The Kidnapping of the Lindbergh Baby
Overview: Charles Augustus Lindbergh was kidnapped at 20 months old on March 1, 1932 on the second floor of the nursery in the Lindbergh home.
Document Examination: An analysis of Hauptmann’s handwriting showed similarity to the ransom note.
Final Findings: The tool marks, wood was matched to wood in his attic, Condon’s number and address was found, and similar handwriting.
The JonBenet Ramsey Case
Overview: Six year old JonBenet was found murdered in Boulder, Colorado in her home on December 26, 1996. Early suspicion fell on her parents but they were exonerated after DNA at the scene was found to belong to a unrelated male.
Document Examination: The case was never solved but experts say the ransom note was written by the ramseys because …show more content…
Document Examination: They found 40,000 handwritten journal pages that included bomb-making experiments and descriptions of Unabomber crimes
Final Findings: They found a wealth of bomb components and one live bomb ready for mailing.
The Hitler Diaries
Overview: In April 1983, the West German news magazine Stern published excerpts from what they claimed to be the diaries of Adolf Hitler, a series of books written between 1932 and 1945. Stern journalist Gerd Heidemann claimed to have paid 10 million for the 60 small books, which had allegedly been smuggled from a crash site in Dresden by ‘Dr Fischer.
Document Examination: A page was taken from the diary and was examined by handwriting experts which resulted in everyone agreeing that it did in fact belong to hitler but when a press conference was held they said it belonged to a magazine. In the end they found by using photocopies that it was written on present paper and was actually a forgery.
Final Findings: The diaries were written on modern paper with modern
Overview: Charles Augustus Lindbergh was kidnapped at 20 months old on March 1, 1932 on the second floor of the nursery in the Lindbergh home.
Document Examination: An analysis of Hauptmann’s handwriting showed similarity to the ransom note.
Final Findings: The tool marks, wood was matched to wood in his attic, Condon’s number and address was found, and similar handwriting.
The JonBenet Ramsey Case
Overview: Six year old JonBenet was found murdered in Boulder, Colorado in her home on December 26, 1996. Early suspicion fell on her parents but they were exonerated after DNA at the scene was found to belong to a unrelated male.
Document Examination: The case was never solved but experts say the ransom note was written by the ramseys because …show more content…
Document Examination: They found 40,000 handwritten journal pages that included bomb-making experiments and descriptions of Unabomber crimes
Final Findings: They found a wealth of bomb components and one live bomb ready for mailing.
The Hitler Diaries
Overview: In April 1983, the West German news magazine Stern published excerpts from what they claimed to be the diaries of Adolf Hitler, a series of books written between 1932 and 1945. Stern journalist Gerd Heidemann claimed to have paid 10 million for the 60 small books, which had allegedly been smuggled from a crash site in Dresden by ‘Dr Fischer.
Document Examination: A page was taken from the diary and was examined by handwriting experts which resulted in everyone agreeing that it did in fact belong to hitler but when a press conference was held they said it belonged to a magazine. In the end they found by using photocopies that it was written on present paper and was actually a forgery.
Final Findings: The diaries were written on modern paper with modern