IA IA - Johnny Gosch, 12, West Des Moines, 5 Sept 1982 #4

[Mysteries1974]

Forgive me if this has been suggested but could this skull found in the Des Moines River in 2023 belong to Johnny or one of the other missing boys? No exact age could be determined and NamUs lists the skull as adult but ME/LE have gotten ages wrong on skeletal remains before.

We do know the skull is male but have no clue on when the person died or how the skull got into the river.

IA Thread 'IA - Des Moines River near Polk County park, skull, June 20 2023'

Jun 26, 2023

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Polk County, Iowa —
A family camping trip turned into a potential crime scene after two sisters found what appeared to be a human skull on a sand bar in the Des Moines River near Yellow Banks Park.

Deputies from the Polk County Sheriff's Office are investigating, trying to learn as much as they can about the skull. Though, that will take quite some time, according to Capt. Ryan Evans. Deputies were called around 7:30 p.m. Friday to the boat ramp at Yellow Banks Park. Sisters Willow Kam and Kyla Riley found the skull on a camping trip downstream and the...

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[Leprikawn]

I agree. In 2018, Heinrich said he never molested another child after killing Jacob due to guilt but I don’t know whether I believe him on that. Perhaps Jacob wasn’t his first murder victim. He’s definitely a good person to be looking at, plus he’s still in prison for years.

However, something about these cases makes me think this was done by someone who was local to the area or had extensive knowledge of Des Moines. Enough knowledge to be able to conceal all three boys remains for this long without anyone finding anything.

I wish I could find the thread, but years ago a PI was commenting on a thread, and said that the person who took all 3 boys and killed them was a local who is now living in Texas. He fled after Johnny went missing, and came home to see his parents on the occasions others went missing. He is a convicted Pedophile and the police never even looked at him. He fits the profile, and appearance of the killer. He actually named the guy in the thread.

 

[Mysteries1974]

I wish I could find the thread, but years ago a PI was commenting on a thread, and said that the person who took all 3 boys and killed them was a local who is now living in Texas. He fled after Johnny went missing, and came home to see his parents on the occasions others went missing. He is a convicted Pedophile and the police never even looked at him. He fits the profile, and appearance of the killer. He actually named the guy in the thread.

I actually remember seeing this when it happened, I think the police should look into him if they haven’t and honestly it’s quite ridiculous if they haven’t tried. So he fled after Johnny goes missing (suspicious) and then when he’s in town, Eugene Martin and Marc Allen disappear (suspicious). Sounds like a perfect suspect to me.

 

[Leprikawn]

I actually remember seeing this when it happened, I think the police should look into him if they haven’t and honestly it’s quite ridiculous if they haven’t tried. So he fled after Johnny goes missing (suspicious) and then when he’s in town, Eugene Martin and Marc Allen disappear (suspicious). Sounds like a perfect suspect to me.

Yeah and add in he has been convicted of sex crimes against boys and he becomes very interesting. It also tells you the bodies are more than likely close to town, and Johnny probably close to his parents house. Criminals usually stay close to home on their first killing.