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The investigation of Adam Walsh's abduction was alleged to be incompetent; they lost the bloodstained carpet from the suspect's Cadillac, the machete used to decapitate Adam, and eventually the car itself. The suspect was never charged, though he provided accurate descriptions of how he did it.

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Rapper Bizzy Bone, who was abducted by his step-father as a child, was reunited with his mother after a neighbor recognized a photo of him shown at the end of the 1983 broadcast of the TV movie ‘Adam’ which was based on the abduction and murder of America’s Most Wanted host John Walsh’s son.

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1. The host of the show "America's Most Wanted", John Walsh, became a human and victims rights activist after his 6 year old son, Adam, was kidnapped and decapitated in 1981.

2. In America and Canada, a child safety procedure was created called Code Adam, named after Adam Walsh, son of AMW host John Walsh, was kidnapped from a shopping centre and murdered.

3. John Walsh was not only the host but also the creator of the US Television program 'America's Most Wanted' but did so because his own son, Adam, was murdered in 1981. His death went unsolved until Otis Toole was named as his murderer in 2008.

4. Code Adam is a "missing child" safety program in the United States and Canada, originally created by Wal-Mart retail stores in 1994.[1] It is named in memory of Adam Walsh, the 6-year-old son of John Walsh (the host of Fox's America's Most Wanted).

5. One of the suspects in the abduction/murder of Adam Walsh (son of America's Most Wanted host John Walsh) was the infamous serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, who was never charged and just happened to be in Hollywood, Florida for work at the time of the kidnapping.

6. Bizzy Bone from Bone Thugs 'N Harmony was kidnapped by his stepfather and abused for two years. He was rescued when his neighbors saw his picture at the end of the TV movie "Adam," about the murder of Adam Walsh.

7. Ottis Toole who murdered Adam Walsh (son of John Walsh of America's Most Wanted) had critical evidence lost by the Hollywood FL police. This included the blood stained carpet from his car, and the car itself.

8. A "code Adam" (which is to let store employees know there is a missing child) is named after John Walsh's son Adam Walsh who was abducted and decapitated in 1981.