After Dahmer’s mugshot was released in 1991, it triggered a memory in the mind of Willis Morgan. Morgan had been in the Sears department store the day Walsh was kidnapped and recalled a creepy encounter with a man he described as a disheveled caucasian in his 20s. Feeling uncomfortable after the man seemed angry that his flirtations were rebuffed by Morgan, Morgan curiously and carefully followed the stranger around the store, losing track of him in the toy department (via WISN). This is where Walsh was last seen alive. A decade later, Morgan saw Dahmer’s photo and is convinced that he is the same man who he followed in the store.
Another man, Bill Bowen, came forward after Dahmer’s photo was released to the public. Bowen had seen a man fitting Dahmer’s description putting a struggling young boy into a blue van around the time of Walsh’s disappearance.
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Both Bowen and Morgan reported what they witnessed to police after news of Walsh’s disappearance was made public, though no record of these tips exists. Hollywood police admit they did not keep a log of the early tips that flooded into their department when the Walsh case was first opened.
