Nathan Leopold

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Nathan Leopold was an American criminal best known for participating in the infamous 1924 "Leopold and Loeb" murder case, in which he and Richard Loeb killed a young boy in a notorious attempt to commit the "perfect crime."

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instanceOf American criminal
person
ageAtCrime 19
ageAtDeath 66
alsoKnownAs Nathan Leopold
surface form: Nathan F. Leopold Jr.
authored Life Plus 99 Years
birthDate 1904-11-19
birthPlace Chicago, Illinois, United States
burialPlace Chicago, Illinois, United States
causeOfDeath diabetes-related heart attack
coPerpetratorOf murder of Bobby Franks
crimeDate 1924-05-21
crimeLocation Chicago, Illinois, United States
crimeType kidnapping
murder
deathDate 1971-08-29
deathPlace San Juan, Puerto Rico
defenseAttorney Clarence Darrow
education University of Chicago
University of Chicago Laboratory Schools
University of Chicago Law School
surface form: University of Chicago Law School (attended briefly)
ethnicGroup Jewish American
familyName Leopold
fieldOfStudy ornithology
fullName Nathan Leopold self-linksurface differs
surface form: Nathan Freudenthal Leopold Jr.
givenName Nathan
incarceratedAt Stateville Correctional Center
IQ reported IQ above 200 (disputed)
knownFor high intelligence
legalOutcome convicted of murder
motive desire to commit a "perfect crime"
nationality United States of America
notableFor Leopold and Loeb murder trial
surface form: Leopold and Loeb murder case
paroleDate 1958
paroleStatus paroled
partnerInCrime Richard Loeb
plea guilty
postReleaseActivity social work
postReleaseOccupation medical technician
postReleaseResidence Puerto Rico
religion Judaism
sentence life imprisonment plus 99 years
subjectOf Compulsion (1959 film)
Compulsion (novel)
Rope
surface form: Rope (1948 film, loosely inspired)

Rope
surface form: Rope (play, loosely inspired)

numerous criminology studies
victim Bobby Franks
workType autobiography

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Clarence Darrow represented Nathan Leopold
Nathan Leopold fullName Nathan Leopold self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Nathan Freudenthal Leopold Jr.
Nathan Leopold alsoKnownAs Nathan Leopold
this entity surface form: Nathan F. Leopold Jr.
Richard Loeb coPerpetratorWith Nathan Leopold
Richard Loeb partnerInCrime Nathan Leopold