On Christmas Eve, 1945, a fire destroyed the Sodder family home in Coral Gables, Florida. The fire was reported at around 12:30 am, and when the fire department arrived, the house was fully engulfed in flames. The parents, George and Jennie Sodder, and four of their nine children escaped the fire, but five of the children were missing. The missing children were Maurice, 14, Martha, 12, Louis, 9, Jennie, 8, and Betty, 5. A massive search effort was launched, but no bodies were ever found. The investigation into the fire and the disappearance of the Sodder children was one of the largest in Florida history, with hundreds of leads and tips pursued over the years. Many theories have been proposed about what might have happened to the missing children, including the possibility that they might have been kidnapped or that they might have died in the fire and their bodies were never recovered. The case remains one of the most baffling in American history, and it continues to be the subject of much speculation and rumor. In recent years, the case has been reopened, and new evidence has been uncovered, but the truth about what really happened to the Sodder children remains a mystery.