Decoding the Lindbergh Kidnapping Notes

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inside the home without ever entering it. Furthermore, everyone who resided in the house was interviewed and questioned (FBI, 2013). Mr. Lindbergh discovered the first ransom note in the baby’s room the night of the abduction (FBI, 2013). It was edge on the windowsill, the ransom note contained many grammatical errors, and it asked the Lindbergh’s pay $50,000 if they want their son back (FBI, 2013). The same individual wrote all of the ransom notes (Quinlan & Quinlan, 2013). Every ransom note ended with the same signature and three puncture holes (Quinlan & Quinlan, 2013). Every ransom note bore the same interlocked blue circles. According to the FBI (2013), this was to be the abductors signature. Hopewell police Chief Harry Wolfe and the …show more content…

The police’s reaction towards this new ransom note was to formulate a strategy (FBI, 2013). It was here where political leaders, prosecutors, and law enforcement came together to come up with theories about the crime as well as procedure policies (FBI, 2013). On March 8, 1932, the Lindbergh’s lawyers received the third ransom note (FBI, 2013). According to the FBI 14 of the ransom, notes contained the same signature, and for the most part, they all contained the same writing style and grammatical errors. Former schoolteacher Dr. John F Condon published and ad on the Bronx Home newspaper. In the ad, he stated that he would add $1,000 to the ransom money if the abductors choose him to be the intermediary between the Lindbergh’s and the kidnappers (Gardner, 2004). The abductors read the ad and they mailed a ransom note to Condon (FBI, 2013). The abductors liked the idea and they accepted him as the intermediary (FBI, 2013). Mr. Lindbergh was notified of this arrangement and he approved of Mr. Condon as the intermediary (FBI, 2013). The kidnapping spread across the media (Gardner, 2004). Experts believed that the kidnapping was constructed by organized crime (FBI, 2013). They formulated the theory that the ransom notes were written by someone who spoke German (FBI, 2013). Different law enforcement agencies like the United Sates Coast guard and the Washington, D.C. police were called to help in the

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