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Was Duchesne farmer the Sundance Kid?

Is this really a story? What's the story for tommarrow "Is there Cheese on the Moon?", cant wait!

All evidence points to Long being the Sundance kid there is no doubt in my mind that this is the Sundance kid

Hey! Eyepatch why did you read it? Learn to spell!!! TOMORROW

Too bad that they didn't exume the remains more carefully rather than allowing all the dirt to fall in. Just seems disrespectful regardless of who it might be to have this done so unceremoniously while taking pictures and allowing dirt to fall in there.

Why does everyone commenting on here act so rude and hot-headed??

I have to admit to being a 14 year old in 1969 and loving the movie. I have read a lot of things since then but never have been convinced that anyone knows exactly what happened in Bolivia. however, after toggling back and forth several times between the group picture and the pic of the couple, I am convinced. If forensic evidence confirms that this is Sundance, then we better take another look at the stories of Butch's survival and check his remains.

Hey Bear Laker, is that the best you can come up with? Why can't you just stick to commenting on the story. I apologize in advance if I misspelled anything. I wouldn't want to offend your great lliterary sensitivities.

MY GREAT GRANDFATHER,LORUM PRATT,SR.,WAS COCONINO
COUNTY,AZ SHERIFF IN 1909.HE HAS A PAGE IN HIS JOURNAL
WHERE HE ENCOUNTERED BUTCH CASSIDY STEALING CATTLE
OUTSIDE OF FREDONIA,AZ.BUTCH SPENT SOME TIME IN THE
FREDONIA JAIL BUT TOOK HIS MEALS WITH THE PRATT FAMILY IN THEIR HOME.LORUM WAS HAVING SOME FINANCIAL
PROBLEMS BUT APPARENTLY BUTCH HELPED HIM OUT TO THANK
HIM FOR HIS HOSPITALITY.THIS WAS A YEAR AFTER BUTCH WAS SUPPOSEDLY KILLED IN BOLIVIA.I BELIEVE BUTCH DIED
OF OLD AGE DURING THE EARLY 40'S.

There is a striking similarity there.

I met an old professor from Circleville. When I asked about Butch Cassidy he told me he knew his family (Parker) well when he was a child.

He said he knew for a FACT that Butch did not die in South America. He was buried on the Parker ranch near Circleville, but the town didn't know exactly where. Butch's sister always said she knew where he was buried but always refused to say.

Then a construction project revealed the secret. Excavation was going across the Parker ranch. At one point the whole Parker family ran down and stood on a plot of land and refused to allow the machinery to dig there. That's when everyone knew exactly where Butch was buried.

I talked to an historian once who had participated in a television documentary and believed Butch died in Bolivia. I finally realized, despite evidence to the contrary, this guy had bought into a theory, staked his reputation and wouldn't budge.

I think it is pretty clear at this point that Butch came home and died in the states.

Fascinating story. Can't wait for the results.

If you look closely at pictures of Elvis you will see Butch Cassidy playing the bass in his band. He wasn't killed in Bolivia and I think he may have even been at the grassy knoll. I love the stories (honestly) just don't take it all too seriously people, it's just fun history

There are stories of Butch Cassidy staying at the Guerrero Ranch in Motoqua in Southern Utah. Very remote.

I happen to be watching the history station on my satellite dish last evening mind you, they were exhuming bodies once again in England. Like I said once before: You can bury them today and dig them up tomorrow-- an old English tradition.

Ummmmmm, I was somewhat interested about the Sundance, kids DNA? Is there possibly a match as of yet?

"CHEERS"!!!

too bad "eye patch" didn't have his other eye poked out.

Great article.

Is this facination w/digging up people's graves?can someone tell me what it is?in a town back east about 40 years ago they dug up an indian graveyard and took the best looking remains and put them on public display.a morbid,disrespectful display of the deceased.These people should be"HORSE WHIPPED".Not asking that you agree with me but just "think about it.

I once told a woman I met in a bar that my name was Harry Longbaugh. There may have been many people that thought using the name of a famous dead outlaw as an alias was a good idea.

I heard that Butch Cassidy did not die in a shootout in Bolivia in 1908, but assumed a new name, William T. Phillips, and lived a quiet life in Spokane until his death in 1937.

I love how all of the comments are about how Butch Cassidy was seen here or there but the actual article is about the Sundance Kid. SNAP!

These guys were just ranch hands for Charlie Crouse - lived in Crouse canyon near Vernal.. Charlie had a business selling beef to the Army; the two boys were in "procurement".

Good boys too.

The PBS documentary about forensics that were done on bodies in South America turned out to be a big bust. They were NOT able to prove the bodies were actually Butch and Sundance.

This is a great unsolved mystery and we may never know the answer (at least not in this life) but I think the evidence is mounting that they did NOT die in South America.

Members of the Parker family were mum about it for many years, but other members have stated that Butch came home and died in the states many years later. I think that really makes the argument pretty strong that Butch came home. There are also other accounts of witnesses that saw Butch on the Parker property after he was supposed to have been killed in Bolivia.

I hope the paper will report the DNA results as soon as they are available. I think this story is just fascinating.

Wa'll I done hers they waz thinkin about digging up at star gazin feller in itally to see if his DNA wud explain why he drew funny picures of saturn.
Excuse me, History is one thing but why should we kill off good fun stories with facts, sheeze guys