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Identified as young Charles, Jr. the cause of death was determined as a massive fracture of the skull, apparently delivered the night he was kidnapped. On September 15, 1934, a man later identified as Richard Hauptmann, purchased gasoline and paid for it using one of the ransom gold certificates.
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- The Official Investigation of The Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping
- The Unofficial Investigation
- The Ransom For The Lindbergh Baby
- Other Suspects
Though the case seemed open and shut on paper, the investigation was far from. Between the media frenzy, the mysterious ransom letters, and the numerous side investigations happening, it’s a miracle anyone was convicted. When the Lindbergh baby kidnapping was first reported, hundreds of loyal Lindbergh fans and concerned citizens descended upon the...
While the New Jersey Police were investigating alongside the Lindbergh family, a retired New York school teacher was also taking an interest in the Lindbergh baby case. John F. Condon, who was at the time a well-known personality in the Bronx, wrote a letter to a local newspaper offering a reward of $1,000 if the kidnapper would return “Little Lind...
Over the course of the Lindbergh kidnapping investigation, the Lindberghs and Condon received a total of seven ransom letters. The first was found by Charles in his son’s room immediately after discovering the boy was gone. It outlined the Lindbergh baby kidnapping and asked for $50,000 to be delivered to a yet-undisclosed location in small bills. ...
Though Hauptmann is considered the official kidnapper of Charles Lindbergh Jr., that hasn’t stopped conspiracy theorists from coming up with their own version of what actually happened during the Lindbergh kidnapping. Defenders of Hauptmann’s are quick to point out that his fingerprints were never found on the ladder or any of the ransom notes. The...
The child had been dead, probably due to a fractured skull, since the night of the kidnapping. Two days later Charles Lindbergh identified his son's body by examining its teeth.
- American Experience
On Mar 1, 1932, Charles Lindbergh, Jr., the first child of Charles and Anne Lindbergh, was kidnapped from his home. Two years later an arrest was made.
May 22, 2018 · Hopewell, NJ, May 12, 1932 — Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr, infant son of the world-famous aviator, was found dead today at Mount Rose, NJ, near the Sourland mountain home from which he was kidnapped 73 days ago.
Feb 13, 2012 · On Feb. 13, 1935, a jury in Flemington, N.J., found Bruno Richard Hauptmann guilty of first-degree murder in the kidnapping-death of the infant son of famed aviator Charles Lindbergh and Anne...
Jan 30, 2017 · The kidnapper had killed Charles Jr., possibly by accident, while climbing down the ladder from the Lindbergh nursery.
