Sodder Family - The brother said he called

[SheerLuckHolmes]

This is an old thread and I'm not sure if it is still being monitored - this is my first post on WebSleuths so I don't really know how things work around here! But I've been fascinated with the Sodder family for a while and after reading thread after thread, I have one question.

I understand, completely, that it is more plausible for the children to have died in the fire. But the one thing that haunts me, that no one seems to be talking about on these threads, is the disappearance of the private investigator that went to Kentucky after the supposed photo of Louis Sodder was mailed to Jennie. They hired a P.I., he went to Kentucky, and he was never heard from again. Does this not strike anyone as a little suspicious?

Believe it or not, this STILL happens, but back then, it was not uncommon at all. So many con men and preying on people.

 

[Sneaker33]

Bumping.

 

[RandyMcDonald]

I don't for one second, believe this occurrence, was just an accident. I understand that the insurance salesman made a pretty hefty statement to George, when he was unable to sell them policies for their family and or home. He commented, " Your house will burn, your kids will burn in it!" That is quite suspect to me. Less than a month later, after he was seen by one of the surviving children watching them, their house burns..hmm! Neighbors noticed as well as George and his wife, that while the house was burning, in an area of the house, there was still electrical lighting. If it was faulty wiring, this seems impossible.

It is apparently possible for some wires to keep functioning while other wires spark a fire. An electrical system does not all go up at once.

Beyond that, the insurance salesman might actually have been legitimately warning George Sodder of the danger from his house's wiring. It might have been his attempt at a hard-sell; it might have been a legitimate warning by a concerned outsider. We know that a second separate person did make the same claim about the house's wiring. These might not have been threats at all.