Johnny Gosch / Michaela Garecht Suspects

[JenniferS.]

Aren't these the same person?

http://www.johnnygosch.com/images/image001.jpg


http://www.forthelost.org/images/GarechtSuspect.jpg

They look like the same suspect to me. How about you guys?

you would think the cops would have seen this.

[amandab1234]

Originally Posted by JenniferS.

Aren't these the same person?

http://www.johnnygosch.com/images/image001.jpg


http://www.forthelost.org/images/GarechtSuspect.jpg

They look like the same suspect to me. How about you guys?

you would think the cops would have seen this.

It looks like the same guy to me as well.. Kinda spooky!

[WishfulDreamer]

According to this thread in websleuths, Johnny's mother used the same picture as the suspect in the Michaela Garecht case on her website as a possible suspect/lead that eventually went nowhere.

http://www.websleuths.com/forums/sho...have-in-common

[justins5256]

I think that theory has been around for awhile now. The first I heard abut it was in the mid-90s. There was an AMW special about abducted children. They mentioned Michaela, and possibly Amber Schwartz, and other little girls who had disappeared in California throughout the 80s. If I remember correctly, they also spoke of Johnny Gosch and even Tara Calico, and suggested that all of these children were victims of a ring of kidnappers who abducted children fro human trafficking and prostitution purposes.

Allegedly the man in the composite (Garrecht's abductor) was part of this ring and his first name was believed to be "Tony."

Not sure if LE ever verified any of this. I haven't heard anything about it in years, and it seems like there are new directions now, such as Bidner and Herzog et al.

[Cori aka ChrisSCrush]

At one time, Michaela's mother felt the same man who took Jaycee Lee Dugard may have taken Michaela as well. http://www.dearmichaela.com/p/the-kidnapper.html

[Necco]

Mrs Gosch has been a constant crusader for her son's return. She has also done extensive research about other missing children. Her willingness to explore so many possibilities in an effort to find Johnny is admirable. Unfortunately, I think this has left her vulnerable to grief predators.

[JenniferS.]

I was watching Missing Johnny. They showed that suspect drawing on the special. I thought it looked early similar to Michaela's suspect. So I asked.

[Cori aka ChrisSCrush]

Originally Posted by Necco

Mrs Gosch has been a constant crusader for her son's return. She has also done extensive research about other missing children. Her willingness to explore so many possibilities in an effort to find Johnny is admirable. Unfortunately, I think this has left her vulnerable to grief predators.

Her mind is unhinged. She claimed Johnny visited her at one point, years later as an adult. This was in her new place after divorcing his father--not in his father's home, in which he was raised. He never visited his father. So either she was desperate enough to believe some impostor, she completely cracked and hallucinated this visit, or invented it as a desperate ploy, pretending to know something to flush out a suspect.

[Necco]

Originally Posted by Cori aka ChrisSCrush

Her mind is unhinged. She claimed Johnny visited her at one point, years later as an adult. This was in her new place after divorcing his father--not in his father's home, in which he was raised. He never visited his father. So either she was desperate enough to believe some impostor, she completely cracked and hallucinated this visit, or invented it as a desperate ploy, pretending to know something to flush out a suspect.

Yeah, I was kind of trying to say that delicately. Since at some point, she'll probably read this.

I think her understandable distress over the loss of her son has left her vulnerable to people with less than good intentions, much like Amy Billig's mother was subjected to wild goose chases and false leads. Unfortunately, I think Mrs. G is less capable of separating the wheat from the chaff than Mrs Billig was.

[Cori aka ChrisSCrush]

Originally Posted by Necco

Yeah, I was kind of trying to say that delicately. Since at some point, she'll probably read this.

Has she definitely been here, or is that just an educated guess?

[Necco]

Originally Posted by Cori aka ChrisSCrush

Has she definitely been here, or is that just an educated guess?

educated guess

[Cori aka ChrisSCrush]

Originally Posted by Necco

educated guess

Leave no stone unturned.