November 10, 1951. Minneapolis, Minnesota. Three brothers from the Klein family – eight-year old Kenneth, six-year old David and four-year old Danny – leave their residence to go play in nearby Farview Park, but they never return home. When a search effort is launched, the brothers’ scents are tracked to a bank of the Mississippi River about a mile away. After two woollen caps are found on a layer of ice, the Minneapolis Police Department concludes that all three boys fell into the water and drowned. However, there are a number of suspicious details to make the boys’ family suspect they were kidnapped and harmed, but even though the case is reinvestigated decades later, no trace of the Kenneth, David or Danny is ever found. On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we explore the unsolved disappearance of the Klein brothers, a rare case where three siblings went missing simultaneously. Special thanks to listener to Thomas Crow for narrating the opening of this episode.

If you happen to have any information about this case, please contact the Minneapolis Police Department tip line at 612-692-TIPS (8477).

Additional Reading:

"The Lost Brothers: A Family's Decades-Long Search" by Jack El-Hai

"Long Lost: An Investigative History Series" Podcast by Twin Cities PBS

https://charleyproject.org/case/kenneth-thomas-klein-jr

https://charleyproject.org/case/daniel-james-klein

https://charleyproject.org/case/david-john-klein

https://mspmag.com/arts-and-culture/the-lost-brothers-jack-el-hai/

https://racketmn.com/klein-brothers-missing-minnesota-cold-case

https://www.inforum.com/news/the-vault/minnesotas-oldest-listed-missing-persons-case-what-happened-to-the-three-klein-brothers

https://www.the-sun.com/news/us-news/7929332/missing-klein-brothers-murdered-detective/

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The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote.

All music is composed by Vince Nitro.