Lindbergh kidnapping

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The Lindbergh kidnapping was the infamous 1932 abduction and murder of aviator Charles Lindbergh’s young son, a crime that gripped the United States and led to major changes in federal kidnapping laws.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf criminal case ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
kidnapping ⓘ
murder case ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Lindbergh kidnapping ⓘ
surface form: Lindbergh baby case

Lindbergh baby kidnapping ⓘ
bodyDiscoveredDate 1932-05-12 ⓘ
bodyDiscoveredLocation near Mount Rose, New Jersey ⓘ
causeOfDeathOfVictim head trauma ⓘ
charges first-degree murder ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
date 1932-03-01 ⓘ
evidenceType ladder used to reach nursery window ⓘ
marked gold certificates ⓘ
ransom notes ⓘ
executionDate 1936-04-03 ⓘ
executionMethod electric chair ⓘ
executionPlace New Jersey State Prison ⓘ
impact increased public concern over child safety ⓘ
strengthened federal role in major crimes ⓘ
influenced Federal Kidnapping Act ⓘ
Lindbergh Law ⓘ
investigatedBy Federal Bureau of Investigation ⓘ
New Jersey State Police ⓘ
legalConsequence kidnapping became a federal offense when victim transported across state lines ⓘ
legalOutcome conviction of Bruno Richard Hauptmann ⓘ
legislationDate 1932 ⓘ
location East Amwell Township, New Jersey ⓘ
Hopewell, New Jersey ⓘ
mediaNickname Crime of the Century ⓘ
notableInvestigator Herbert Norman Schwarzkopf Sr. ⓘ
parentOfVictim Anne Morrow Lindbergh ⓘ
Charles Lindbergh ⓘ
perpetrator Bruno Richard Hauptmann ⓘ
publicReaction intense media coverage ⓘ
nationwide outrage ⓘ
ransomCurrency gold certificates ⓘ
ransomDemanded 50000 US dollars ⓘ
ransomPaid 50000 US dollars ⓘ
sentence death penalty ⓘ
subjectOf films and documentaries ⓘ
numerous books ⓘ
suspect Bruno Richard Hauptmann ⓘ
trialLocation Flemington, New Jersey ⓘ
trialStartYear 1935 ⓘ
verdict guilty ⓘ
victim Charles Lindbergh ⓘ
surface form: Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr.
victimAge 20 months ⓘ
year 1932 ⓘ

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Anne Spencer Lindbergh → notableEvent → Lindbergh kidnapping ⓘ
Anne Spencer Lindbergh → victimOf → Lindbergh kidnapping ⓘ
Lindbergh kidnapping → alsoKnownAs → Lindbergh kidnapping ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lindbergh baby case
Machine Gun Kelly → legalActInvolved → Lindbergh kidnapping ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lindbergh Law (Federal Kidnapping Act)
Lindbergh family → associatedWithEvent → Lindbergh kidnapping ⓘ
David T. Wilentz → notableEvent → Lindbergh kidnapping ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lindbergh kidnapping trial
Bruno Richard Hauptmann → notableFor → Lindbergh kidnapping ⓘ
Flemington, New Jersey → hasHistoricEvent → Lindbergh kidnapping ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lindbergh kidnapping trial
Federal Kidnapping Act → triggeringEvent → Lindbergh kidnapping ⓘ
this entity surface form: kidnapping of Charles Lindbergh Jr.
Crime of the Century → alsoKnownAs → Lindbergh kidnapping ⓘ
subject surface form: Crime of the Century (Lindbergh kidnapping)
Crime of the Century → alsoKnownAs → Lindbergh kidnapping ⓘ
subject surface form: Crime of the Century (Lindbergh kidnapping)
this entity surface form: Lindbergh baby kidnapping
Murder in the Calais Coach → hasMotiveElement → Lindbergh kidnapping ⓘ
this entity surface form: kidnapping of Daisy Armstrong