. Two weeks after Adam disappeared, John and Revé flew to New York to appear on the morning talk show, when they received horrifying news: Adam's severed head was discovered in a canal in Vero Beach, Fla., about 120 miles north of the mall where the boy first went missing, per Florida Today. "I started screaming and trashed the hotel room. I didn't believe that someone could kill this beautiful little boy," John recalled to PEOPLE. "The most horrible thing was telling Revé. It was unbearable." Who killed Adam Walsh? Serial killer Ottis Toole — partner of one of history's most prolific serial killers, Henry Lee Lucas — confessed to murdering Adam before later recanting his testimony. According to the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Toole said he abducted Walsh and subsequently started hitting him when he wouldn't stop talking. Despite being insistent that he had killed Adam, Toole later recanted. Toole had reportedly previously confessed to and then recanted his words about several crimes, including Adam's murder, but both police and Adam's parents consistently believed him to be Adam's killer. In a taped interview with Texas Rangers, Toole said Adam was the youngest victim he ever had, per ABC News. Toole died in prison in 1996 while serving life sentences for other crimes. In 2008, police closed the investigation and announced that they fully believed Toole was Adam's killer, though he was never charged in the case. "Who could take a 6-year-old and murder and decapitate him? Who?" John said at the time. "We needed to know. We needed to know. And today we know. The not knowing has been a torture, but that journey's over." Still, some theories have emerged since: In March 2010, a report suggested that witnesses actually saw serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer with Adam on the day the boy went missing. While all of Dahmer's confirmed slayings took place in or near Milwaukee, at the time of Adam's abduction, Dahmer was living in Miami Beach, about 20 miles from the Hollywood, Fla., mall where Adam was last seen alive. The Miami Herald reported that Dahmer denied involvement in Adam's killing. Did police ever find Adam Walsh's body? The rest of Adam's remains have still never been recovered, according to The New York Times. John told Nightline that in 1988, Toole wrote him and Revé a letter asking for $5,000 in exchange for telling them where the rest of Adam's remains were located. The dad also claimed that the Hollywood, Fla., police department didn't take the missing persons case seriously enough when Adam was abducted, and mishandled the murder investigation, calling it "one nightmare after another." Given Toole's confession, police planned to test his car and blood-stained vehicle carpet, but they could never locate the items in their storage, per NBC News. When the case was officially closed in 2008, Hollywood Police Chief Chadwick Wagner apologized to John and Revé and acknowledged the pitfalls of the department's investigation. What is Code Adam? Inspired by the terrifying loss of Adam, John and Revé helped create Code Adam, a program to help businesses, parks and other busy or public areas and their staff help locate children who get lost or go missing on or from their grounds. As of 2001, Code Adam was used in at least 20,000 establishments, including Walmart, Lowe's, ShopRite and more. John told The New York Times of the initiative at the time, "There are contingencies for protecting shoppers from fire and tornadoes, and now with 'Code Adam' all retailers can fight an even more frightening problem -- missing children." Read the original article on People
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Yahoo
Who Killed Adam Walsh? Inside the Decapitation Case That Inspired a Father to Host 'America's Most Wanted'
John Walsh's son was just 6 years old when he was brutally murdered, inspiring his dad to host the famous crime show 'America's Most Wanted' Before John Walsh was the host of America's Most Wanted, he was a devastated father desperately searching for answers in the disappearance — and subsequent murder — of his 6-year-old son. Forty-four years ago, on July 27, 1981, Adam Walsh vanished from a department store with his mother nearby. "[Losing him] broke my heart; it almost killed me," John told PEOPLE in 1996. "Believe me, you never get over it." Two weeks later, Adam's head was found in a drainage ditch. The case, which wasn't closed until 27 years later, haunted John and his wife, Revé, who harnessed their grief into action. "The pain is a huge wound that scabs over, and certain things set it off: birthdays, memories, pictures. You're not supposed to bury your children," John previously told PEOPLE. "They're your legacy. But I would never have accomplished the things I have, such as the Missing Children's Act, which brings the FBI immediately into cases involving missing children, if it wasn't for Adam and my love for him." John and Revé also helped create the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) in 1984, as well as the Code Adam program and spearheaded the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act, which was signed into law in 2006. In 1988, John became the host