Hey everybody welcome back to cold case murder mysteries I'm your host Ryan Kraus returning for the second part in a two-part series examining the inexplicable

disappearance of 12-year-old West Des Moines Iowa resident Johnny Gosh on the morning of September 5,

1982.

In part one, we looked at the logistics of the alleged kidnapping,

which is intriguing, yet not quite helpful in solving the case.

The events compiled in the police report not quite helpful in solving the case.

The events compiled in the police report

surely bear some kind of resemblance to what happened,

but it's apparent the story has been slapped together,

modified, embellished, and so on, to the point we simply don't know the truth.

Even so, none of the details offered by eyewitnesses have further decays, or even produced any significant leads.

It stands to reason you won't find what you're looking for when what you're looking for has no

relation to the case. For instance, the focus remains on the Hispanic man driving to Ford

Fairmont and also the man he signaled who came out from between two houses and

followed Johnny. Those elements have been a dead end from the start.

So are they legit? It's difficult to say. Sometimes they're not, even when multiple witnesses claim to see the same thing.

Here's a great example.

Back in 2002, the Beltway sniper absolutely terrorized Washington, D.C. and the surrounding area.

People were getting picked off by a high-powered rifle when stopping at the gas station,

walking through the Home Depot parking lot, or even sitting on a bench in public.

One witness after another claimed to see a white van fleeing the scenes of these crimes

right after the shooting.

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