Analysis of the Lindenbergh Baby Kidnapping Case
Analysis of the Lindenbergh Baby Kidnapping Case
KIDNAPPED, on March 1st 1932, between 8 and 10 pm, from his home in Hopewell New Jersey. The Lindbergh baby,Charles, roughly 20 months old, was taken from his crib. The first suspects were speculated to be gangsters, on one else would commit such a crime. The perpetrator left a ransom note on the baby?s window sill demanding $50,000 dollars for the return of their son. After the money was paid a note was given saying the child was on a boat off Massachusetts coast. No baby was found there, but a body of a child was found on May 12, 1932 just miles from the Lindbergh home, face down in the dirt, partially decomposed. The autopsy done on the child revealed it was the Lindbergh?s son. It took more than two years to track down the murderer a Bruno Richard Hauptmann. He was an illegal German immigrant with a criminal record in his past. This man Bruno Hauptmann is considered a very guilty person in the eyes of most, and he is also guilty to this offence because of the overwhelming amount of direct and indirect evidence. So I feel this man is guilty in every way, and was rightly prosecuted for this offence.
This case had many pieces of direct evidence that were used to convict Mr. Hauptmann to a guilty charge. Some of these pieces of evidence were money that Hauptmann used one night, at a theatre. The money he used was a gold certificate, one which the ransom money was paid in, this would link him directly to the crime because the ransom money was gold certificate and the serial numbers were recorded. Another piece of direct evidence that was given was the voice of ?Cemetery John?. Mr. Lindbergh thought this voice was the voice of Mr. Hauptman, and he testified this at the court house.
Another piece of direct evidence was when one eye- witness saw a truck, with a ladder in the back pull quickly into a ditch. The eye- witness testified that the man driving the truck was Mr. Hauptmann. The ladder was also made from the boards in Mr. Hauptmann?s garage attic floor. One other major piece of direct evidence in the case was the chisel. The chisel was a...