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A jury in Flemington, New Jersey finds Bruno Hauptmann guilty of the 1932 kidnapping and murder of the Lindbergh baby, the son of Charles Lindbergh.
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Flemington, New Jersey
Borough in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, US
Flemington is a borough in and the county seat of Hunterdon County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Most of the borough is located in the Amwell Valley, a low-lying area of the Newark Basin, and the Raritan Valley, the South Branch of the Raritan River, which flows through the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
German-American executed for kidnapping and murder (1899–1936)
Bruno Richard Hauptmann was a German-American carpenter who was convicted of the abduction and murder of Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr., the 20-month-old son of aviator Charles Lindbergh and his wife Anne Morrow Lindbergh. The Lindbergh kidnapping became known as the "crime of…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
1932
Calendar year
1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1932nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 932nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 32nd year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year of the 1930s decade.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Lindbergh kidnapping
Abduction and murder of Charles Lindbergh Jr. (1932)
On March 1, 1932, Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr., the 20-month-old son of Col. Charles Lindbergh and his wife, aviator and author Anne Morrow Lindbergh, was murdered after being abducted from his crib in the upper floor of the Lindberghs' home, Highfields, in East Amwell, New…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Charles Lindbergh
American aviator (1902–1974)
Charles Augustus Lindbergh was an American aviator, military officer, and author. On May 20–21, 1927, he made the first nonstop flight from New York to Paris, a distance of 3,600 miles (5,800 km). His aircraft, the Spirit of St. Louis, was built to compete for the $25,000 Orteig…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)