An 11-year-old boy finds an old bag and uses it to solve a mystery

April Bolt

Ben thought he recognized someone in the photos he knew from his school days. The photos were old and faded, so it was also possible that he didn’t see it properly. Brodie and Ben eventually found a new clue, an old school diploma. Here they saw the name April Bolt appear. A name that certainly seemed familiar to Ben.

April Bolt had always been a friend of the family, but contact had faded. Eventually Ben and Brodie managed to discover her whereabouts. Ben decided to call April and ask if she had lost a bag a long time ago. A question like this might have been a bit silly for anyone else, but April knew what he was talking about right away.

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The story behind the bag

April had left her bag on a boat 25 years ago. She often went boating on Lake Hartwell with her family but forgot to bring her bag one day. “There were two men fishing and I hate to accuse anyone, but when I came back I thought my bag had been stolen,” April said. She never expected to find her bag again.

Her son’s photos

The contents of the bag were not of great value to everyone. Still, there was something very important in it for April. When April lost her purse, there were no cell phones or digital cameras. Because of this, there were no copies of photographs from that time. Many childhood photos of April’s son were therefore lost when she lost her bag. The fact that those photos were still in her bag made her so happy: “It meant the world to me. My son is now 26, but he was 15 months old when I lost my bag. The photos were taken by a professional photographer and I had no backups. They’re damaged now, but you can still see the details quite well.”

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In addition to the old photos, it was also very special for April to see all the other stuff again. Her favorite lipstick was still there. This brought back good memories. Yet there was nothing more precious than the old photographs of her son.

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