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a row of newspapers sitting on top of a shelf
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A Bus, a Theory, and a Headline

Then several people came forward. They said they had seen him on a bus. That seemed to fit: the car had been left behind, and the money was gone. Police increasingly believed he had stolen it and disappeared, and the newspapers reported the case that way. His wife told police that her husband was innocent and would never take the money. They did not listen.
The story stayed the same for years.