Retired Army Sergeant Kerry Cremean and his wife Cindy recently moved into their new home in River Oaks, TX. One day, the new homeowner spotted a small crawl space in the garage — but what he found inside shocked him to the core.
Tucked inside the mysterious crawl space was a leather bag that belonged to a man named Robert Allen Murray; a photo of Robert when he was 29 years old; and an American flag, perfectly folded into a triangle. "It’s like I'm holding someone's life," Cindy says.
It's believed that Robert served in the Navy around the same time retired Army Sergeant Cremean was fighting in Vietnam. Now, Kerry and Cindy have taken on the roles of amateur detectives, turning to Facebook to try and connect the pieces and reunite the items with Robert's family. Cremean feels it's his duty as a fellow soldier.
As it turns out, Robert died in a car accident in 1980, and had three daughters — Joyce Delane, Elizabeth Alana, and Kerry Ann. Cremean believes the fact that one of the daughters shares a first name with Kerry, the same way he spells his, is more than a coincidence. "I felt God led me to this," Cremean explained.
Cindy even met a friend of Robert's on Facebook, who gave her a potential address for his widow. After visiting the home with no success, Cindy mailed a letter there. "I just hope that it gives them a piece and a little bit of history of what their father did and their accomplishments," she said.
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