RGM "Chronograph" model

RGM "Chronograph" model, Ref. 101E, N° 134. Donated by John Walsh and RGM Notes John Walsh To become the host of the television program "America ' s Most Wanted" was not a career that Walsh envisioned. In the summer of 1981, Walsh was a rising hotel management consultant in Hollywood, Florida. He and his wife had a beautiful son Adam, who in their words was "the joy of their lives " . Living "the American Dream", they never thought that crime would hit them. Their joy was shattered when their son Adam was abducted and later found murdered. Turning their grief into positive energy to help missing and exploited children, their work led to the Missing Children's Act of 1982 and the missing Children's Assistance Act in 1994. The latter bill founded the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, which maintains a toll free number (1-800-THE-LOST) to report a missing child or the sighting of one. As a result. of Walsh's efforts, the FBI has created files on missing children and unidentified bodies in its National Crime Information Center. The FBI now enters into child abduction cases in the absence of a ransom note or evidence of interstate flight. The Walshes founded the "Adam Walsh ' s Children's Fund", a non-profit organization in their son ' s memory which is dedicated to legislative reform. Currently there are four centers in the United States: Florida, South Carolina, California, and New York. Recently, the centers merged with the National Cent