The wife of "America's Most Wanted" host John Walsh has filed for divorce in Florida and is seeking custody of the couple's two children.

In a petition filed at the Indian River County Courthouse, Reve Walsh said her 31-year marriage was irretrievably broken.

The Walshes' son, Adam, then 6, was abducted July 27, 1981, from a Broward County Sears. His head was found 14 days later and 120 miles away in a canal on the west side of Vero Beach.

Adam's death led his parents to co-found the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in Alexandria, Va., in 1984.

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"America's Most Wanted" has been credited with helping capture 681 fugitives over a 15-year period, according to a report of the Florida 2001 Missing Children Day ceremony in Tallahassee.

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