Crime at 1400 BLOCK OF 6TH STREET on 10/24/2025 1:11 AM

Type: Other

Date: 10/24/2025 1:11 AM

Description: Drug Violation

Address: 1400 BLOCK OF 6TH STREET, Ames, IA

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Case Number: 25-001231

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Area Missing Persons

missing-person-record__Gosch

Name

John Gosch

Missing Age

12

Est. Current Age

55

Last Seen

Des Moines, IA on 09/05/1982

Physical Description

Race: White Ethnicity: Caucasian Gender: Male Hair: Brown Eyes: Blue Height: 5'7" Weight: 140 lbs

Case Number

MP6131

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Area Cold Cases

cold-case-record__Gosch

Name

John Gosch

Age

12

Cause of Death

Missing

Info

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

Iowa

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