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On November 8 of 1953, Fay Rawley vanished from his home near Summum Illinois. Mr. Rawley was a well-to-do farmer as well as local politician and, although he was rather elderly and somewhat handicapped, he was rumored to be quite the ladies man. He was last seen earlier that evening as he left his girlfriend's house in Macomb. There were signs of a struggle at Rawley's residence. In addition to him, his new Cadillac had also vanished from the face of the Earth. At the time, a disused strip mine was being filled in across the road from Rawley's place and the theory was that he had been murdered, put inside the Cadillac and buried some 300 feet down. A local sheriff spent much time and money drilling and digging into the old mine but neither Rawley nor the car was ever found. Both Life and Look Magazine as well as The Saturday Evening Post reportedly covered the case. Nine years later and two years after Fay Rawley had been declared legally dead, his son died in a mysterious traffic accident. When the vehicle was inspected, it was determined that its brakes had been tampered with. No arrests have been made in either case.