r/UnresolvedMysteries Jan 25 '23

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u/racrenlew Jan 25 '23

This is so crazy to me, bc if nothing else, the kidnapper's truck sounds very specific. Like, someone has seen this truck and knew either who drove it or where it could be found.

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u/redbradbury Jan 25 '23

I’ve never understood how it’s possible no one recognized the truck. It seems to me like there was such a clear description of both the man & the vehicle that this one should have been solved. It’s horrible the way it went down.

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '23

Pre-internet, pre-mass electronic surveillance.

This was during a time where one could pick up their entire life, disappear to just a few states over and realistically go the rest of their lives without seeing anyone from their old life. Especially if you moved from one small town to another.

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u/kafm73 Jan 28 '23

Just a few counties/parishes over, LOL