Elena

That's a lot of money. And that's like the community doing that. That's not just the family. And in response to the community support, Percy and Lessie published a letter of thanks in the local papers. They said, we are well aware that all has been done which human effort can accomplish. And it is a comfort to know that our country is with one of the kindest, hardest peoples on earth.

That's a lot of money. And that's like the community doing that. That's not just the family. And in response to the community support, Percy and Lessie published a letter of thanks in the local papers. They said, we are well aware that all has been done which human effort can accomplish. And it is a comfort to know that our country is with one of the kindest, hardest peoples on earth.

Which like, wow. It's different. Hearing that, you're just like, fuck. Yeah. Yeah.

Which like, wow. It's different. Hearing that, you're just like, fuck. Yeah. Yeah.

Now, within a few weeks of Bobby's disappearance, a new theory had started circulating and it was alleging that the boy hadn't simply just wandered off, but was kidnapped from the campsite.

Now, within a few weeks of Bobby's disappearance, a new theory had started circulating and it was alleging that the boy hadn't simply just wandered off, but was kidnapped from the campsite.

According to some press accounts, quote, the local police hold to the belief that the child was brought to New Orleans during the early part of the week by the woman who was seen to alight from the train station at Port Allen with a child answering the little fellow's description. That was in the Times Democrat in 1912. Okay.

According to some press accounts, quote, the local police hold to the belief that the child was brought to New Orleans during the early part of the week by the woman who was seen to alight from the train station at Port Allen with a child answering the little fellow's description. That was in the Times Democrat in 1912. Okay.

According to this account, a passenger on a train from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, had spotted a boy he believed to be Bobby Dunbar traveling in the company of a young black woman. The woman was reportedly very well-dressed, but the police in New Orleans still just with no basis associated this woman with a group of men living on the outskirts of a nearby logging camp.

According to this account, a passenger on a train from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, had spotted a boy he believed to be Bobby Dunbar traveling in the company of a young black woman. The woman was reportedly very well-dressed, but the police in New Orleans still just with no basis associated this woman with a group of men living on the outskirts of a nearby logging camp.

And they quickly developed a theory that the group had kidnapped Bobby Dunbar to hold him for ransom.

And they quickly developed a theory that the group had kidnapped Bobby Dunbar to hold him for ransom.

Very confused about that. Hello? It's like, wow, okay. It's like, I hope they stretched before they made that leap.

Very confused about that. Hello? It's like, wow, okay. It's like, I hope they stretched before they made that leap.

Now, soon after the reports of Bobby being seen in the company of this young woman, investigators began receiving other reports of sightings, which is, this happens a lot. Yep. and they were as far away as California. The St. Landry clarion alleged, it is now believed by many that little Robert Dunbar, who disappeared from the fishing camp at Swayze Lake, has been kidnapped.

Now, soon after the reports of Bobby being seen in the company of this young woman, investigators began receiving other reports of sightings, which is, this happens a lot. Yep. and they were as far away as California. The St. Landry clarion alleged, it is now believed by many that little Robert Dunbar, who disappeared from the fishing camp at Swayze Lake, has been kidnapped.

There was no basis for this. They just said, you know what, we decided. They said, you know what, he's kidnapped now. Just a week after Bobby was supposedly spotted in the company of that young woman, another report came in of his being seen with an Italian woman who was clearly not his mother. The kidnapping narrative just kept on going into the fall.

There was no basis for this. They just said, you know what, we decided. They said, you know what, he's kidnapped now. Just a week after Bobby was supposedly spotted in the company of that young woman, another report came in of his being seen with an Italian woman who was clearly not his mother. The kidnapping narrative just kept on going into the fall.

Just different people kidnapping this kid for different reasons. Which is giving his family hope. Yeah, and making them probably terrified.

Just different people kidnapping this kid for different reasons. Which is giving his family hope. Yeah, and making them probably terrified.