the incident it was revealed that the cows had not been brought in and the chicken coop had not been closed if the children were asleep inside that means they failed to complete their chores now a child forgetting his chores is not anything unreasonable but some believe that the five children went outside to complete their chores and were kidnapped before the house was set on fire it explains why the five children that stayed up late were the same five children that went missing that could also be because those five children were harder to wake up because they had stayed up late nobody knows some people believe that the five missing children perished in the fire maybe jon was telling the truth about shaking his brothers and sisters but maybe they were already dead from smoke inhalation only the two older children who were in the attic made it out alive the younger children would have succumbed to smoke inhalation faster and if the fire started on the roof they would have been exposed to it first the biggest questions revolved around whether or not there were human remains in the burned out remains of the house firefighters questioned after the incident including one of jenny sotter's brothers said that they did find remains but didn't tell the sodders they claimed that they did find human organs in with the ash which current fire experts say is very likely more recent interviews with firefighters say that the two-hour search for remains was far too short to actually find anything and the fact that the volunteers were not properly trained to know what to look for means they most likely missed the remains nowadays the search would take days with highly trained investigators firefighters who discussed this case these days show very little doubt that there were remains in the debris and they were just missed my opinion i think that someone set their house on fire out of retaliation for something the insurance salesman is at the top of my list for that i think the thief stole the block and tackle which is why the telephone line was cut and the ladder was moved the insurance salesman may have disabled the trucks or it may have just been too cold it was the end of december after all i think the five children were knocked out from smoke inhalation in the attic and died in the fire the inside of the house would have collapsed and the exterior walls would have come in on top of them completely burying their bodies and smoldering debris i think the quick search by untrained volunteer firefighters is why no remains were recovered george quickly covered the area with dirt so even though they went back and tried to search again he had covered the area where the basement was with five feet of fill dirt there was no way they would have found anything after that that's my opinion leave your theories in the comments on april NUMBER_TOKENst NUMBER_TOKEN the last of the surviving solder children sylvia sotter paxton passed away she was NUMBER_TOKEN years old if you're having feelings of harming yourself or someone else or even just need someone to talk to please contact your local mental health facility call NUMBER_TOKEN-NUMBER_TOKEN-NUMBER_TOKEN or call mental health america who operate the national suicide prevention lifeline at talk NUMBER_TOKEN-NUMBER_TOKEN-NUMBER_TOKEN-talk NUMBER_TOKEN-NUMBER_TOKEN-NUMBER_TOKEN-NUMBER_TOKEN they're available NUMBER_TOKEN hours a day NUMBER_TOKEN days a week be safe thanks so much for watching this video you can help us out by hitting the like button or leaving us a comment you can also subscribe to the show to ensure you don't miss an episode also
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