Kidnapped by Their Father: The Disturbing Tale of CJ and Billy Vosseler
Shortly after her divorce from Charles Vosseler in 1986, Ruth Parker was met with the horrific realization that Charles had disappeared with their sons CJ and Billy. Today, they are still missing.
On October 9, 1986, Ruth Parker dropped off her two sons, three-year-old CJ, and two-year-old Billy, with their father Charles for the weekend.
The four of them had grown accustomed to the routine of shared custody following the couple’s divorce earlier that same year.
Ruth had no reason to suspect anything was amiss.
But then Sunday came and went, and Charles still hadn’t returned home with the boys.
Instead, he called to inform her that they were visiting his aunt in Connecticut and would be home the following day.
When they failed to return on Monday, a panicked Ruth, now unable to get in touch with Charles over the phone, went to his real estate office.
She found it closed, and an employee in the parking lot informed her that Charles had suddenly dissolved the business and let all of its employees go on Saturday–the same day he’d picked up her sons.
Before going to the police to make a kidnapping report, Ruth made one more horrific discovery: every sin…