The German-born man was convicted of kidnapping and killing the son ... killed the young son of star aviator Charles Lindbergh. The crime and trial fueled a gruesome media circus that drove ...

and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh in an extradition warrant demanding his return to New Jersey for trial. Federal authorities accuse him of planning and executing the kidnaping which was climaxed with ...

The cold case ended in tragedy two months later, when the “Lindbergh Baby” was found dead just miles from Lindbergh’s home.

But running a kidnapping investigation was no job ... Hauptmann was indicted in October 1934 for the murder of Charles Lindbergh Jr. The "Trial of the Century" got underway in the small town ...

“The Lindbergh kidnapping case is right at that intersection — it’s a crime story and a media story.” Five years before the kidnapping, Charles Lindbergh flew into the headlines as the first solo ...

The Lindbergh baby kidnapping is one of the most famous crimes ever committed in the United States. At the time, it was called "The Trial of the Century," and even became a global sensation.

In 1935, after enduring a three-year ordeal involving the kidnapping and murder of their first born son and the trial of the man accused of committing the crime, Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh ...

and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh in an extradition warrant demanding his return to New Jersey for trial. Federal authorities accuse him of planning and executing the kidnaping which was climaxed with ...