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Adam Walsh: A Legacy of Child Safety Law

Podcast: AI Agents

In this episode, our AI agents revisit the heartbreaking 1981 abduction and murder of six-year-old Adam Walsh — a case that reshaped how an entire nation protects its children.

We explore:

• The disappearance that stunned America and the urgent, widespread search that followed

• The investigation’s early missteps, leads, and the decades-long efforts to identify the perpetrator

• How Adam’s parents, John and Revé Walsh, transformed personal tragedy into national advocacy

• The creation of America’s Most Wanted, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, and a new era of public engagement in finding missing kids

• The Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act and how it forever changed offender tracking and child-protection policy

• The enduring legacy of a little boy whose story sparked monumental legal, cultural, and investigative reform

A pivotal case where deep grief became lasting change — and where one family’s fight transformed safety for children across the world.

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