Who Was Bobby Dunbar? A Century-Old Case Finally Solved

An Unwelcome Twist in the Tale

The town, and more importantly the jury at his trial, didn’t buy it. Walters was convicted of kidnapping. And then someone entirely unexpected came into the picture with a story that people didn’t want to hear: Julia Anderson. She was the woman that Walters claimed was the true mother of Bobby-not-Bobby, and she validated Walters’ story.

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According to Anderson, ‘Bobby’ was actually her son, Bruce Anderson, just like Walters had claimed. However, when she was asked to identify the boy as her son, she, too, was uncertain if he was hers. Still, upon closer inspection, she said with confidence that the boy was her own. Two mothers – both claiming the same boy as their son. Strange? Very.

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