The official investigation concluded that five Sodder children died in the Christmas Eve fire. But in the months and years that followed, witnesses across several states claimed they had seen the missing children alive. None of the sightings could be conclusively verified, yet they convinced George and Jennie Sodder that the search should never end.

In this episode of Unsolved and Missing, we examine the reported sightings, how investigators responded, and why the Sodder family refused to accept that the fire had claimed their children.