The Unresolved Mystery of Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping

On March 1, 1932 adolescent, 20 month old Charles A. Lindbergh was taken from his nursery in the family's home in Hopewell, Incipient Jersey . The case was long run and astringent but a suspect was eventually put on tribulation and executed due to the severity of the case . All evidence pointed to Richard “Bruno” Hauptmann, the maleficent creature who abducted and murdered baby Lindbergh was definitely culpable on all charges. He was singley charged for all accounts, yet all evidence pointed to more than one suspect that could have helped Hauptmann complete the horrid task of taking this famous baby boy. Hauptmann was given a very fair trial, he was indeed proved guilty according to the evidence provided to the court. A ladder was made to get into the Lindbergh home in Hopewell. Prior to the abduction Hauptmann worked at a lumberyard. “The kidnappers ladder traced to a lumber yard where Hauptmann worked before the kidnapping” (Peters “New Revelations”
Hauptmann only received one third of the ransom cash. This led to the suspicion that he did have a partner or partners that helped him carry out the deed. “The ransom money, of which $13,750 was found” (Smith 1). The money that was found was only part of the full ransom cash. “The $13,750 found in Hauptmann’s garage plus about $5,000 he is known to have spent, leaves about $31,000 still unaccounted for” (Peters “Evidence” 3) The other two components were never found. John Douglas from the documentary from PBS Nova additionally verbally expressed that “It was absolutely impossible to have committed this task alone”. The other two components of the ransom money are said to have been split between two other men, one going by the designation of John Knowles. Knowles was interrogated, but later deemed innocent because there was not enough evidence to charge him with anything tied to the Lindbergh baby