The Mysterious 1945 Disappearance of the Sodder Children

The Mysterious 1945 Disappearance of the Sodder Children

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Smithsonian goes on to tell a tale that surely seems to point to some shady mafia business (but, hey! Who knows?): "There was a stranger who appeared at the home a few months earlier, back in the fall, asking about hauling work. He meandered to the back of the house, pointed to two separate fuse boxes, and said, 'This is going to cause a fire someday.' Strange, George thought, especially since he had just had the wiring checked by the local power company, which pronounced it in fine condition. Around the same time, another man tried to sell the family life insurance and became irate when George declined. 'Your goddamn house is going up in smoke,' he warned, 'and your children are going to be destroyed. You are going to be paid for the dirty remarks you have been making about Mussolini.' George was indeed outspoken about his dislike for the Italian dictator, occasionally engaging in heated arguments with other members of Fayetteville's Italian community, and at the time didn't take the man's threats seriously. The older Sodder sons also recalled something peculiar: Just before Christmas, they noticed a man parked along U.S. Highway 21, intently watching the younger kids as they came home from school."

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January 6, 2019 at 09:13AM