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Local mom finds kids 34 years after she thought they died
#1
I do not recall hearing of this story..but it is interesting. Thing is...why did she never ask to see the "bodies"?[/b]


She thought her children were dead. But last month, she found out they were alive and well.

For 34 years, what Victoria Rohring had of her children were memories. The last time she had seen them, Karen was 7 years old and Scott was just 5 years old.

The photos were all she had after getting a disturbing phone call in 1976. Victoria's kids had been visiting their father, Jimmy, in New Jersey at the time. She and their dad were going through a rocky divorce.

"I get a phone call Jimmy was on his way to visit me with the kids, and there was a bad car accident," she said. "My daughter and son were killed instantly, and Jimmy was in a life or death situation."

For years, Victoria searched Jersey City for her children and ex-husband, never quite believing they were gone. But she says she received little help from police and people in the area, and eventually she says she ran out of money to travel.

It was not until this July, she received another phone call at her Rochester home, confirming her suspicions. It was a friend of her son's, who found Victoria through Craigslist.

"I said my daughter and son died in an accident," Victoria said. "She says, 'oh no! I can assure you your son is alive and well."

Days later, Victoria was in Georgia, where both her kids now live.

"I just got the car in park, didn't get it shut off, (and) they got the door open and almost knocked me back in the seat and hugged me," she said, "and we were all crying and, and I bet we didn't move for ten to 15 minutes."

She hugged them for the first time in a long time. She also held her grandkids for the first time.

Victoria said she even got the chance to confront her ex-husband, who now lives with their son.

But now, back in Rochester with her husband of nine years, Victoria is not looking for revenge. Instead, she is focused on the future.

Her husband, Richard Rohring, said, "It's like starting all over again. It's something she didn't know she had."

She says she will be with her children, grandchildren and soon-to-be great grandchild as much as she can to make memories. This time, they plan on making them together.

"Thirty-four years is a long time but now a few weeks is a long time," she said. "Whenever I get the urge I will be going."

Ed Suk from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children says stories like Victoria's help other parents keep up the search.

"As tragic as it is to have that separation for 34 years in this particular situation, it is a story of hope for all those parents looking for their child," Suk said.

Parents also have more hope now, he says, because of resources, like the National Center and the Internet.

"Technology has been a God send for us," he said. "Our recovery has skyrocketed from 62 percent in the early 90s to almost 90 percent now primarily because of the networks we've been able to put together with technology."

He says most cases of kidnapping involve a victim's family member. Suk says it is unclear if Victoria's ex-husband could ever be charged.
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#2
What kind of fucked up bullshit is that ...
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#3
Something about this just does not seem right. What with all the legalities surrounding accidental deaths..police, paperwork, etc. How could these kids have "died in a car accident" without a paper trail?
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