Crime of the
Century
Charles Lindbergh
Main items of evidence
• Homemade ladder
• Ransom note(s) (handwriting, other identifying
information)
• Ransom money (gold certificates)
• Remains of the child (injuries, state of the
remains)
Bruno Hauptman of The Bronx was identified as a
suspect. He was tried, convicted and executed
for the crime .
More recent information
• Several books, especially in the last 10 years,
have been published that point out the oddities
of Charles Lindberghs personality and the
unusual circumstances of the case investigation
• He had a family in the US. He also would fly
to Germany a few times a year to visit 3
additional families he created with 3 different
women, 2 were sisters
• Interest in Eugenics
• Nazi sympathizer
• Prankster personality