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Mar 5, 2024 · Charles Lindbergh Jr. disappeared from a second-floor bedroom in his family’s home in New Jersey. Caroline Gutman for The New York Times. One of the most grotesque theories to emerge since the...
The kidnapping and murder of American hero Charles A. Lindbergh's infant son: the crime. Dr. Russ Aiuto analyzes the evidence and the trial of Bruno Hauptmann; photos and bibliography.
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About 8:30 p.m., on March 12, after receiving an anonymous telephone call, Dr. Condon received the fifth ransom note, delivered by Joseph Perrone, a taxicab driver, who received it from an unidentified stranger. The message stated that another note would be found beneath a stone at a vacant stand, 100 feet from an outlying subway station. This note...
On March 29, Betty Gow, the Lindbergh nurse, found the infants thumb guard, worn at the time of the kidnapping, near the entrance to the estate. The following day the ninth ransom note was received by Condon, threatening to increase the demand to $100,000 and refusing a code for use in newspaper columns. The tenth ransom note, received by Dr. Condo...
On March 2, 1932, after a conference with the Attorney General, FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover had contacted the headquarters of the New Jersey State Police at Trenton, New Jersey. He officially informed the organization that the U.S. Department of Justice would afford Colonel H. Norman Schwarzkopf, the Superintendent of the New Jersey State Police, ...
The New Jersey State Police announced on May 26, 1932, the offer of a reward not to exceed $25,000 for information resulting in the apprehension and conviction of the kidnapper or kidnappers. In compliance with a request made by Colonel Schwarzkopf, copies of this notice of reward were forwarded by the FBI to all law enforcement officials and agenc...
On June 10, 1932, Violet Sharpe, a waitress in the home of Mrs. Lindberghs mother, Mrs. Dwight Morrow, who had been under investigation by the authorities, committed suicide by swallowing poison when she was about to be requestioned. However, her movements on the night of March 1, 1932, had been carefully checked and it was soon definitely ascertai...
The Presidents Proclamation requiring the return to the Treasury of all gold and gold certificates was a valuable aid in the case, inasmuch as $40,000 of the ransom money had been paid in gold certificates and, at the time of the Proclamation, a large portion of this money was known to be outstanding. Therefore, this phase of the investigation was ...
On January 17, 1934, a circular letter was issued by the New York City Bureau Office to all banks and their branches in New York City, requesting an extremely close watch for the ransom certificates and, in February 1934, all Bureau Offices were supplied with copies of the Bureaus revised pamphlet containing the serial numbers of ransom bills. The ...
Following the distribution of these booklets containing the serial number of the ransom currency, there were also prepared and similarly distributed by the Bureau currency key cards which, in convenient form, set forth the inclusive serial numbers of all of the ransom notes which had been paid. This was followed by frequent personal contacts with b...
Prior to this time, the passing of ransom bills had been reported to either the FBI, the New Jersey State Police, or the New York City Police Department, none of which had complete information on this point. Therefore, arrangements were effected whereby investigation of all such ransom bills detected in the future could be immediately conducted joi...
On March 4, 1932, a con man named Gaston B. Means was approached by Mrs. Evalyn Walsh McLean, of Washington, D.C., who felt that she might be of material assistance to Colonel Lindbergh in procuring the return of his child. Mrs. McLean had become acquainted with Means as a result of some investigative work which means had performed for her husband ...
In a further endeavor to identify the individual who received the ransom payment, representatives of the New York City Bureau Office engaged Dr. Condon to prepare a transcript of all conversations had by him with John on March 12 and April 2, 1932, the dates on which Dr. Condon personally contacted the kidnapper in order to negotiate the return of ...
Koehler disassembled the ladder and painstakingly identified the types of wood used and examined tool marks. He also looked at the pattern made by nailholes, for it appeared likely that some wood had been used before in indoor construction. Koehler made field trips to the Lindbergh estate and to factories to trace some of the wood. He summarized hi...
Jan 2, 2024 · Retired Oakland judge has shocking theory about infamous Lindbergh kidnapping. And it’s catching on. By Kevin Fagan Jan 2, 2024. True crime author and retired judge Lise Pearlman has...
- Kevin Fagan
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Nov 7, 2023 · Culture. The Lindbergh Baby Mystery Has Lasted 91 Years. Tantalizing Evidence May Solve It. The abduction of Charles Lindbergh’s young son captivated America in the 1930s. Could crucial clues...
- Michael Natale
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- michael.natale@hearst.com
Overview. Kidnapping. Investigation. Prominence. John Condon. Ransom payment. Discovery of the body. John Condon's unofficial investigation. Tracking the ransom money. Arrest of Hauptmann. Trial and execution. Appeals. Execution. Alternative theories. In popular culture. In novels. In music. In film. In television. See also. Explanatory notes.
But a bizarre and grisly new theory about Lindbergh’s potential involvement in his son’s death, and renewed legal pressure to force DNA testing of evidence, have combined to thrust one of the country’s most enduring murder mysteries squarely back into public consciousness.
