I'm following a trail on Ancestry.com, and it may be
completely unrelated, so I'm going to post limited information about it, but I'm seeing some things that of interest. Anyone with an active Ancestry subscription
should also be able to find this.
I searched for individuals with the last name Nichols who lived in Oklahoma in the 1940s. A result came up for a person born in 1932 (consistent with Chandler's age). It appears as though in both 1935 and 1940, the person lived in Fort Towson, OK. This is only ~100 miles from Sherman, TX, where the real Chandler died in the car accident in 1945.
I then queried Ancestry for individuals with this same name who lived in Rapid City in the 1970s. To my surprise, I got an exact match down to the birth year. It shows an address in Rapid City along with two mail drops in Eureka, Montana.
Here's where things get weird. The Rapid City address listed in Ancestry appears to be fictitious. Entering it on Google maps drops you onto a railroad crossing. The building on the northwest side of the crossing has an address two digits lower, and none of the other buildings around have similar addresses. Entering the address on
https://smartystreets.com/products/single-address generates a "Primary number invalid" error.
I'm not going to get any more specific at the moment because it may be completely unrelated. But this seems a little too coincidental to not at least take a further look at.
Opinions requested please.