Adam Walsh, 6, was at the Sears with his mother when, after the two were separated, he was abducted. Two weeks later, authorities found his head in a drainage canal, though they never recovered his body.

An avid canibal, Dahmer was known for his dismemberment of victims as well as the subsequent digestion of their bodies. At the time of his arrested in July 1991 (almost exactly ten years to the day that Adam Walsh disappeared), Dahmer was murdering a person each week in Milwaukee. It wasn't until Tracy Edwards escaped from his apartment that he was finally caught. Deemed sane by a jury, Dahmer was convicted for 15 of the 17 confessed murders, sentenced to 937 years in prison. Another inmate beat Dahmer to death in November 1994.

In 1983, one of the most terrifying made-for-TV movies about the murder was released, scaring children everywhere (including one Pine staffer, who was six when the movie hit the small screen) into never wanting to go to a Sears or even be left alone in the living room during a commercial break when other family members took bathroom breaks. Another movie came out in 1986.

Walsh's father, businessman John Walsh, became a spokesperson for the plight of abducted children, having formed the Adam Walsh Child Resource Center, which eventually became the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, of which the Walsh's helped form in 1984. He then went on to host "America's Most Wanted," which he still does. He was largely responsible for the child advocacy bill President George W. Bush recently signed into law, which is called the "The Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act."