Charles Lindbergh's Kidnapping

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Charles Lindbergh Jr was stolen from his house between eight and twelve pm on March 1st 1932. Later that night, he was hit on the forcefully hit on the head fracturing both sides of his skull and killing him instantly. Charles Lindbergh Jr was murdered by his father Charles Lindbergh. The whole kidnapping had been a hoax and Charles Lindbergh had murdered his son because of he had rickets, and other physical disabilities.
The night of March 1st 1932, Charles Lindbergh a Aviator famous for flying across the atlantic, got home early because he did not go to a presentation in New York he claimed he forgot. He climbed a ladder to Charlie's room and snuck him out without anyone noticing. Then he drove away only a couple of miles, murdered Charlie …show more content…

For example, on the night of the ransom exchange the police wanted to trail the person that received the ransom, Lindbergh did want them to and ordered the police to stay away from the cemetery where the ransom was taking place. The person getting the ransom was Isidor Fisch and Lindbergh was keeping the police away from the cemetery so the kidnapping hoax would not be discovered. Lindbergh also did not open any of the ransom notes till the police arrived almost an half an hour after the kidnapping had been discovered. Any normal parent in the frantic search for a baby would open a note they found on the spot wanting to know what happened to their child, Lindbergh however waited for the police to arrive before opening the …show more content…

The night Lindbergh had killed Charlie she had seen something suspicious happening outside and had failed to report it to the rest of the household. Sharp had been close to Charlie his whole life and was feeling extreme guilt she had not stopped Lindbergh. Sharp suspected Lindbergh not of murdering the child but of pretending Charlie had been kidnaped as a joke, she suspected this because of his history of playing cold hearted jokes on the family. When she confronted him Lindbergh swore her to secrecy and threatened her that he would kill her family if she reported her suspicions. Sharp killed herself because of her guilt when the police came to question her. She never told anyone because she had depression before Charlie was kidnaped and believed Lindbergh really would kill her family if she told the police. The rest of the family did not know about what had really happened that night. One day Anne Lindbergh Charles wife told the police that usually the dog barks when a unfamiliar person or something is happening outside and it's odd the dog did not bark when its dog house is so close to the kidnappers. Lindbergh heard this then said that the dog was getting old and it does not bark much at all at anyone anymore. Really the dog was in good health and one police

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