After I made this last post I looked at the photo again for the first time in a long time and saw one of the more recent versions that made their way online (one of the ones that isn't darkened and cropped and you get a sense of the true surroundings of the scene).
And both kids look extremely sun tanned and look like two kids that were virtually living outside (like a lot of kids their age would have done during that time period). They virtually look like the complete opposite of what generally happens in a kidnapping where the captor locks their victims away from the world.
And both kids look extremely sun tanned and look like two kids that were virtually living outside (like a lot of kids their age would have done during that time period). They virtually look like the complete opposite of what generally happens in a kidnapping where the captor locks their victims away from the world.