Willis Morgan was born in Port Jefferson, Long Island, NY. He graduated from Bellport High School, then went on to Suffolk County Community College before joining the United States Air Force as a security police officer.
In 1972, Willis moved to Miami and started working for the Miami Herald. In 1977, he became a supervisor in charge of the training program for the pressroom.
In 1981, Willis became involved in the Adam Walsh case after he had an encounter with one of America's most notorious serial killers, Jeffrey Dahmer, in Radio Shack, located in the Hollywood Mall in Hollywood, Florida. The day was July 27, 1981. This was the same day that Adam Walsh was abducted.
After being brushed off by the Hollywood Police Department when he tried to tell them what happened, Willis spent well over four decades trying to find justice for Adam.
After the Hollywood Police Department closed the case on December 16, 2008, pinning Adam's murder on a sycophantic serial confessor, Ottis Toole, Willis started tracking down other witnesses to find out where the police went wrong. It was also about that time that Willis started writing his book, Frustrated Witness! Willis wants the world to know it was not Ottis Toole who murdered Adam.