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In the spring of 1972, a group of eighteen children and four adults from a Paterson, New Jersey orphanage embarked on a weeklong camping trip in the sprawling woodlands of Bass River State Forest. Among them was twelve-year-old Donald Caldwell, a young boy with black hair and brown eyes. On the evening of April 3, 1972, as the group settled into their campsite, Donald and a sixteen-year-old friend, Steven Soden, vanished without a trace. The two boys were last seen that night and were never hear ...
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Last Seen: Apr 03, 1972

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  • 6123DMNJ - Donald Caldwell - Doe Network
  • Donald Caldwell | International Missing Persons Wiki - Fandom
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