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The legacy of the saddest Christmas Eve

• By JOE DUGGAN / Lincoln Journal Star
• Dec 24, 2010
• Dec 24, 2010
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Danny Stutzman, 9, stands next to his father, Eli Stutzman, on Dec. 14, 1985 at a home in Lyman, Wyo., where Danny had been left months before. The boy died hours after this photo was shot and his father dumped the body in a snowy ditch northeast of Chester, Neb. (Courtesy photo)

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An aerial view of the dirt road ditch where Little Boy Blue was found on Christmas Eve 25 years ago near Chester, Neb. (Courtesy photo)

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By JOE DUGGAN / Lincoln Journal Star

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Danny Stutzman, 9, stands next to his father, Eli Stutzman, on Dec. 14, 1985 at a home in Lyman, Wyo., where Danny had been left months before. The boy died hours after this photo was shot and his father dumped the body in a snowy ditch northeast of Chester, Neb. (Courtesy photo)

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