Apparently, the Adam Walsh case has been resolved.

One night when I was a kid, there was a TV movie on about the Adam Walsh case. My parents told me not to watch it, but I didn’t listen.

Six-year-old Adam Walsh’s mom takes him to a department store, leaves him alone for a few moments, and he disappears. She panics. She sets up a blanket and pillow in the family car in the mall parking lot in case he comes back. He never comes back. Later, the police find his body severed head.

I watched the movie that night, then got into bed and couldn’t fall asleep. I was terrified that people would come through my bedroom window and kidnap me. Then I had a nightmare.

I should have listened to my parents.