and the face of America's Most Wanted, which ran for 23 years on Fox and had a brief revival on Lifetime in 2012. The series was brought back once more in 2021 with Elizabeth Vargas hosting, and in December 2023, John and his son, Callahan Walsh, took over as co-hosts. The dad is also the host of In Pursuit with John Walsh. Here is everything to know about the killing of Adam Walsh and how it inspired his dad, John Walsh, to advocate for missing children and host America's Most Wanted. What happened to John Walsh's son Adam? On July 27, 1981, Adam, then 6 years old, went shopping with his mother, Revé, at a Sears department store in a mall near their Hollywood, Fla., home. Revé left Adam in the toy section with a group of boys playing a video game and went looking for a lamp, per the police report. When she returned, Adam had disappeared. A store security guard allegedly ordered the group of boys to exit the store and mistakenly thought Adam was with them, so the Walshes believe he may have been outside when he was abducted, per Missing Kids. After an in-store search and police investigation proved fruitless, a mutual friend helped John reach then-Good Morning America host David Hartman. The anchor then showed Adam's photo on air. Two weeks after Adam disappeared, John and Revé flew to New York to appear on the morning talk show, when they received horrifying news: Adam's severed head was discovered in a canal in Vero Beach, Fla., about 120 miles north of the mall where the boy first went missing, per Florida Today. "I started screaming and trashed the hotel room. I didn't believe that someone could kill this beautiful little boy," John recalled to PEOPLE. "The most horrible thing was telling Revé. It was unbearable." Who killed Adam Walsh? Serial killer Ottis Toole — partner of one of history's most prolific serial killers, Henry Lee Lucas — confessed to murdering Adam before later recanting his testimony. According to the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Toole said he abducted Walsh and subsequently started hitting him when he wouldn't stop talking. Despite being insistent that he had killed Adam, Toole later recanted. Toole had reportedly previously confessed to and then recanted his words about several crimes, including Adam's murder, but both police and Adam's parents consistently believed him to be Adam's killer. In a taped interview with Texas Rangers, Toole said Adam was the youngest victim he ever had, per ABC News. Toole died in prison in 1996 while serving life sentences for other crimes. In 2008, police closed the investigation and announced that they fully believed Toole was Adam's killer, though he was never charged in the case. "Who could take a 6-year-old and murder and decapitate him? Who?" John said at the time. "We needed to know. We needed to know. And today we know. The not knowing has been a torture, but that journey's over." Still, some theories have emerged since: In March 2010, a report suggested that witnesses actually saw serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer with Adam on the day the boy went missing. While all of Dahmer's confirmed slayings took place in or near Milwaukee, at the time of Adam's abduction, Dahmer was living in Miami Beach, about 20 miles from the Hollywood, Fla., mall where Adam was last seen alive. The Miami Herald reported that Dahmer denied involvement in Adam's killing. Did police ever find Adam Walsh's body? The rest of Adam's remains have still never been recovered, according to The New York Times. John told Nightline that in 1988, Toole wrote him and Revé a letter asking for $5,000 in exchange for telling them where the rest of Adam's remains were located. The dad also claimed that the Hollywood, Fla., police department didn't take the missing persons case seriously enough when Adam was abducted, and mishandled the murder investigation, calling it "one nightmare after another." Given Toole's confession, police planned to test his car and blood-stained vehicle carpet, but they could never locate the items in their storage, per NBC News. When the case was officially closed in 2008, Hollywood Police Chief Chadwick Wagner apologized to John and Revé and acknowledged the pitfalls of the department's investigation. What is Code Adam? Inspired by the terrifying loss of Adam, John and Revé helped create Code Adam, a program to help businesses, parks and other busy or public areas and their staff help locate children who get lost or go missing on or from their grounds. As of 2001, Code Adam was used in at least 20,000 establishments, including Walmart, Lowe's, ShopRite and more. John told The New York Times of the initiative at the time, "There are contingencies for protecting shoppers from fire and tornadoes, and now with 'Code Adam' all retailers can fight an even more frightening problem -- missing children." Read the original article on People
Fox News
3 days ago
- Politics
- Fox News
Biden-era missing migrant children hotline went largely unanswered
Guard Against Trafficking founder Ali Hopper joins 'Fox & Friends Weekend' to discuss thousands of missing migrant children and a government hotline about their status that went largely unanswered under the Biden administration.
