How Did Jennie Sodder Grow Up In 1945?

In West Virginia, 1945 was the last year of World War II. After the war ended in September, America had started building up it's country again and 1945 was a crucial year that was considered the beginning of the economic growth. Due to the post-war conditions, farmers were struggling, however there was a boom in houses and cars.

On Christmas Eve, 1945, when Jennie Sodder was awoken by a phone call from a woman who asked to speak to someone Jennie didn't know. She told her that she had the wrong number, got up and started walking back to her room, before noticing that all of the lights in the house were on, despite the home being silent. She also saw that the curtains were open and the front door was unlocked. To Jennie, this seemed normal
She went back to bed after locking the doors and turning off the lights. When Jennie was awoken a second time, it was because she heard a large noise, sounding like something had fallen onto the roof. She looked at the clock, seeing that it was around 1:30am and then smelt smoke. After waking up her husband George, she shouted out into the hallway, telling her children to leave the house, carrying her baby outside. Along with the baby, three of her other children had made it out of the house, until George and Jennie noticed that the five children who had stayed up late that night, hadn't made it out of the house. When George went back to get the children from the room, the fire was too strong and he could not get into the house. He then went to grab his ladder to see if he could climb into their bedroom
This source is also not reliable as it was just a quote that could've been made up by anyone and could not be proved true. This is also biased as the quote was sent once the reward for the missing children was bumped up. Change slide

Lastly, this secondary source shown is a newspaper that was released twenty three years after the fire. Although it's very hard to read, it claims that 'humans placed in cremation chambers for two hours at 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit will completely disappear, excluding the bones' which supports the theory that the children were taken, as the fire didn't even last one hour and there were no bones evident during the investigations by the firemen. This source is reliable as it was reported by a crematorium, and was not related to the case in any way, making it unbiased.

In conclusion, this case has too many pieces of untrustworthy evidence to put together any real theory. There is no way of knowing what happened, as the mystery occurred over 70 years ago, and will remain a cold case.

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