Bruno Hauptmann

Charles Lindbergh Jr is the son of the famous aviator Charles Lindbergh that flew from New York to Le Bourget air field in Paris the next day. When Charles Lindbergh Jr was kidnapped a ransom note was sent to the Lindbergh’s requesting 50,000 dollars for the safe return of their son. The Lindbergh’s went against the kidnapper and contacted the police which increased the ransom to 70,000 dollars. The ransom was paid but Lindbergh Jr was never returned, until sometime later the twenty month olds body was found. The police confronted the suspect, which name was Bruno Hauptmann. After the search of his house 14,000 dollars was found in his garage claiming that it was a friends large sum of money he was holding for them. Further research proved that his handwriting matched that to the ransom note, and trace wood fibers were found that matched up to the ladder that was made to take the twenty month old from his home. Bruno Hauptman was later executed in 1936 by electrocution. Trace Evidence can be the key information to solving a crime from murder to kidnapping all the way to burglaries. Most criminals when committing a crime are worried about physical evidence, but a lot of criminals forget about trace evidence which ultimately results in their apprehension. Trace Evidence can sometimes not always be found on some surfaces. From a study done on Developing Latent Fingerprints on Firearm Evidence it shows statistics were taken from a Minneapolis police department in a…

there was a lot of media on this case. The police had zeroed in on a suspect and had sufficient circumstantial evidence to arrest Bruno Richard Hauptman. According to Linder (2005), he was arrested and in January of 1935 he stood in front of Judge Thomas Trenchard. The prosecutors began the trial with a summary of how Hauptman conducted the crime. This is where they believe he went down the ladder with the child and the ladder collapsed killing the baby instantaneously. The prosecution called…

They police never entertained the possibility of Hauptmann nor did the courts or general public until well after his execution. Hauptmann’s widow sent the rest of her life calming he was set up and most of the general public also think that there was more to the story. If this case happened today we would have the use of DNA and advanced forensics to add in the efforts to find the truth. Sadly though, just like with this case the media have the power to sway public opinion. And we all have a…

Lindbergh identified the body as that of their missing child. Two years following the crime, one of the ransom bills was used to purchase gasoline and the police apprehended Bruno Richard Hauptmann. The trial began on January 2, 1935 and ended with the execution of Bruno Richard Hauptmann on April 3, 1936. As a result of the Lindbergh kidnapping, Congress passed the Federal Kidnapping Law, influencing the Federal…

In 1998, Havvard was taken into police custody once again from his grandmother’s house. At the time, it had been suspected that he had been residing with the woman for a while and that was the reason why the officers went there to locate him. They knocked on the door and requested that Havvard reveal himself to them, but he refused to do so. When he didn’t appear as soon as they asked him to, the police officers began to search the home in the hope that they could still find him there. The…

The Mystery Surrounding the Lindbergh Kidnapping Every 40 seconds child is abducted in the U.S. March 1st, 1932 Charles Lindbergh Jr. was taken from his home without anything but a ransom letter left behind. Attracting the attention of even Al Capone who, while in prison, offered his help in exchange for a sentence reduction. This kidnapping has gone down in history as one of the most monumental investigations in the U.S, this case had gotten so much publicity then a law had been named after…

The Kidnapping of the Lindbergh Baby Overview: Charles Augustus Lindbergh was kidnapped at 20 months old on March 1, 1932 on the second floor of the nursery in the Lindbergh home. Document Examination: An analysis of Hauptmann’s handwriting showed similarity to the ransom note. Final Findings: The tool marks, wood was matched to wood in his attic, Condon’s number and address was found, and similar handwriting. The JonBenet Ramsey Case Overview: Six year old JonBenet was found murdered in…

Lindbergh Baby: Overview- The 20 month year old baby was kidnapped in the baby's own home. They used the window and then left a ransom letter behind. The abductor got their money and said the baby was with two women but the baby was actually dead. A truck driver found the baby in the woods dead one day. Document examination- There was multiple different ransom notes sent to the parents saying to send the money for the baby. Officer Osborn carefully examined the notes for a while to try and link…

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