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"What Was The Fate Of The Five Sodder Children?" is an article about what happened to George and Jennie Sodders children on Christmas Eve of 1945. They were celebrating Christmas at home with nine of their ten children, as it began to get dark George and Jennie decided to go to bed along with four of the nine children. George and Jennie told the rest of the five children that they could stay up and play with their presents as long as they went to bed soon. Jennie woke up at a little past midnight because the phone rang. When the woman asked to speak to someone Jennie didn’t know, Jennie told her she had the wrong number. The woman laughed and hung up. At this time Jennie noticed that the lights where still on and the door was unlocked. She thought with all the excitement of Christmas the children just forgot to lock the door and turn the lights off, so she went back to bed. Jennie woke up to a thump on the roof around 1.30 am and realised the house was on fire. Jennie, George and four of the nine children made it out, but a series of odd occurrences stopped them from being able to save the children that were left in the house. When the fire department showed up the house was already burnt to the ground and the children were confirmed dead. The fire department said the fire was caused by faulty wiring but the Sodders refused to believe this because they had just had an electrician come over and check it. Jennie and George believed that their children did not die in the fire and they were in fact kidnapped.
In my opinion i dont think that it is that far fetched that the children were kidnapped becasue aparently George had unfinished business with the malfia, which was quite common at this time. I think a piece of evidence to support this theory is the odd amount of time it took for the authorities to arrive.One of the oldest children that made it out said "I had run to a neighbour's house to call the fire department. At first the operator could not be reached to place the call and when finally they did reach the operator each of the town’s firemen had to be called, woken up, and dispatched to the scene. The fire station was less than three miles from the Sodder home, but the firemen didn’t get there until 8 AM. and it was far to late because the house burned to the ground in less than 45 minutes of the fire starting". I think that it is very strange that it took the fire department about seven hours to arrive at the scene. After all it was a really big emergency.
I also think that when Jennie woke up in the night to answer the phone and saw that the lights were on and the door was unlocked the children had already been taken. I think the women on the phone was involved and rang to see if any one was suspicious or had caught on yet. I also think its a little weird that after Jennie saw the door was unlocked and the lights were on, she didn't go and check on the children. I know if i had kids and that was me id go and check if they were in bed or okay. A piece of evidence backing up the fact that the children didn't die in the fire is in the morning police did a two hour investigation and their were no remains found. The Sodders didn't believe that it was possible for the bodies to be completely cremated without a trace so Jennie did some investigating of her own "Jennie did her own research using chicken bones in the stove and could never get them completely destroyed be the fire. Her and George’s belief was strengthened more when another local home was burned to the ground and seven skeletons were found in the debris".
There are also other things that further support my opinion and the Sodders theory. There were witnesses that claimed to have seen the missing children after the fire "A woman at a tourist stop 50 miles west of the Sodder home says she saw the kids the morning after the fire and served them breakfast. They left in a vehicle with Florida license plates". The Sodders also received a document in the mail years later with a supposed photo of one of there sons that died in the fire claiming to be the boy as an adult with some sort of code on the back. The Sodders took this as a sign that there little boy was alive and believed this was in fact a photo of him as an adult but they never could decode the message or find out who sent it
The case of the Sodder children is like many others one of the biggest mysteries in the world that is still yet to be solved. I don't think we will ever really find out whether the children passed away or were kidnapped. The youngest girl that was in the fire and made it out is still alive and she is still to this day trying to find out what happened to her siblings. I cant even imagine how horrible it would be not only to loose multiple people you love but to have so many unanswered questions.
"What Was The Fate Of The Five Sodder Children?" is an article about what happened to George and Jennie Sodders children on Christmas Eve of 1945. They were celebrating Christmas at home with nine of their ten children, as it began to get dark George and Jennie decided to go to bed along with four of the nine children. George and Jennie told the rest of the five children that they could stay up and play with their presents as long as they went to bed soon. Jennie woke up at a little past midnight because the phone rang. When the woman asked to speak to someone Jennie didn’t know, Jennie told her she had the wrong number. The woman laughed and hung up. At this time Jennie noticed that the lights where still on and the door was unlocked. She thought with all the excitement of Christmas the children just forgot to lock the door and turn the lights off, so she went back to bed. Jennie woke up to a thump on the roof around 1.30 am and realised the house was on fire. Jennie, George and four of the nine children made it out, but a series of odd occurrences stopped them from being able to save the children that were left in the house. When the fire department showed up the house was already burnt to the ground and the children were confirmed dead. The fire department said the fire was caused by faulty wiring but the Sodders refused to believe this because they had just had an electrician come over and check it. Jennie and George believed that their children did not die in the fire and they were in fact kidnapped.
In my opinion i dont think that it is that far fetched that the children were kidnapped becasue aparently George had unfinished business with the malfia, which was quite common at this time. I think a piece of evidence to support this theory is the odd amount of time it took for the authorities to arrive.One of the oldest children that made it out said "I had run to a neighbour's house to call the fire department. At first the operator could not be reached to place the call and when finally they did reach the operator each of the town’s firemen had to be called, woken up, and dispatched to the scene. The fire station was less than three miles from the Sodder home, but the firemen didn’t get there until 8 AM. and it was far to late because the house burned to the ground in less than 45 minutes of the fire starting". I think that it is very strange that it took the fire department about seven hours to arrive at the scene. After all it was a really big emergency.
I also think that when Jennie woke up in the night to answer the phone and saw that the lights were on and the door was unlocked the children had already been taken. I think the women on the phone was involved and rang to see if any one was suspicious or had caught on yet. I also think its a little weird that after Jennie saw the door was unlocked and the lights were on, she didn't go and check on the children. I know if i had kids and that was me id go and check if they were in bed or okay. A piece of evidence backing up the fact that the children didn't die in the fire is in the morning police did a two hour investigation and their were no remains found. The Sodders didn't believe that it was possible for the bodies to be completely cremated without a trace so Jennie did some investigating of her own "Jennie did her own research using chicken bones in the stove and could never get them completely destroyed be the fire. Her and George’s belief was strengthened more when another local home was burned to the ground and seven skeletons were found in the debris".
There are also other things that further support my opinion and the Sodders theory. There were witnesses that claimed to have seen the missing children after the fire "A woman at a tourist stop 50 miles west of the Sodder home says she saw the kids the morning after the fire and served them breakfast. They left in a vehicle with Florida license plates". The Sodders also received a document in the mail years later with a supposed photo of one of there sons that died in the fire claiming to be the boy as an adult with some sort of code on the back. The Sodders took this as a sign that there little boy was alive and believed this was in fact a photo of him as an adult but they never could decode the message or find out who sent it
The case of the Sodder children is like many others one of the biggest mysteries in the world that is still yet to be solved. I don't think we will ever really find out whether the children passed away or were kidnapped. The youngest girl that was in the fire and made it out is still alive and she is still to this day trying to find out what happened to her siblings. I cant even imagine how horrible it would be not only to loose multiple people you love but to have so many unanswered questions.
Well done Gemma! This peice of writing was professionally written! I really liked the part where you put your opinion in! Keep up the swell work pal
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