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The Sodder Children: Five Lives Lost to a Fire That Made No Sense | The Innocence Files
In this episode of The Innocence Files, host Martina Sheerin examines the enduring mystery of the Sodder Children, five siblings who vanished in a suspicious house fire on Christmas morning, December 25, 1945. Fayetteville, West Virginia, was left reeling when George and Jennie Sodder escaped their burning home to find no trace of their children—no bodies, no bones, and no ashes. This case remains one of true crime’s most perplexing unsolved mysteries because forensic science dictates that human remains should survive even the most intense blazes. The absence of physical evidence led…
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