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Lindbergh baby kidnapping A ransom note demanding $50,000 was left during the abduction of Charles Lindbergh, Jr., on March 1, 1932. Bruno Hauptmann Lindbergh baby kidnapping
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Date March 1, 1932
Location New Jersey • United States

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A ransom note demanding $50,000 was left during the abduction of Charles Lindbergh, Jr., on March 1, 1932.
Bruno Hauptmann
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Charles Lindbergh
Charles Lindbergh
American aviator
Bruno Hauptmann
Bruno Hauptmann
German-American convict