Abduction: The Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping

Approximately, 840,000 people are reported missing each year. Surprisingly, the FBI claims that about 80% to 90% of these individuals are children. Although these kidnappings was devastating to the families who had lost their children, you probably would not have heard of the most infamous abduction…The Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping. Charles Augustus Lindbergh was a famous aviator known for being the first pilot to complete a solo transatlantic flight. Although Lindbergh’s life was full of excitement and fame, on the night of March 1st, 1932, everything took a turn for the worse. On that night, his only child, 20 months old was kidnapped, leaving the family heartbroken in tears. Bruno Richard Hauptman was responsible for the kidnapping and murder of Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr. Richard Bruno Hauptman was responsible for kidnapping and murdering Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr. According to the Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping Third

“The dollar sign is put after the dollar amount, which is a German way of writing the money. Also there are misspelling of words. The word "signature" is spelled s-i-n-g-n-a-t-u-r-e.” (PBS NOVA DOCUMENTARY). Bruno Richard Hauptman was actually German and all this evidence points directly to him. He also wasn’t very fluent in English which must have shown that his writing wasn’t very proper and must have been disorganized. Through further analysis of the note, the detectives uncovered many grammatical errors such as the dollar signs being in the front an also misspelled words. These misspelled words consisted of ours being “ouers,” later being , “ladder,” and where being,”were,”. This evidently tells us that Bruno Richard Hauptman must have crafted the ransom note. Not only that but, Lindbergh had assigned John Condon, a fellow friend of Lindberghs, to give the ransom money for him. According to the Second Character Cards, “Condon claimed to