January 19th, 1993. Geraldo Rivera’s namesake talk show brings us this episode on minors vanished without a trace and we hear the details of their stories.
“..it is so awful. I’ve walked in the shoes of these parents, for two weeks. I think the not knowing is the worst…”
John Walsh is introduced on stage before he details what gave him the ability to move on in the case of his own son, whom was abducted and later found murdered. We hear the stories of Jacob Wetterling, Jaycee Lee Dugard, Jenny Luna and Michael Dunahee. The studio guests talk about the details of that day, the day when their offspring left their lives, and what keeps hope alive. Mothers intuition tells several their children are still alive.
In the United States, over 400,000 children are reported missing each year.
This day, Geraldo’s Television History.