"To my son, Johnny, who has suffered the pain of being kidnapped, abused and tortured. May he know that I tried with all my strength to find him, to solve the case and finally bring his story out before the public. May he know his family loves him and he is not forgotten."
- Dedication from Why Johnny Can't Come Home, by Noreen N. Gosch


"Who is Noreen Gosch? She is above all else mother of Johnny Gosch. The Noreen Gosch, I have known over the last ten years has let nothing stand in the way of finding out what happened to her son and why. She has the answers. Answers, which will shock and confound every parent who reads this book. The answers have come at great costs to her personally. She has thrust her story forward with all the power and determination of Super Mom. Knowing her for more than ten years...it would not surprise me to hear that she could leap tall buildings. She certainly has fought her way over, under, around or through every obstacle in her path."
- Introduction by John Zielinski, Why Johnny Can't Come Home, page xii

"Author John DeCamp knows the Franklin scandal from the inside. In 1990, his 'DeCamp memo' first publicly named the alleged high ranking abusers. Today, he is attorney for two of the abuse victims. Using documentation never before made public, DeCamp lays bare not only the crimes, but the cover-up--a textbook case of how dangerous the corruption of institutions of government, and the press, can be. In its sweep and in what it portends for the nation, the Franklin cover-up followed the ugly precedent of the Warren Commission."
- Back cover of The Franklin Cover-up


"Ted L. Gunderson retired from the FBI in 1979 after 28 years. He was head of the Los Angeles Bureau of the FBI at the time, covering not only L.A. but also a large section of California. Ted looked forward to forming a lucrative Private Investigative Practice and bouncing his grand children on his knees. Instead 21 years later, some regard him as a kook and crazy conspiracy theorist. Gunderson chose to put his time and energy into investigating the unthinkable that in America women and children were victims of Santanic and pedophile abuse. Pursuit of the truth has cost him a great deal!"
- Why Johnny Can't Come Home, page 181