Frustrated Witness: The True Story of the ADAM WALSH Case and Police Misconduct

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Two unforgettable names; one tragic case: how are Jeffrey Dahmer and Adam Walsh related In Frustrated Witness, Willis Morgan details the mountain of evidence that points to America's most notorious serial killer as the real murderer of Adam Walsh, whose 1981 disappearance and subsequent murder inspired his father, John Walsh, to channel his rage into becoming the crime-fighting host of the popular TV show America's Most Wanted.In a Hollywood, Florida mall in 1981, the author encountered Dahmer near the time and place little Adam was abducted. This encounter sparked a theory that consumed well over three decades of the author's life. He has appeared as a witness both on television and in print. In 2010 he filed a lawsuit against the Hollywood Police Department, Florida State Attorney's Office, and one of the detectives involved in the Adam Walsh case. As much as it is a case for Dahmer as Adam's murderer, Frustrated Witness is a study of how the HPD conducted the homicide investigation, becoming the greatest ally and defender of the man who would go on to become infamous for the murders he committed. Packed with charts, diagrams, photos, and letters, this is the most extensive collection of records to date of the Adam Walsh case.

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Willis Morgan was born in Port Jefferson, Long Island, NY. He graduated from Bellport High School, then went on to Suffolk County Community College before joining the United States Air Force as a Security Police Officer.In 1972, he moved to Miami and started working for the Miami Herald. In 1977 he became a supervisor in charge of the training program for the pressroom.He became involved in the Adam Walsh case after he encountered Jeffrey Dahmer in the Radio Shack in the Hollywood Mall. The date was July 27, 1981. This was the same day that Adam Walsh was abducted.After his account was disregarded by the Hollywood Police Department, he spent the next three decades trying to find justice for Adam. And when the HPD closed the case in 2008 after pinning Adam's murder on serial confessor Ottis Toole, he began to seek out other witnesses to find out where the police went wrong. The result is Frustrated Witness--a compilation of data, clues, eyewitness accounts and evidence that points away from Ottis Toole, toward Jeffrey Dahmer, and has the power to finally bring justice to Adam Walsh.