MillerJessica Unit1 Assignment
Lindbergh Baby Case
Jessica L. Miller
Kaplan University
The justice system's major components are: police, courts, and corrections. Police are public officials whose purpose is to maintain order and enforce the criminal law. Police officers work in the community to prevent and control crime within their jurisdiction. This includes, but is not limited to: speeding, illegal use of drugs, violence, and disruptive behavior. The police cooperate with prosecutors in criminal investigations and help to provide evidence to obtain convictions in the courts. In the Lindbergh case the police gathered evidence and investigated the disappearance and murder of Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr. Charles Lindbergh Jr. was a twenty month old child who was kidnapped from his family’s home at night, while his family was in the home. The police found evidence that a ladder had been used in the kidnapping of the child, who was located in his nursery on the second floor of the home. Mud and footprints were found on the nursery floor beneath the window sill, but they were not defined, and subsequently the investigators could not measure them. There were no legible fingerprints found at the scene because there was either too many of the household staff’s or they were smudged. Other evidence in the crime was presented to the police via the kidnapper. The kidnapper had left a ransom note on the window sill of the nursery, and it was found by the child’s father, Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Sr. Other ransom notes were also sent. The second, was sent to Colonel Henry Breckenridge, the family’s attorney, and it stated that the kidnapper required more money and requested someone to act as intermediary. The third note was sent to Dr. John F. Condon, who was a school principal, and had agreed to be intermediary. The fifth ransom note was delivered by taxi and given to the driver by a “stranger” the letter accompanied an anonymous phone call. Dr. Condon was instructed to find
Jessica L. Miller
Kaplan University
The justice system's major components are: police, courts, and corrections. Police are public officials whose purpose is to maintain order and enforce the criminal law. Police officers work in the community to prevent and control crime within their jurisdiction. This includes, but is not limited to: speeding, illegal use of drugs, violence, and disruptive behavior. The police cooperate with prosecutors in criminal investigations and help to provide evidence to obtain convictions in the courts. In the Lindbergh case the police gathered evidence and investigated the disappearance and murder of Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr. Charles Lindbergh Jr. was a twenty month old child who was kidnapped from his family’s home at night, while his family was in the home. The police found evidence that a ladder had been used in the kidnapping of the child, who was located in his nursery on the second floor of the home. Mud and footprints were found on the nursery floor beneath the window sill, but they were not defined, and subsequently the investigators could not measure them. There were no legible fingerprints found at the scene because there was either too many of the household staff’s or they were smudged. Other evidence in the crime was presented to the police via the kidnapper. The kidnapper had left a ransom note on the window sill of the nursery, and it was found by the child’s father, Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Sr. Other ransom notes were also sent. The second, was sent to Colonel Henry Breckenridge, the family’s attorney, and it stated that the kidnapper required more money and requested someone to act as intermediary. The third note was sent to Dr. John F. Condon, who was a school principal, and had agreed to be intermediary. The fifth ransom note was delivered by taxi and given to the driver by a “stranger” the letter accompanied an anonymous phone call. Dr. Condon was instructed to find
References: The Lindbergh Kidnapping. (2010, July 28). Retrieved January 14, 2015, from http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/history/famous-cases/the-lindbergh-kidnapping What Happened to the Lindbergh Baby. (n.d.). Retrieved January 14, 2015, from http://extmedia.kaplan.edu/pubSafe/Media/CJ101/CJ101_1403B/Unit1/index.html