The Story of Bonnie Loman

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The milk carton campaign focused on kids who were kidnapped by strangers. But there were smaller, more localized campaigns going on that weren't bound by this rule. One of these featured the face of a missing girl named Bonnie Loman. Even though she wasn't kidnapped by a stranger, Bonnie's dad had managed to get her on a milk carton.

On a Sunday morning in 1982, in Des Moines, Iowa, Johnny Gosch left his house to begin his usual paper route. A short time later, his parents were awakened by a phone call – it was a neighbor — their paper hadn't come. His would be the first face of a missing child ever printed on a milk carton. This story comes to us from reporter Annie Brown and our friends at 99% Invisible. We're on the road reporting new stories this week, and will be back on June 2nd with a brand new Criminal episode.

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