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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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)"
Anne Spencer Lindbergh notableEvent Lindbergh kidnapping
Anne Spencer Lindbergh victimOf Lindbergh kidnapping

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