Adam Walsh case back in the spotlight.

Now this really threw me.

Apparently, an investigative journalist is suggesting that Jeffrey Dahmer could have killed 6-year-old Adam Walsh, son of America's Most Wanted's host, John Walsh, back in 1981.

I remember this case so well. I was still very young in 1981 and the Adam Walsh case shook our family -- really, every family with young children -- to the core. We watched the news each night in hopes of a happy ending where Adam was reunited, unharmed, with his parents. But life is not like the movies.

This is a really interesting theory but I have to wonder if it is even worth speculating about at this point. Dahmer is dead. Most of the witnesses are having to look back after reading so much about Dahmer, which will undoubtedly color their statements. Leads and initial reports in the police report have been lost over time. And, I hate to say it, because I can understand why the Walsh family would seek closure, but there are other cases, cases where fugitives could be brought to justice or children could be returned to their families, that could use the manpower.

But still, it does make you wonder.