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Night.

You're driving along a lonely stretch of West Virginia Highway.

The only light comes from the headlights of your car, which shine on the dark forest lining the road.

The scenery is a blur.

Until suddenly, up ahead, you see it.

A strange billboard looming low to the ground at the side of the road.

From it, the faces of five unsmiling children staring back at you.

Their photos are haunting enough. But then you read the words plastered above.

What was their fate?

Kidnapped or murdered?

Or are they still alive? Christmas Eve 1945, just outside Fayetteville, West Virginia.

Freezing temperatures make the trees creak and the river run still.

But inside the Sauter family's house, it's warm.

George and Jenny Sauter are there with nine of their ten children.

The only member of the family that's not present is Joe. The Sauter are there with nine of their ten children. The only member of

the family that's not present is Joe, the Sauter's second to oldest son, who's away serving

in the army. The youngest children who have just received some new toys from the local dime

store play happily in the living room. As it gets late, the parents retire to their bedroom on their first floor,

taking their three-year-old daughter Sylvia with them.

Everyone else has beds on the second floor.

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