🎁BACK-TO-SCHOOL DEAL. Subscribe Now to get 40% OFF at only 8.49 USD/month, only valid until Sep 30th, 2024

Question

What is MOST likely the reason the kidnapping of the Lindbergh’s baby was dubbed ‘the crime of the century’? The idea that a baby could be taken from their own home was startling. The parents of the baby were famous. The police had never encountered a ransom request before. The baby’s worth was much higher than most children.

Asked By SolarVoyager47 at

Answered By Expert

Kurt

Expert · 5.9k answers · 5k people helped

Since it was the first time that police found a ransom note, of the kidnapping of the famous child.   It was the kidnapping of Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr., their 20-month-old son. The baby was kidnapped in 1932. The baby was kidnapped from the nursery on the second floor of the Lindbergh home near