Their dead bodies were found several days later in the surrounding woods and they were buried in the Mount Union cemetery in nearby Lovely.

A nearby stream, Bob's Creek, was surging with spring snow melt and it was thought that there was no way the boys could have crossed to the other side without drowning.

The dowser found nothing and the witch, despite claiming to know the children's location, led a search team through the woods for hours without turning up anything.

[4] A local farmer, Jacob Dibert, heard about the missing children and remarked to his wife that he wished to be able to dream of the boys' location.

[5] In 1906, for the 50th anniversary of the event, the community of Pavia took up donations for a Lost Children of the Alleghenies Monument to honor the Cox family.

Alison Krauss released a song written by Julie Lee and John Pennell about the story entitled "Jacob's Dream".