In the past 19 years, he has been a tireless crusader for children's and victims' rights. Life is very worthwhile for Walsh these days. "That's part of what makes it all worthwhile." "Louis Freeh told me that when they are looking for a dangerous fugitive, they always ask us to profile him," Walsh says, sitting in his personal Winnebago parked outside the Fox studio. And, perhaps even more important than catching escaped convicts, the program has helped rescue 26 children abducted by strangers.
Twelve of them have been on the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Most Wanted list.
In more than 12 years of prime-time Saturday nights, "America's Most Wanted" has helped apprehend more than 600 fugitives in the United States and elsewhere. With the aid of hundreds of thousands of calls, many of them anonymous tips, "America's Most Wanted" has caught a veritable army of criminals. "We need you to help capture these criminals and put them back behind bars, where they belong." "We're counting on you," he says, grimly. Walsh stares into the camera and appeals to the audience of millions who watch him every week. As host of "America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back," Walsh, along with his program, has become a leading crusader in humanity's never-ending battle against evil.Īs the cameras run and the tapes roll, two banks of operators answer telephones and multiple video screens fill with images of wanted posters and subdued men and women in orange prison suits being escorted to and from their cells. His demeanor almost shouts, "Wrongdoers, beware!" And with good reason.
Walsh, 54, looks charismatic and debonair, but also a bit foreboding. His once-dark hair is more than slightly salted with white, and his craggy good looks are a little withered from time. He is wearing a shiny, dark-gray-silk double-breasted suit and a stark black turtleneck. It is a cold Friday afternoon, and John Walsh is talking gravely into the camera at the Fox television studios in northwest Washington, D.C.
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