Was John Walsh's son killed by Jeffrey Dahmer?

John Walsh, who embarked on a TV crime-fighting crusade after his son Adam was abducted and killed more than 25 years ago at a Hollywood Sears store, says he is not swayed by a new published report suggesting that serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer may have been responsible for the crime.

The statement was issued by a spokesman for Walsh's television show, America's Most Wanted.

''Despite news stories prompted by the publication of a recent article in a Florida newspaper, America's Most Wanted is aware of no credible information connecting Jeffrey Dahmer to the murder of Adam Walsh, the son of AMW's host John Walsh,'' said the statement issued on behalf of John Walsh.

Avery Mann, spokesman for the show, said, ''Mr. Walsh feels that any potential new information should be thoroughly investigated,'' but added: ``We are not aware of any new information.''

Adam was 6 at the time he disappeared on July 27, 1981, from the toy department at Sears in Hollywood. His severed head was found in a Vero Beach canal, 100 miles from where he was last seen.

The crime has never been solved and the case remains open.

A recent story written by true crime writer Arthur Jay Harris and published in the Daily Business Review says two witnesses saw someone resembling Dahmer at the Hollywood Mall the day Adam disappeared from the Sears store there.

The story has led to a series of TV news show appearances by Harris, who has a book manuscript he hopes will be published.

The Dahmer allegation has been reported previously -- and has been looked at by both Hollywood police and Broward prosecutors.