What the records say
- When
- 24 Dec 1945
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 38.09° N, 81.11° W
- Description
- Sodder children disappearance: Five of nine children go missing after their home in Fayetteville, West Virginia, is burned down.
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Sodder children disappearance.
Summary
Sodder children disappearance: Five of nine children go missing after their home in Fayetteville, West Virginia, is burned down
Sodder children disappearance
1945 US missing-persons case
Early Christmas morning, December 25, 1945, a fire destroyed the Sodder residence in Fayetteville, West Virginia, United States. At the time, it was occupied by George Sodder, his wife Jennie, and nine of their ten children. During the fire, George, Jennie, and four of the nine children escaped. The bodies of the other five children have never been found.
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