The unsolved mystery about the Sodder Family still remains today. The story is about a family of eleven who had a fire start in their home mysteriously and “lost” five children. This incident took place in Fayetteville, West Virginia on Christmas Eve to Christmas morning in 1945. There is a lot evidence and many theories about this case. There have been investigations about where the Sodder children are and how the fire occurred in the first place, but none of them seem to be right so this story still remains a mystery that nobody can solve. This story is called, “The Children Who Went Up In Smoke”.
There are many theories as to who committed the crime and started the fire and stole the children. Two people a couple months people the incident had threatened the Sodder Family. One man had tried to sell …show more content…
People were on the lookout. Investigators and detectives had been searching for years. With mostly everybody on the lookout, there were sightings of the Sodder children quite frequently. For instance, once word got out people started sending the Sodder family letters claimed to have seen the children or even on child somewhere in the world. Another claim was made, but somewhat unbelievable that a lady had seen the children hiding behind a car whilst the fire was occuring. Although it is a wild accusation, it gets people asking, where the children running away from something? After the fire, the family had two investigators come out to their home to see if they could find anything whatsoever that could lead to the missing children. Finally, one lady said that she saw one of the Sodder children roaming around and once news got to the family they had a detective go and search the area where the lady claimed to have seen the child. As you can see, there were many public reportings about the missing children and this made the family even more curious and made them have a stronger craving to finding their
There are many theories as to who committed the crime and started the fire and stole the children. Two people a couple months people the incident had threatened the Sodder Family. One man had tried to sell …show more content…
People were on the lookout. Investigators and detectives had been searching for years. With mostly everybody on the lookout, there were sightings of the Sodder children quite frequently. For instance, once word got out people started sending the Sodder family letters claimed to have seen the children or even on child somewhere in the world. Another claim was made, but somewhat unbelievable that a lady had seen the children hiding behind a car whilst the fire was occuring. Although it is a wild accusation, it gets people asking, where the children running away from something? After the fire, the family had two investigators come out to their home to see if they could find anything whatsoever that could lead to the missing children. Finally, one lady said that she saw one of the Sodder children roaming around and once news got to the family they had a detective go and search the area where the lady claimed to have seen the child. As you can see, there were many public reportings about the missing children and this made the family even more curious and made them have a stronger craving to finding their