Theft at 3500 BLOCK OF 8TH ST SW on 04/04/2025 11:28 PM
Type: Theft
Date: 04/04/2025 11:28 PM
Description: Shoplifting. Event #: 1488151. Agency: IA0770800 - Altoona Police Department. Disclaimer: This address provided is approximate based on calls for service data
Address: 3500 BLOCK OF 8TH ST SW, Altoona, IA
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John GoschAge
12Cause of Death
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It’s a story that shocked communities and catapulted iowa into the national spotlight, changed state law and forever changed the way parents monitored their children’s activities. Twelve-year-old des moines register paperboy johnny gosch left his west des moines home on sunday morning, september 5, 1982, to begin his paper route. He wore a white sweatshirt with ‘kim’s academy’ on the back, warm-up pants, blue rubber flip-flops, and carried a yellow paper-bag. Normally, his father, john gosch, accompanied him on the route, but on this day johnny went alone.Agency
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