Who Was Bobby Dunbar? The 1912 Disappearance That Became a Century-Long Identity Crisis - Thar Tribune

Who Was Bobby Dunbar? The 1912 Disappearance That Became a Century-Long Identity Crisis - Thar Tribune

The child raised as Dunbar (far left), now thought to be Anderson, standing in front of a car, c. 1913 A boy disappears in Louisiana It began like any other summer outing. In August 1912, Percy and Lessie Dunbar took their four-year-old son, Bobby, on a fishing trip to Swayze Lake near Opelousas, Louisiana. The boy played on the edge of the water while the adults prepared for the day. Then, suddenly, he was gone. The disappearance set off one of…