Clifford Sherwood

[crystaldawn]

I was able to find a mention of him in an article from Canada about missing children. It is dated 2002 and as of then, his mother had still not been reunited with him. I still find it strange that Clifford disappeared on his way to school one day with a friend and they think Clifford's father took him (which I tend to believe also). What happened to Clifford's friend then? Here's the mention:
(I had to translate it, thats why some of it sounds strange)


Frances Sherwood, 82 years old, lost his/her Clifford son on October 21, 1954, when his/her father removed whereas it went to the school.

"I still think that it is living some share and as long as I will not have the proof of the opposite, I will always believe it", declared Mrs. Sherwood at the time of the press conference.

Clifford Sherwood is the person missing oldest in Canada, specified Patrick Bergeron, co-director of the Network Return-Canada Children.

Mrs. Sherwood says that people reported to have seen Clifford in the West of the country in 1991, and that it was seen in the United States after its case had been made public with the emission television "Unsolved Mysteries". Her husband, who was never stopped, is deceased today.

The case of Clifford Sherwood is rare, known as Mrs. Brosseau, who estimates that more than 50% of the abductions by the father or the mother are made by a relative originating in another country, which wants to go back there with his/her child.

[benoitbabe]

I would think the dad took him if it wern't for 2 facts. 1st he never sought his mom as an adult and 2nd and most importantly the other child was abducted with him. a parent would not do that. That spells fowl play. Just my opioion.

[nohwheregirl]

I agree...the father abduction scenario never made sense to me either.

[Highway11]

Wait, isn't this the case were the bodies of a couple dead boys were found near where her son was supposed to be walking, and the lady refused to view them, because she "just knew it couldn't be my Cliffy"? If I'm not misremembering, this case has always annoyed me for that reason.

And that translation is a hoot, I'm sorry to say. Serious subject matter, but I will always remember "emission television UM."

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[DP1]

Yeah, that's the case.

It's a very sad case. But the theory that Clifford is still alive is shot to hell by the fact that his friend also disappeared. They said almost nothing about the friend. If Clifford was the only one who disappeared, the theory about his father kidnapping might hold up. But two boys disappearing?

[Ninjaman]

I agree that it is hard to imagine that Clifford would still be alive due to the fact that his friend disappeared with him. However, there was one clue that I remember, which made me think otherwise. There was someone in a database with the same birthday as Clifford, but the first and middle name were switched around. Does anyone else remember any other clues?

[DP1]

Yeah, Edward Clifford. When they went to check it out, they found the man had left without leaving a forwarding address. I will admit this is a compelling clue. It's a shame they haven't found the guy.

[dynoguy88]

I rememeber that clue at the end of the segment. A man was pulled over somewhere in Canada for speeding, his drivers licence had the first and middle names switched (Edward Clifford instead of Clifford Edward) but the birthday was the same as Clifford's.

What happened to Clifford's friend really remains a mystery but I don't see how it could be out of the possibility that Nefi Sherwood could have kidnapped Clifford. The man was a real a*s to his wife while they were married. And the picture that was found many years later of Nefi and Clifford (Where Clifford obviously looks older than when he vanished) also points to that possibility.

[Mijada]

I think that maybe Cliffords father killed the friend George in order to get him out of the way so he could kidnap Clifford. A boys body was found like a year after the dissappearance and Cliffords mother refused to believe it was her son so maybe it could have been the friend.

[PracTz]

Interesting hypothesis, Mijada.
I'm wondering,too, if it's possible that Clifford's dad kidnapped them both, killed the friend immediately but kept Clifford alive (and on the move) for about a year (long enough to take those photos) but then either after Clifford tried to escape or tried to contact authorities about his friend's murder- killed Clifford and the reason he NEVER wanted to talk about it was that a double-homicide carries FAR more prison time than a kidnapping! I'd think that if Clifford were still alive and able to contact his mother, he'd have long since done so considering that his father's long since dead and the case has received major publicity over the decades!
Or maybe the photo was just one that no one else had seen earlier that somehow captured Clifford in a more mature-looking moment than had been normally seen.

[dynoguy88]

It could also be possible, if in fact Nefi kidnapped Clifford, that he could have made up a bunch of lies about Frances or even told him that she had died. That way, he would never have reason to go find her. That could explain why, if he is still alive, he would never have tried to find her. That happens very much when ugly family custody battles turn to kidnapping. The kidnapper can tell the kid that the other parent (or guardian) is dead so they would never even think to look for them.

I may have to go back and check my tape of this case because I'm forgetting some details. There were also 4 daughters in Nefi's custody when Clifford vanished. I'm wondering how that worked out.

[Mijada]

Originally posted by dynoguy88

I may have to go back and check my tape of this case because I'm forgetting some details. There were also 4 daughters in Nefi's custody when Clifford vanished. I'm wondering how that worked out.

That is another thing I've wondered about myself. If the dad kidnapped Clifford he obviously couldn't have had the daughters in his possesion at that time. They must have been in foster care. I think I remember it being mentioned in the story that the girls were taken from the father for a time but when they were returned to their dad they were never allowed to talk about Clifford. So that makes me wonder where Clifford was during the years after the girls went back with their father??????????

[Mr. Fuji]

What a bogus segment this is. The whole thing about his mom not wanting to look at the dead body they found is absolutely ludicrous. That frustrates me so bad. Why would she not want to look at the body? If she "knew" it wasn't Clifford, why not look at the body and confirm it wasn't him to help another family who might be looking for their own child? How ridiculous. This never should have been profiled on Unsolved Mysteries.

[DarkDante]

I agree to a point with what you said Fuji - I mean the fact that two boys vanished on the same day (and apparently together) makes me wonder if George Gumbly's (Clifford's friend who vanished with him) was abducted at the same time it sort of disqualfies Tex Sherwood as the lead suspect in the boy's disappearance in my mind. Although it is a heartbreaking case

[Awsi Dooger]

This segment was shown today and I think it's a legit UM case. Even today, Clifford Sherwood would be less than 60 years old, and the episode obviously dates back quite a while. I really don't have any opinion if the two boys were abducted together or if the father was responsible. I've never seen info other than the UM episode.

And I can fully understand why the mother wouldn't want to identify a body. You don't want that to be the last memory of your son, potentially a gruesome state. I can still picture two grandparents of mine, with tupes stuck all over their body while in the hospital battling fatal disease. That's my last image of them and it's hard to evict. Plus my little boyhood poodle dooger was killed by a car on Super Bowl Sunday. My last image of him was with the right side of his face smashed. There are plenty of people who can positively identify a body, not just immediate relatives.