Lady Butterfly she/her@reddthat.com to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoTIL Bobby Dunbar was kidnapped, and returned to his parents... decades later DNA testing proved he was a different childen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up1337arrow-down12
arrow-up1335arrow-down1external-linkTIL Bobby Dunbar was kidnapped, and returned to his parents... decades later DNA testing proved he was a different childen.wikipedia.orgLady Butterfly she/her@reddthat.com to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square38fedilink
minus-squareBlumpkinhead@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·11 hours agoDid Bobby Dunbar’s parents not point out that he wasn’t their kid? Or were they just like, “Fuck it, close enough.”
minus-squarepoopkins@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 hours agoI suspect that the parents either knew or suspected that Bobby drowned in the lake and had gone with the kidnapping story from the start, then had to double down when the police presented them with some kids.
minus-squarexylogx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 hours agoThe boy was 4, not like this was two infants being swapped. The parents had to know.
Did Bobby Dunbar’s parents not point out that he wasn’t their kid? Or were they just like, “Fuck it, close enough.”
I suspect that the parents either knew or suspected that Bobby drowned in the lake and had gone with the kidnapping story from the start, then had to double down when the police presented them with some kids.
The boy was 4, not like this was two infants being swapped. The parents had to know.