Lindbergh Kidnapping Research Paper

84 years ago Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr. was kidnapped on March 1, 1932 from the bedroom of his parents house near Hopewell, New Jersey around 9:00 pm. The child was noticed missing around 10:00 pm. Charles Lindbergh, the famous aviator, and his wife Anne Morrow Lindbergh as well as the nursery maid began to search the house grounds for the 20 month baby. In this they found a ransom note on the nursery window sill asking for $50,000. When the New Jersey State Police was notified the investigation of the nursery began. The investigators didn’t find much besides a few muddy foot prints and the ladder that was used to reach the second floor window. They did not find any blood or fingerprints in the nursery. The employees of the estate and household were questioned as well. To create a distance, Colonel Lindbergh asked a friend to communicate with the kidnapper to start negotiations. On March 6th, Colonel Lindbergh received a second ransom note asking for $70,000. A third ransom note was received on March 8th saying the Colonel’s friend would not be accepted as a go between. That same day Dr. John F. Condon, a retired school principal offered to play a role in the negotiations and pay and additional $1,000 to the ransom. This offer was accepted by the kidnapper the next day with a fourth ransom note asking again for the $70,000 dollars in
The twelfth ransom note was found by Dr. Condon under a stone in front of the Lindbergh Greenhouse, as instructed in the eleventh note. With that note, Condon met with someone calling themselves “John” to attempt to decrease the ransom to $50,000. This was agreed upon and a thirteenth note was given to Condon. The note included a receipt as well as instructions indicating the baby could be found on a nearby boat named