The abduction of a child is a tragedy. No one can fully understand or appreciate what a parent goes through at such a time, unless they have faced a similar tragedy. Every parent responds differently. Each parent copes with this nightmare in the best way he or she knows how.

" She also said "Meghan will make me miss Adam more. Bush on July 27 2006 following a two-year journey through the United States Congress and was intensely lobbied for by Walsh and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. The prime suspect in Adam's abduction and murder Toole who died in prison in 1996 while serving a life sentence for other crimes was officially identified as the killer on December 16 2008 by the Hollywood Police Department and the case was considered closed.

Walsh is known for his anti-crime activism which he became involved with following the murder of his son Adam in 1981; in 2008 the late serial killer Ottis Toole was named as the killer of Walsh's son. John Edward Walsh (born December 26 1945) is an American television personality criminal investigator human and victim rights advocate and the host as well as creator of America's Most Wanted.