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John David Gosch (November 12, 1969 – disappeared September 5, 1982) was a paperboy in West Des Moines, Iowa, who disappeared between 6 and 7 a.m. On September 5, 1982. He is presumed to have been kidnapped. In 1982, John David Gosch was abducted while delivering newspapers . More than 30 years later, he is still missing. In the early hours of September 5, 1982, the quiet suburb of West Des Moines, Iowa, was shattered by the disappearance of 12-year-old paperboy Johnny Gosch . What started as a routine day for young Johnny, delivering newspapers with his trusty red wagon, soon turned into one of the most chilling cases of a missing child in American history. To this day, Johnny Gosch is still considered a missing person, and it is believed that he had been abducted while on his paper route. It has been decades since Johnny went missing, but his cold. In 1982, Johnny Gosch disappeared and the Gosch family found themselves living a parents ’ worst nightmare . And 40 years later, they’re still hoping for answers.