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This is a somber anniversary in South Florida.
It was 40 years ago Tuesday when 6-year old Adam Walsh disappeared while shopping with his mother at a Sears in Hollywood.
Adam's remains were found in an Indian River County canal 16 days later.
The boy's father, John Walsh, made it his mission to prevent similar attacks on other children.
He would later host TV's long-running show "America's Most Wanted" and the Walsh family started an organization, which is now known as the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
Serial killer Ottis Toole confessed to killing Adam but was never convicted.