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This Day in Legal History: Bruno Hauptmann Indicted
On October 8, 1934, Bruno Richard Hauptmann was indicted for the murder of 20-month-old Charles Lindbergh Jr., the son of famed aviator Charles Lindbergh. The case, often referred to as the “Crime of the Century,” began in March 1932 when the child was kidnapped from the Lindbergh home in Hopewell, New Jersey. Despite a ransom being paid, the boy’s body was found weeks later, less than five miles from the house, sparking a national outcry and a complex investigation.
The break in the case came in 1934 when marked ransom money was traced to…
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