Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Rumors Persist, But Will We Ever Know What Happened To 'Shorty' Wilson?
This 1946 image of the Wilson brothers appears in the Kimball County Nebraska 100 Years history book. The long missing Bob "Shorty" Wilson, front right, stands next to his brother Bill. In back are Dick, left, and Don.
First Of Two Parts
Almost 70 years ago before social media, cells phones, and cable TV, when oil was king, local children suffered from polio, and a washing machine at Montgomery Ward would cost you $159.95, Kimball's Bobby Wilson, 4 foot 6 inch in stature, disappeared from a local service station in broad daylight and was never heard from again.
No body was ever discovered that matched his size, and no crime scene was ever found. Bobby Wilson just disappeared into thin air, never heard from again.
The disappearance long plagued the family as they repeatedly established a reward fund, and the...
