Five of the ten Sodder Children disappeared after a Christmas Eve 1945 fire at their home. Decades later, their fate is still a mystery. Were they killed in the fire, kidnapped or murdered? The Sodder family believed the five missing children survived the fire but despite the decades-long hunt for answers, no definitive answers were ever found.
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