Who is John Walsh and how old is he?… – The US Sun

THE HOST of the investigative TV series In Pursuit With John Walsh is a criminal investigator.

Walsh slammed the police investigation of the Gabby Petito case and said he is "settling up to catch" Brian Laundrie.

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John Walsh, born on December 26, 1945, is an American TV host and criminal investigator.

He is best known for his role on America's Most Wanted, a reality show he created after the murder of his son, Adam Walsh.

According to his website, he has helped authorities "capture more than 1,200 fugitives and brought home more than 50 missing children".

He was later the host of the investigative series,The Hunt With John Walsh, followed by the series,In Pursuit with John Walsh.

Walsh became involved in anti-crime activism after the murder of his six-year-old son Adam in 1981.

In July 1981, the young boy wasabductedfrom aSearsdepartment store in Hollywood, Florida.

Serial killer Ottis Toolewas officially named as Adam's killer in 2008.

In 2021, at the age of 75, Walsh continues to be a victim rightsadvocate and has organized a political campaign to help missing and exploited children.

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The TV host criticized the police investigation on the murdered YouTuber's case and vowed to join the hunt for missing Laundrie.

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He said: "I dont know how he got out of the house with the FBI and local cops watching him day and night."

Authorities spent days searching the 24,000-acre Florida reserve, something that Walsh brandeda "red herring," adding he doesn't believeLaundrie ever went to the reserve.

He told USA today: "They spent all that revenue, looking for him now, a day late and a dollar short.

"I understand the Fifth Amendment, I understand that Brian doesn't want to talk to the cops and his family doesn't want to talk to cops, as despicable as that is, but the cops could ask for proof of life."

He also suggested that officers should have been stationed outside the Laundrie home as well as an unmarked car to tail anyone leaving the home

Walsh said authorities wasted time and effort looking in all the wrong places.

In a special on Tonight ID, Walsh said, "(Laundrie) could walk across the (Mexico) border naked with his hair on fire and nobody would notice him."

The hunt for Laundrie continuesafter an autopsy confirmed the body ofGabby Petito, 22, was found inWyoming.

Laundrie remains at large four weeks after he vanished from his parents' home in Florida.

The 23-year-old hasnot yet been deemed a suspect in Gabby's death but has been named as a person of interest.

Walsh has been married to Rev Drew since 1971.

After the murder of their son Adam - who was born on November 14, 1974 - the pair had three more children: Meghan, 39, Callahan, 36, and Hayden, 27.

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