[Faline]

Case

The kidnapping of Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr., was the abduction of the son of aviator Charles Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh.



The toddler, 18 months old at the time, was abducted from his family home in East Amwell, New Jersey, near the town of Hopewell, New Jersey, on the evening of March 1, 1932.

Over two months later, on May 12, 1932, his body was discovered a short distance from the Lindberghs' home.

A medical examination determined that the cause of death was a massive skull fracture.
After an investigation that lasted more than two years, Bruno Richard Hauptmann was arrested and charged with the crime. In a trial that was held from January 2 to February 13, 1935, Hauptmann was found guilty of murder in the first degree and sentenced to death. He was executed by electric chair at the New Jersey State Prison on April 3, 1936, at 8:44 in the evening. Hauptmann proclaimed his innocence to the end.
Newspaper writer H. L. Mencken called the kidnapping and subsequent trial "the biggest story since the Resurrection". The crime spurred Congress to pass the Federal Kidnapping Act, commonly called the "Lindbergh Law", which made transporting a kidnapping victim across state lines a federal crime.

Crime Scene Photos:

Remains:




Undergarment found on the corpse:


kidnap ladder alongside nursery window:


More here:
http://www.state.nj.us/state/darm/li.../slcsp001.html

For those wanting to read the full story i have added some good links, some say Richard Hauptmann was innocent. I also uploaded some videos some might find interesting.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindbergh_kidnapping
http://www.lindberghkidnappinghoax.com/wallace.html
http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/history/...rgh-kidnapping
http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/project.../hauptmann.htm

[Viking64]

Great post, Kel! I have always been interested in this case. I too doubt Hauptmann's guilt.

[Faline]

Originally Posted by Viking64 ↗

Great post, Kel! I have always been interested in this case. I too doubt Hauptmann's guilt.

I was just watching a documentary on it and thought i would make a thread for people to enjoy
Took me over an hour

[Viking64]

Originally Posted by Kelly ↗

I was just watching a documentary on it and thought i would make a thread for people to enjoy
Took me over an hour

Great job! That's why you are the Queen!!

[jbloom]

Kelly, Great thread as always. Just a bonus. How about the Estate ? What happened to it over the years ?

Now the estate is a home for Juvenile Offenders. (Yay!) The State of New Jersey owns the property and turned it inot a low security jail.

[Faline]

Originally Posted by jbloom ↗

Kelly, Great thread as always. Just a bonus. How about the Estate ? What happened to it over the years ?

Now the estate is a home for Juvenile Offenders. (Yay!) The State of New Jersey owns the property and turned it inot a low security jail.

Yeah it is

http://wikimapia.org/62631/Lindbergh-Estate-High-Fields
http://crimeofthecentury.weebly.com/...gh-estate.html

[collaredgirl65]

[PauloPeter]

holy crap, amazing photos. great thread.

[Mr.Goodbar]

Great post. What happened to the 'no dead kid/babies' on the first page?

[MeMyselfandI]

Originally Posted by Mr.Goodbar ↗

Great post. What happened to the 'no dead kid/babies' on the first page?

I was wondering the same