In History / Junior High School | 2024-09-06

Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr., 20-month-old son of the famous aviator and Anne
Morrow Lindbergh, was kidnapped about 9:00 p.m., on March 1, 1932, from the
nursery on the second floor of the Lindbergh home near Hopewell, New Jersey. The
child's absence was discovered and reported to his parents, who were then at home, at
approximately 10:00 p.m. by the child's nurse, Betty Gow. A search of the premises
was immediately made and a ransom note demanding $50,000 was found on the
nursery window sill. After the Hopewell police were notified, the report was
telephoned to the New Jersey State Police, who assumed charge of the investigation.
During the search at the kidnapping scene, traces of mud were found on the floor of
the nursery. Footprints, impossible to measure, were found under the nursery window.
Two sections of the ladder had been used in reaching the window. One of the two
sections was split or broken where it joined the other, indicating that the ladder had
broken during the ascent or descent. There were no blood stains in or about the
nursery, nor were there any fingerprints.
Household and estate employees were questioned and investigated. Colonel
Lindbergh asked friends to communicate with the kidnappers, and they made
widespread appeals for the kidnappers to start negotiations. Various underworld
characters were dealt with in attempts to contact the kidnappers, and numerous clues
were advanced and exhausted.
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