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When their first-born child was kidnapped from their home on March 1st, 1932 and found

murdered in the woods two months later, Charles and Anne Moreau Lindbergh were the most famous couple in America, and the case would become the most publicized crime of the 20th century.

Eventually, suspect Bruno Richard Hoffman was convicted and executed for killing Baby Charlie.

But this delayed justice did nothing to answer the questions that still surround the death

of Lindbergh's child and confound crime riders

and arm-chair detectives 87 years later.

Beginning before his execution and still lingering today, relentless theories suggesting

Hopman's innocence continue to surface.

Because up until his capture, almost three years after the crime, none of the investigators believed that one man

could have carried out this audacious crime alone.

And even though Hopman was convicted, there was never any credible evidence placing him near

the Lindbergh property the night the baby was taken.

But until recently, no one ever took a serious look at those who should be the prime suspect when a child is killed.

The Parents

Did Charles Lindbergh fake the kidnapping of his son because he murdered his own baby?

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