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Fisherman Discovered Two Friends Entombed in Car for 45 Years in Wisconsin Lake
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Fisherman Discovered Two Friends Entombed in Car for 45 Years in Wisconsin Lake

Patrick Durkin
This is the first of two articles on the haunting disappearance of two Wisconsin hunting/fishing buddies who vanished in February 1961. Ronald Wick, 19, and Carl Stolz, 21, vanished for over 45 years after they went joyriding across a frozen Wisconsin lake around 3 a.m. on Feb. 21, 1961. The...

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