Abdul Lindbergh Ransom Notes

Overview: On March 1, 1932, the son of the famous aviator and Anne Morrow Lindbergh was kidnapped from their home. After searching the home, police found a $50,000 ransom note. After trying to negotiate with the kidnappers, on March 6, 1932, another ransom note, this one for $70,000, was found. The third ransom note was received by Colonel Lindbergh’s attorney on March 8, informing that an intermediary appointed by the Lindberghs would not be accepted and requesting a note in a newspaper. The following day the fourth ransom note was received by Dr. Condon, which indicated he would be acceptable as a go-between. The sixth ransom note was found on March 12. The doctor met an unidentified man, who called himself “John”. They discussed payment of the ransom money. The stranger agreed to furnish a token of the child’s identity. During the next few days, Dr. Condon furthered contact

Both John and Patsy Ramsey submitted handwriting samples to the police shortly after JonBenét was killed. Investigators ruled out John as the writer of the note, but Patsy’s handwriting has kept her under suspicion. In 2008 when new DNA evidence revealed that they were not the killers. John Mark Karr was arrested for the murder after he confessed to killing JonBenét in 2006. At the time, handwriting analyst Curt Baggett claimed that Karr was the writer of the letter, based on a comparison to an entry written by Karr in a yearbook. There are at least a dozen traits that match up perfectly when comparing a high school yearbook signed by Karr and the ransom note. After further analyzing by multiple analysts, it was decided that Karr did not write the ransom note. Karr was released based on that consensus and the fact that new DNA evidence was found that eliminated Karr from being a suspect. Unfortunately no one has been convicted of this heinous