lindberg baby kidnapping (the case of 1932) - the crime scene, evidence at crime scene, forienssic investigation and the arrest of the criminal and trail given by the court

1. Prepared by:
Parthesh Pandya

2. Contents
 Introduction
 Victim
 Crime scene
 Clues
 Investigation
 Forensic evidence
 The trail

3. Introduction
 Charles Lindbergh : He was
a famous pilot well known
for the first solo nonstop
flight across atlantic ocean
from New York to Paris.
 Anne Morrow Lindbergh :
Wife of Charles Lindbergh.
 Charles lindbergh Jr. : 20
months old son of Charles
Lindbergh and his wife.

4. The victim
 Lindbergh Jr. was
kidnapped on March 1,
1932 around 9:00 pm.
 20 months old at the time
of kidnapping.
 At 9:00 pm Mrs.
Lindbergh saw in the room
that baby was sleeping
peacefully.
 After 50 minutes the maid
of Lindbergh Jr. found him
missing.

5. The crime scene
 An envelope which was remained unopened untill
police arrived.
 Footprints were found on the ground outside the
second story window.
 A wodden ladder lying beneath the second floor
window.
 No fingerprints were found.

7. The clues
 The ladder was homemade in
three different sections for ease
of carrying.
 Inside the envelope there was a
ransom note written :
Dear Sir! Have 50,000$ ready
25000$ in 20$ bills 15000$ in 10$
bills and 10000$ in 5$ bills. After
2-4 days we will inform you were
to deliver the Money. We warn
you for informing public or the
police . Indication for all letters
are signature and 3 holes”

8. Investigation
 Dr. John Condon: Volunteered to act as a go-between
for the Lindbergh and the kidnappers.
 Condon met the kidnapper in a graveyard and handed
over the ransom in gold certificates (the numbers on
the certificates had been recorded by police).
 Condon was given a note that stated the baby could be
found on a boat nearby.

9.  On May 12 the dead body of
the baby was found near
Lindbergh’s house.
 In 1933 U.S.A abonded the
gold standard and citizens
were to return the old bills to
the bank.
 Lindbergh ransom bills began
turning up in the city, but
they were identified just too
late to trace.

10.  The gas station attendant was paid with gold
certificate of 10$, he noted car number behind it and
deposited it to the bank.
 Bank claimed it was one of ransom bills.
 Police investigated and found that the number of car
written on bill belonged to Richard Hauptmann.
 Police investigated and found necessary information
about the Hauptmann
 Richard Hauptmann was arrested on 19 September
1934.

12. Forensic Evidence
 Handwriting obtained
form suspect were
matching with the
ransom note found at
crime scene.
Handwriting evidence is
so solid that it was
checked over and over by
forensic experts and still
used in training
examiners of questioned
documents.

13.  Another forensic evidance came from tool marks used
to make the ladder that was found at crime scene.
 Forensic wood expert “Arthur Koehler” found that
ladder was made up of 4 different kinds of woods.
 He also studied the marks of machine and nails used
to dress side rails of ladder.
 Koehler traced wood and marks and studying samples
from different mills and found that wood used was of
national mill work company in Bronx.

14.  Hauptmann was a german carpenter and also the
former employee of the same company.
 Koehler searched Hauptmann’s house and found an
attic cointaining four holes excatly similar as in upper
rail of ladder.
 One notebook cointained a sketch similar to a ladder
found at crime scene.
 At the time of arrest more than 14000$ and some were
found in hidden shelves in Hauptmann’s parking
garage .

15. The Trail
 Hauptmann’s trail for
murder and kidnapping
began on january 2 1935 in
supreme court of New
Jersey.
 On February 13
Hauptmann was convicted
to death under charges of
kidnapping and murder of
baby.
 At 8:47am on the given
date , Hauptmann was
declared dead.

16. Refrences
 Crime Science : Methods of Forensic Detection - by Joe
Nickell
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