Overview: The baby Charles Lindbergh Jr. was child of a famous aviator was reported to be kidnaped on March first in 1932 around 9:00 PM. He was taken from the nursery on the second floor of his home which was located just outside Hoppell,New Jersey. The child's absence was first discovered by nurse, then she had told the parents which had resulted in them arriving at 10:00 PM. At the scene a ransom note was left in the window sill for $50,000. On March 6,1932 a second ransom note was delivered to the family raising the price to $70,000. On May 12,1932 The body of the baby was found by accident, partially buried, and 4.5 miles Southeast of the Lindbergh home.
Examination: The examination of the ransom note left at the scene had indicated that whoever wrote
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The scene looked like a kidnapping but she was in her home.
Examination: The note was very similar to the moms handwriting. However the mom was never charged.
Final Findings: Nobody was charged however the handwriting is very similar to the moms.
The Unabomber
Overview: Between the years 1978 and 1995, Ted Kaczynski mailed bombs to universities and airlines, killing 3 people and injuring 23 more.
Examination: Ted Kaczynski wrote a 35,000 word essay on the problems of modern society, someone recognized it was his handwriting and informed the FBI with this tip.
Final Findings: Ted Kaczynski was arrested after FBI got the tip. He was sentenced to life in prison, he was on the run for about two years.
The Hitler Diaries
Overview: The Hitler Diaries were a series of sixty volumes of journals that were thought to be written by Hitler but it was later discovered that they were actually forged by Konrad Kujau after he sold them to a newspaper company which then sold them to news organizations. The News organizations doubted them and then investigated them and found out they were
Her parents were suspects but then were ruled out in a dna test. How: A lengthy handwritten ransom note was found in the house. They suspected that the note was written by jonbenet's mother but they didn't have enough evidence. Foundings: Next to the ransom note was jonbenet’s body.
On April 19, 1995, at 0902 hours, Oklahoma City was rocked to the core when a bomb was set off outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building (History.com Staff, 2009). A total of 168 people were killed, another 850 were injured as the result of the bombing. At the time of the bombing, there were no indications of who was responsible for the disaster. While searching the debris investigators discovered a twisted axle from the vehicle where the bomb had been located. The hidden vehicle identification code led investigators to a rental facility in Junction City, Kansas (Goodman, 2017).
Ronald Watts, 48 years old, a District tactical sergeant, and a patrol officer named Kallatt Mohammed, 47 years old, were both parts of the 2nd District tactical team in the Chicago Police Department. On the eve of February 13, 2012, both officers were formally charged in the U.S. District Court of Chicago by the Northern District of Illinois United State Attorney, Patrick J. Fitzgerald, with government funds theft. Mr. Watts was an 18-year police veteran and Mr. Mohammed was with the Chicago PD for 14 years. Their arrest was due to unseal complaints of police criminal misconduct by two whistleblower officers, Shannon Spalding and Daniel Echeverria , followed by a thorough investigation of, special of the Chicago Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Robert D. Grant and the police department’s Internal Affairs Division.
An Oklahoma State Trooper noticed a missing license plate on a yellow Mercury Marquis conducted a traffic stop. The driver of the vehicle that was pulled over was Timothy McVeigh, who was about 80 miles north of Oklahoma City at the time of the stop. The Trooper found a concealed weapon on McVeigh and he was arrested for the violation. The FBI quickly pieced together the timeline of when he was stopped and arrested, and determined it was only 90 minutes after the bombing of the federal building. The FBI collected McVeigh’s clothes and sent them to
Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping On March 1, 1932, twenty-month-old baby Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr was kidnapped from his nursery on the second floor of Lindbergh’s house in Hopewell, New Jersey. Baby Charlie was the son of Charles Lindbergh, a famous aviator, and Anne Morrow Lindbergh in which was “America’s Family”. When the child’s nurse, Betty Gow, went to check on Charlie around 10:00pm, he was gone but Lindbergh nor his wife had the child. An immense investigation was led by the New Jersey State police along with the New York City Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
On April 19th, 1995, the bombing of Oklahoma City was the deadliest act of terrorism within the United States of America prior to September 11th of 2001, when the planes crashed into the World Trading Center in Manhattan New York City. The Oklahoma City bombing remains to be the deadliest act of domestic terrorism in the history of America. The main bomber’s name was Timothy McVeigh, age 26, and he had a build up of anger against the US federal government, which led him to bombing the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Timothy McVeigh was one of the three people associated with this crime, the other two people were Terry Nichols, age 40 and Michael Fortier, age 26. McVeigh was convicted and found guilty, he was sentenced
This led to the downfall of Lindbergh’s name in the news and his own actions tarnished his image. It first started off with the kidnapping of his son Charles Jr. in 1932. This led to Lindbergh paying a hefty ransom, but this did not save his infant son who was murdered. This caused Lindbergh to become more vocal in U.S. and international policies. Him becoming more vocal actually started to tarnish his reputation.
The famous aviator Charles Lindbergh's baby was kidnapped and brutally murdered. Even though Hauptmann, a German Carpenter was blamed for this, many still wonder if he really was the guilty. Although, based on the evidence and information gathered from the various sources like the Nova Video,Day 1 case notes and the Day 3 case notes, the
“I understand what they felt in Oklahoma City’, he said. ‘I have no sympathy for them’. (Michel)” Timothy J. McVeigh is accused of the worst act of domestic terror in American history. With six years on trial, McVeigh was finally executed.
In 1932, one of the biggest mysteries still today occurred. On March 1, 1932, Charles Lindbergh Jr. was kidnapped at the age of only twenty months old. Charles was taken from the second story of the family’s home. You would think someone would catch whoever did that, especially since it was on the second floor. Also, whoever did it left one big thing behind, a ladder.
The Oklahoma City bombing was a large tragedy that ruined families and took many lives. Timothy showed iniquity by not thinking of any of the precious lives due to the hatred he had for the government. Timothy McVeigh committed an unforgivable crime on Wednesday April 19, 1995. McVeigh took 168 lives and injured 842 people by bombing the Alfred P. Murrah building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Casey). Many Americans argued weather McVeigh should live or die.
“To Catch a Bombmaker” by Clay Dillow appeared in Popular Science in October 2015. Catching a Bombmaker does not come easy; you must have intelligence, surveillance, and knowledge behind the science of a bomb. In “To Catch a Bombmaker” these three things led to a terrorist being caught in the action. Mr. Dillow’s purpose for writing this piece is to inform. Dillow is very professional in his writing.
Charles Lindbergh Jr. was the 20 month old son of famous aviator Charles Lindbergh Sr. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh. Lindbergh Jr. was abducted on March 1st, 1932, at approximately 9:00 p.m. from his second floor nursery in Hopewell, New Jersey (Lindbergh
One week into the investigation, Lindbergh was contacted by John F Condon, who offered his services as a ransom intermediary. From this point on, any communication of ransom demands and the child’s where were addressed to Condon as a go between. On April 2, 1932, Condon and Lindbergh went to St Raymond’s Cemetery, where a $50,000 ransom with marked bills was paid to the kidnappers. Lindbergh and Condon were told where to find the baby however the child was not at the designated location. For the next several weeks, Colonel Lindbergh worked tirelessly with police to locate his missing son.
How Digital Forensics Helped Hunt Down ‘The Craigslist Killer’ The case of The Craigslist Killer may not have made news all over the world, but it certainly made shocking headlines in the US, particularly in Quincy, Massachusetts. Philip Markoff was charged with murder, armed robbery, kidnapping and unlawful possession of a firearm. While his crimes drew a lot of attention, what was happening behind the scenes was actually the most interesting part.