Charles Lindbergh's 20-month old son was kidnapped from his home in March 1932. Ransom notes demanding $50,000 were left at the scene along with evidence of a ladder used to access the baby's bedroom window. After months of investigation led by the FBI and New Jersey police, Bruno Hauptmann was arrested after ransom money was found in his home linking him to the crime. At trial in 1934, Hauptmann was found guilty of first degree murder and sentenced to death. Despite alternate theories of an inside job or organized crime involvement, the evidence presented solidly pointed to Hauptmann as the kidnapper and killer of Charles Lindbergh Jr.