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This picture was posted in the Random Picture Thread. After reading up on it, I thought it made for an interesting discussion
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Long story short:
in 1912, a family goes to Opelousas (from Poplarville, Ms) camping at Swayze Lake, 4 year old son goes missing.
8 months later, someone reports that they saw a child resembling the missing child. They arrest the guy (and later convicted) for kidnapping. He says it's the son of one of his workers who left him to his custody. The mother even testified (although at first she could not pick her son out of a line-up). 100 years later the granddaughter decides to do her own investigation and finds out her grandfather was not Bobby Dunbar, but really Bruce Anderson (Via DNA test).
There are a lot of weird coincidences and messed up situations surrounding this whole thing.
My biggest issue is, how could a mother not know that was't her child? I could understand if he was an infant or a toddler, but a 5 year old????
Thoughts? Figured it would be a little more interesting since it has Louisiana ties.
Bobby Dunbar mystery solved? DNA test puts 100-year-old mystery to rest | History 101
Parents make mistakes. However, some parenting blunders make people cringe more than others. Falling into that category: Not being able to identify your own offspring. In 1912 a scandal spread across America. The Dunbar family lost their four-year-old son, Bobby Dunbar, while camping near a lake...
Disappearance of Bobby Dunbar - Wikipedia
in 1912, a family goes to Opelousas (from Poplarville, Ms) camping at Swayze Lake, 4 year old son goes missing.
8 months later, someone reports that they saw a child resembling the missing child. They arrest the guy (and later convicted) for kidnapping. He says it's the son of one of his workers who left him to his custody. The mother even testified (although at first she could not pick her son out of a line-up). 100 years later the granddaughter decides to do her own investigation and finds out her grandfather was not Bobby Dunbar, but really Bruce Anderson (Via DNA test).
There are a lot of weird coincidences and messed up situations surrounding this whole thing.
My biggest issue is, how could a mother not know that was't her child? I could understand if he was an infant or a toddler, but a 5 year old????
Thoughts? Figured it would be a little more interesting since it has Louisiana ties.
