5 mysterious missing children in Christmas night, secret for more than half a century

in 1945, after a fire, five Sodder children suddenly disappeared mysteriously. It is thought that they died in a fire but no bones were found.

For decades, visitors to Fayetteville, West Virginia (USA) have encountered strange images with them but are extremely familiar with the residents here. These are signs showing 5 children with hopeless pleas: Anyone, if there is any information, though small, about them, immediately notify their parents.

Hopeless

According to an official announcement from the government , five Sodder children, including Maurice, Martha, Louis, Jennie and Betty , aged 5 to 14, died in a fire that occurred with their home on Christmas Eve. in 1945.

5 children missing Sodder's house.

However, according to Mr. and Mrs. Sodder, the other children survived the old fire and the network of regional amateur hunters, Maurice, Martha, Louis, Jennie and Betty may have been kidnapped in a plan to take revenge on the Sodder family. Up to now, the disappearance of the 5 Sodder children is still a mystery without a satisfactory answer.

George and Jennie Sodder are all Italian immigrants to the United States. This couple is a good example of an American dream. George has stepped up from a railroad worker in Pennsylvania to become the owner of a small truck company in West Virginia. The couple George and Jennie Sodder have 10 children. They lived in a two-story house north of Fayetteville, where many Italian immigrants and descendants settled.

George is a hard worker, a man for family and he never hesitates to share his faith. He often talked about how he could not accept the fascist dictator Benito Mussolini. For many Italian Americans before World War II, Benito Mussolini represents Italy's power. Because of his beliefs, it is inevitable that George's argument with other Italian Americans is inevitable. Sodder's family asserted that during the war, George was a threat target.

About one o'clock in the morning, Jennie Sodder suddenly woke up from an explosion on the roof, accompanied by a lot of noise. Jennie did not pay much attention and went back to sleep, but 30 minutes later she had to wake up again because of the smell of smoke. Jennie quickly discovered a fire rising from the fuse box inside George's office.

George, Jennie, Marion, two-year-old Sylvia and Sodder's big kids escaped the successful home. John Sodder initially asserted that the boy had run upstairs to wake them up. However, after that, John changed his testimony again, saying that he just stood downstairs and called up.

In addition, a series of mysterious disasters suddenly happened that made rescue efforts unsuccessful. The large ladder, usually placed against a wall, naturally disappeared without leaving a trace. The water in the tanks was frozen and the phone line was broken in time.

The photo is said to be of Louis Sodder as an adult.

George Sodder tried to launch a truck to hit the bottom of the window to climb the roof to rescue the children. But the car engine could not start even though it was still operating early in the week. Desperate, George climbed the wall, smashing the attic window. Even so, George could not reach the bedroom upstairs.

Sodder's family could only stand and watch the house swallowed by fire and convinced that five children had died in the fire.

8 am the next morning, the fire truck is present. One reason for the delay is the leader of Fayetteville fire brigade, Mr. FJ Morris cannot drive his own fire truck.

The authorities did not find any bones. The Sodder family was told that perhaps five Maurice children, Martha, Louis, Jennie and Betty had been burnt to ashes, no bones remained. Later, George Sodder, unable to bear the sight of their beloved home, was only a pile of ashes, and buried the remains of the excavator.

Sodder's family believed that the children might not have died but they were kidnapped, perhaps by members of the Mafia gang, who had resented George about the anti-Mussolini attitude.

The Sodder decided to hire a private investigator. This person then quickly found a shocking clue. Fire chief Fayetteville FJ Morris found a heart under the ashes of the house but he secretly put it in a box and buried it.

Faced with the accusation, Morris admitted the whole story. Morris brought the Sodder family to the place where he buried the box. However, the director of the local funeral organizer said it was just a piece of raw beef liver.