The kidnapping Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr. occurred in the night of first March 1932. The infant's kidnap transpired in a nursery school near his parent's home in New Jersey. The man behind the crime was believed to be a German illegal migrant in America known as Bruno Richard Hauptmann. Circumstantial evidence was used for indictment, trial, and execution of Hauptmann against the crimes he committed. Hauptmann was found guilty during trial and was sentenced to death through electrocution.
The crimes committed by the perpetrators of the crime and their accomplices include: extortion of money as the kidnappers demanded 50,000 dollars as a ransom in exchange for the kidnapped infant. Ransom notes were handed to Condon (an intermediary between the kidnappers and the child's parents), with detailed instructions on how the ransom money will be delivered to them. The ransom was finally paid, but the child was never given to its parents. The body of the child was later found in May 1932, severely mutilated and with missing body parts. Murdering of the infant was a heinous crime that should receive maximum condemnation.
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The investigators tracked the ransom payments using serial numbers of the bills to arrest suspects of the crime. Serial number copies of the payments were distributed to banks and businesses. After two and a half years, there was a development in the case as Hauptmann spent the bills at a gasoline station, the police were alerted, and they were able to arrest Hauptmann. Personal identification was used to ascertain whether Hauptmann was the right suspect. The description of Condon on the suspect who identified himself as John fitted Hauptmann's resemblance as the Man who collected ransom bills from him. The police analyzed the handwriting on the ransom notes and compared them to the handwriting of Hauptmann. FBI lab results showed that Hauptmann's handwriting had a similar resemblance with that of the ransom notes ( Cahill Jr, 2014) . The police ransacked Hauptmann's house and found a considerable amount of hidden ransom bills in his garage, Condos' telephone number and address in a notebook found in the home. The investigative evidence linked Hauptmann to the crime and was used to charge him in a court of law.
References
Cahill Jr, R. T. (2014). Hauptmann's Ladder: A Step-by-step Analysis of the Lindbergh Kidnapping . The Kent State University Press.
