Possible Dahmer/Adam Walsh Connection

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I have to admit, I don't recall ever hearing anything about this before.


Possible Connection Between Dahmer & Adam Walsh

(AP) MILWAUKEE The FBI agent assigned to investigate Jeffrey Dahmer's horrendous crimes believes a possible connection to the murder of Adam Walsh in 1981 should be re-examined.

WISN-TV reports there are new questions about Dahmer's criminal history in Florida before he returned to Milwaukee. The questions are raised in a new book by Miami author Arthur Jay Harris. He started looking at the Walsh case after a legal ruling opened the ten-thousand-page Walsh file to the public.

Six-year-old Adam vanished from a a shopping mall in the Miami suburb of Hollywood July 27th of 1981. His head was found in a drainage canal, two weeks later. His body was never found.

Dahmer was living in south Florida when the boy disappeared. And when the trail of Dahmer's notorious crimes unfolded in 1991, Hollywood police asked Milwaukee investigators to question Dahmer about the Walsh case.

Milwaukee Detective Dennis Murphy says Dahmer repeatedly denied killing Adam. Murphy says Dahmer had been forthcoming about his other crimes.

Retired FBI agent Neil Purtell says Dahmer was a talented liar, and given the evidence that Harris uncovered, it's time to re-open the Walsh case with a team of seasoned investigators. Adam's father, John Walsh, agrees. He told WISN that Dahmer became a suspect years ago when Dahmer's father, Lionel, called "America's Most Wanted" and told them he though Jeffrey might be responsible for Adam's slaying.