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sold to a pedophile ring?

Photo of bound young male purported to be Johnny Gosch that was allegedly sent to his mother by his kidnappers.

A freckly 12-year-old Iowa paper boy, Johnny Gosch went missing in September 1982. His parents became alerted to his disappearance after receiving an angry string of calls from customers demanding to know why they hadn’t received that day’s newspaper. Johnny’s little red wagon that he’d used to deliver papers was discovered only two blocks from his home.

Gosch’s mother claims she received a letter in the mail containing several photos of a bound-and-gagged young male that was reputed to be Johnny.

A 24-year-old convicted sex offender named Paul Bonnacio confessed to helping kidnap Johnny and selling him into a child-prostitution ring. He correctly identified several distinguishing birthmarks and scars on Johnny’s body. However, Johnny was never found and along with Etan Patz, he became one of the country’s first “milk-carton kids.”