Yahoo
7 days ago
- Yahoo
Man jailed over Bunnings prank, Trump pulls US from 'woke' UNESCO, BMW driver accused of wild move
Hello and welcome to Yahoo's live news blog this Wednesday. A father has been jailed after a prank in a Bunnings store last year. Donald Trump has withdrawn the US from UNESCO. White House deputy press secretary Anna Kelly said the US president believed the organisation was "woke" and "totally out-of-step with commonplace policies". Police in Queensland are urgently searching for a seven-week-old baby and two young children missing since last Friday. Follow along as we bring you regular updates throughout the day. Urgent search for baby, two kids Police are urgently searching for two schoolchildren and a seven-week-old baby who went missing from the Gold Coast last week. The 10-year-old girl, six-year-old boy and the baby were last seen near Mirambeena Drive in Pimpama at about 8.50am on Friday, July 18. Police say they were last seen with a woman, 41-year-old Monique, who they believe is known to the children and believed to be with them. They have since released image of Monique to the public in hopes of locating her. She has been described as caucasian with dark brown hair and brown eyes. An image of the seven-week-old baby has also been released by authorities, in addition to those of the two older children that had already been made public. Police believe Monique was driving a white Nissan X-Trail with the Queensland registration 992XPS, and may have travelled interstate to the Tenterfield area in NSW. Anyone who may have sighted them or the vehicle is urged to contact police. - NewsWire Cops stunned by BMW spotted on Melbourne street A driver in Melbourne's southeast has stunned police this week after he was allegedly spotted driving without a hood or driver's seat. Instead, his BMW had a garden chair and cushion in place as it was spotted driving in Cranbourne North on Monday. "The driver, a 64-year-old Narre Warren South man, claimed he was heading to get some parts and knew the car was not roadworthy," police said in a statement on Wednesday. He was issued with a defect notice and is expected to be charged on summons with traffic offences. Trump removes US from 'woke' UNESCO Donald Trump has removed the US from UNESCO for a second time. 'President Trump has decided to withdraw the United States from UNESCO — which supports woke, divisive cultural and social causes that are totally out-of-step with the commonsense policies that Americans voted for in November,' White House deputy press secretary Anna Kelly said in a statement. While widely known for its control of heritage sites globally, UNESCO addresses issues like climate change. Trump initially pulled the US from UNESCO in 2019 during his first term citing concerns of anti-Israel bias. Read more from Politico here. Dad jailed over Bunnings prank A father-of-three has been jailed over a Bunnings stunt he claimed was a prank gone wrong. Paul Andrew Hart said he had planned on releasing fart spray in the Northam Bunnings store on ANZAC Day in 2024, but accidentally sprayed a chilli spray that left customers hospitalised and struggling to breathe, Nine News reported. The stunt forced the Bunnings store to close, while victims were made to strip out of their clothes and be washed down in outdoor showers. The 52-year-old was jailed for 16 months. Do you have a story tip? Email: newsroomau@ You can also follow us on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter and YouTube. Urgent search for baby, two kids Police are urgently searching for two schoolchildren and a seven-week-old baby who went missing from the Gold Coast last week. The 10-year-old girl, six-year-old boy and the baby were last seen near Mirambeena Drive in Pimpama at about 8.50am on Friday, July 18. Police say they were last seen with a woman, 41-year-old Monique, who they believe is known to the children and believed to be with them. They have since released image of Monique to the public in hopes of locating her. She has been described as caucasian with dark brown hair and brown eyes. An image of the seven-week-old baby has also been released by authorities, in addition to those of the two older children that had already been made public. Police believe Monique was driving a white Nissan X-Trail with the Queensland registration 992XPS, and may have travelled interstate to the Tenterfield area in