*BREAKING NEWS* Adam Walsh's Murderer Officially Named

Ottis Toole, John Walsh, Adam Walsh




In a closed briefing, Hollywood, FL, Police (Broward County), has officially named Ottis Toole, a deceased drifter and inmate, was the kidnapper and murderer of Adam Walsh.

The 6-year-old son of "America's Most Wanted" host John Walsh went missing from a Hollywood, Fla., mall more than 27 years ago. His head was discovered two weeks later, though his body was never found.

A law enforcement source familiar with the case confirmed to ABC News that police will name Ottis Toole, a drifter who died in prison in 1996, as Walsh's suspected killer. Hollywood police held a news conference earlier this afternoon.

The source said police had built a strong circumstantial case against Toole, long suspected of the murder, adding if , "Ottis Toole were alive today, he would be charged with Adam Walsh's murder."

After the conference, John Walsh stated "The criminal justice system is sometimes the criminal in the justice system. Sometimes it doesn't work, sometimes it does. Most of the time it does. Just do not give up hope. Do not give up hope."

Walsh also stated regarding Toole, "Wherever Toole is, he is being held accountable for his actions and he is getting what he deserves, somewhere."

"In 1981, A convicted, horrible drifter on the worst day of our life, took our precious son and for us, it ends here, today."

A lot of mistakes were made, evidence was lost, including a pertinent piece of bloody carpet from Toole's car. This was a time before DNA, forensic advancements, and specialized lab testing. After a reorganization of law enforcement and investigations, thirty years of evidence, confessions, and sightings, the case was revisited and all the evidence went back to Ottis Toole.

Two discs containing 3 decades of evidence are to be released shortly, under the public records disclosure