The Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping On March 1, 1932, somewhere between the times of 8:00 and 10:00 o'clock, the nurse of Charles and Anne Lindbergh, Betty Gow, discovered that their child, Charles Lindbergh Jr., aged 20 months, was missing from his second floor nursery in their New Jersey home. The kidnappers had left a white envelope on a radiator next to the window which contained a ransom note:
“Dear Sir!
Have 50,000$ redy 2500$ in 20$ bills 1500$ in 10$ bills and 1000$ in 5$ bills. After 2-2 days we will inform you were to deliver the Mony. We warn you for making anyding public or for notify the polise the child is in gute care. Indication for all letter are singnature and 3 holes.”
When police came to investigate the crime scene, they discovered…show more content… Many others believed that the kidnapping was orchestrated by major crime figures at the time. Based on the letter police and other investigators believed that it was someone who spoke German as his native language. It was Charles Lindbergh to control the direction of the investigation. The morning after the kidnapping, even the U.S. President Herbert Hoover was aware of the crime. Though the case did not seem to have any grounds for federal intervention, Hoover declared that he would "move Heaven and Earth" to recover the Lindbergh child. The Bureau of Investigation was authorized to investigate the case of the missing child to offer some confidence in the finding of the child. At the same time the United States Coast Guard, the U.S. Customs Service, the U.S. Immigration Service and the Washington, D.C., police were told their services might be needed if the situation escalated. Soon after the New Jersey officials announced a $25,000 reward for the safe return of "Little Lindy", a nickname given to Charles Lindberg Jr. The Lindbergh family offered an additional $50,000 reward of their own in the safe return of their child. The total reward of $75,000 was made even more significant by the fact that the offer was made during the early days of the Great