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The Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping
Hopewell, New Jersey, United StatesMarch 1, 1932
On March 1, 1932, the 20-month-old son of aviation hero Charles Lindbergh was kidnapped from the family home in New Jersey. A $50,000 ransom was paid but the baby was found dead weeks later. German immigrant Bruno Hauptmann was convicted and executed in 1936, though some still question his guilt.