Summary of the Lindbergh Baby Case
In this case, the police responded to a call at 11:30 pm on March 1, 1932, of a possible kidnapping. They arrived on a rainy night, to the residence of Charles and Anne Lindbergh. Their twenty-month-old son had gone missing from his crib. The police started looking for signs of who may have kidnapped the child. At the scene, there was very slight forensic evidence and not much substantial evidence. There was a ransom note that was demanding money, there were marks out on a window sill from a ladder, and there were muddy footprints in the room. There were also pry marks where someone came in through a distorted less protected window. This could mean that someone had previous understanding of the house, being that everyone was home when the baby was taken. The kidnapper went right to the …show more content…
He was transported to a New York courthouse in front of the judge to answer to the charges of extortion. Hauptman was detained on 100,000 dollars in bail. Two weeks later he was transported to New Jersey where twenty-three grand jurors consistently indicted him with murder and kidnapping. According to Linder (2005), his lawyer Edward J.Reilly defended him on these charges. Hauptman was then deported to New Jersey to stand trial on these charges.
Throughout the preliminary hearing, the prosecutors drew out how they believed the crime occurred. The prosecutor stated that Hauptman snuck into the Lindbergh residence through a window utilizing a ladder that they said he constructed. He removed the baby from the crib and on the way out the window the ladder collapsed. Authorities believe that is when the baby fell out and landed on the ground killing him promptly. According to Linder (2005), After calling a total of 162 witnesses and several weeks of the trial, and after only a few hours of deliberation, the jury passed down their
In this case, the police responded to a call at 11:30 pm on March 1, 1932, of a possible kidnapping. They arrived on a rainy night, to the residence of Charles and Anne Lindbergh. Their twenty-month-old son had gone missing from his crib. The police started looking for signs of who may have kidnapped the child. At the scene, there was very slight forensic evidence and not much substantial evidence. There was a ransom note that was demanding money, there were marks out on a window sill from a ladder, and there were muddy footprints in the room. There were also pry marks where someone came in through a distorted less protected window. This could mean that someone had previous understanding of the house, being that everyone was home when the baby was taken. The kidnapper went right to the …show more content…
He was transported to a New York courthouse in front of the judge to answer to the charges of extortion. Hauptman was detained on 100,000 dollars in bail. Two weeks later he was transported to New Jersey where twenty-three grand jurors consistently indicted him with murder and kidnapping. According to Linder (2005), his lawyer Edward J.Reilly defended him on these charges. Hauptman was then deported to New Jersey to stand trial on these charges.
Throughout the preliminary hearing, the prosecutors drew out how they believed the crime occurred. The prosecutor stated that Hauptman snuck into the Lindbergh residence through a window utilizing a ladder that they said he constructed. He removed the baby from the crib and on the way out the window the ladder collapsed. Authorities believe that is when the baby fell out and landed on the ground killing him promptly. According to Linder (2005), After calling a total of 162 witnesses and several weeks of the trial, and after only a few hours of deliberation, the jury passed down their