NSW. Anyone who may have sighted them or the vehicle is urged to contact police. - NewsWire Police are urgently searching for two schoolchildren and a seven-week-old baby who went missing from the Gold Coast last week. The 10-year-old girl, six-year-old boy and the baby were last seen near Mirambeena Drive in Pimpama at about 8.50am on Friday, July 18. Police say they were last seen with a woman, 41-year-old Monique, who they believe is known to the children and believed to be with them. They have since released image of Monique to the public in hopes of locating her. She has been described as caucasian with dark brown hair and brown eyes. An image of the seven-week-old baby has also been released by authorities, in addition to those of the two older children that had already been made public. Police believe Monique was driving a white Nissan X-Trail with the Queensland registration 992XPS, and may have travelled interstate to the Tenterfield area in NSW. Anyone who may have sighted them or the vehicle is urged to contact police. - NewsWire Cops stunned by BMW spotted on Melbourne street A driver in Melbourne's southeast has stunned police this week after he was allegedly spotted driving without a hood or driver's seat. Instead, his BMW had a garden chair and cushion in place as it was spotted driving in Cranbourne North on Monday. "The driver, a 64-year-old Narre Warren South man, claimed he was heading to get some parts and knew the car was not roadworthy," police said in a statement on Wednesday. He was issued with a defect notice and is expected to be charged on summons with traffic offences. A driver in Melbourne's southeast has stunned police this week after he was allegedly spotted driving without a hood or driver's seat. Instead, his BMW had a garden chair and cushion in place as it was spotted driving in Cranbourne North on Monday. "The driver, a 64-year-old Narre Warren South man, claimed he was heading to get some parts and knew the car was not roadworthy," police said in a statement on Wednesday. He was issued with a defect notice and is expected to be charged on summons with traffic offences. Trump removes US from 'woke' UNESCO Donald Trump has removed the US from UNESCO for a second time. 'President Trump has decided to withdraw the United States from UNESCO — which supports woke, divisive cultural and social causes that are totally out-of-step with the commonsense policies that Americans voted for in November,' White House deputy press secretary Anna Kelly said in a statement. While widely known for its control of heritage sites globally, UNESCO addresses issues like climate change. Trump initially pulled the US from UNESCO in 2019 during his first term citing concerns of anti-Israel bias. Read more from Politico here. Donald Trump has removed the US from UNESCO for a second time. 'President Trump has decided to withdraw the United States from UNESCO — which supports woke, divisive cultural and social causes that are totally out-of-step with the commonsense policies that Americans voted for in November,' White House deputy press secretary Anna Kelly said in a statement. While widely known for its control of heritage sites globally, UNESCO addresses issues like climate change. Trump initially pulled the US from UNESCO in 2019 during his first term citing concerns of anti-Israel bias. Read more from Politico here. Dad jailed over Bunnings prank A father-of-three has been jailed over a Bunnings stunt he claimed was a prank gone wrong. Paul Andrew Hart said he had planned on releasing fart spray in the Northam Bunnings store on ANZAC Day in 2024, but accidentally sprayed a chilli spray that left customers hospitalised and struggling to breathe, Nine News reported. The stunt forced the Bunnings store to close, while victims were made to strip out of their clothes and be washed down in outdoor showers. The 52-year-old was jailed for 16 months. A father-of-three has been jailed over a Bunnings stunt he claimed was a prank gone wrong. Paul Andrew Hart said he had planned on releasing fart spray in the Northam Bunnings store on ANZAC Day in 2024, but accidentally sprayed a chilli spray that left customers hospitalised and struggling to breathe, Nine News reported. The stunt forced the Bunnings store to close, while victims were made to strip out of their clothes and be washed down in outdoor showers. The 52-year-old was jailed for 16 months.
