Bruno Hauptmann

Bruno Hauptmann was a German ex-convict and the amn who had kidnapped Charles Lindbergh Junior. The Linbergh kidnapping became known as "the crime of the century". He was believd to have climbed up a ladder that was placed quietly under the bedroom window of the child's room and and snatched him by wrapping him in a blanket. He left a note demanding $50,000 on the radiator. Though the ransom was delivered the infant was not returned A corpse identified as the boys was found