Case Study: The Charles Lindbergh Case

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The Charles Lindbergh case is one to remember. No one really knows what happened that night and it still remains to this day. There are many theories out there. Charles was an astonishing person, but why would they want his baby. No one knows and some clues are still clueless.

Betty Gow was there that night when young Charles was abducted. She was the nurse and maid for Charles Lindbergh Jr. She had inside connections and also her room is right across the nursery. She had direct access to the room. She had connections with mobsters. She left the window open for someone to get in. She must have called someone that The Lindbergh´s would be at the house that night. Betty Gow is guilty because she was the only person to set up the perfect kidnapping.

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