LA LA - Robert 'Bobby' Dunbar, 4, Opelousas, 23 Aug 1912

[Noirdame79]

The grave of "Robert Dunbar".

Robert "Bobby" Dunbar (left) and Bruce Anderson

Marilyn Dunbar Cutright investigated the cold case to confirm her grandfather's true identity.

 

[ColyH]

From what I understand Marilyn Dunbar Cutright was treated poorly by some members of her own family for trying to get to the truth. Good for her for taking a stand and clearing an innocent man from a horrible conviction.

 

[Noirdame79]

From what I understand Marilyn Dunbar Cutright was treated poorly by some members of her own family for trying to get to the truth. Good for her for taking a stand and clearing an innocent man from a horrible conviction.

Yes, I read that too. Very sad. I understand that it can be hard to accept, but family isn't just blood. Kudos to her for finding the truth.

 

[OddOneOut]

Robert Clarence Dunbar – The Charley Project

The picture on the Charley Project is actually a picture of Bruce Anderson?

Has the family of Bobby Dunbar submitted DNA samples?

If he didn't drown in the river and really was abducted, he could have descendants appearing on genealogy websites.

 

[Richard]

Bumping this thread up. DNA testing and comparison shows that the boy taken from William Cantwell Walters was NOT Robert "Bobby" Dunbar.

Mr. Walters was tried and convicted of kidnapping Bobby, and the boy he claimed was his nephew was taken from him and given to the Dunbar family - who accepted him as their son Bobby. Mr. Walters' conviction was later overturned, but he went through the rest of his life branded a kidnapper.

The actual Robert "Bobby" Dunbar is still missing 114 years later.