Fifty-four years ago this month, three boys went missing in Hannibal, Missouri, and were never seen again. The cold case, situated as it is in the boyhood home of Mark Twain and beloved fictional characters like Tom Sawyer and Becky Thatcher, has been the subject of attention and speculation in the decades since.
NEW LONDON, Mo. â A pickup truck driven by a New London man slid off the road Wednesday morning in Ralls County, sending the driver to the hospital with minor injuries.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol said that a 2013 Ford F-150 driven by Robert E. Platte, 71, of New London, was traveling east on Route V about a half mile east of New London when his truck slid off the left side of the road. The truck struck a tree, leaving Platte with minor injuries.
Platte was taken by Ralls County Ambulance to Hannibal Regional Hospital. He was wearing a seat belt.