Today is Tuesday, May 12, 2020.

On this day in 1932, 20 month old Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr.

The kidnapped son of famed aviator Charles Lindbergh

was found dead. Welcome to today in True Crime, a parcast original. Due to the graphic nature of today's

crimes, listener discretion is advised.

Extreme caution is advised for listeners under 13.

Today we're covering the Lindbergh baby's kidnapping, which took a tragic turn two months after criminals

snatched the child from his home.

Now let's go back to May 12, 1932 on Hopewell Princeton Road, just north of Mount Rose, New Jersey.

William Allen had been sitting in the truck for hours and he couldn't hold it anymore.

He had to pee.

He told his partner, Orville Wilson, they had to make a stop. The problem was there was

nowhere to stop. That was doubly true for William and Orville, a pair of working-class

black men driving through segregated New Jersey.

They wouldn't be welcome in many diners or rest stops.

So with no better options, Orville pulled over on the side of the highway. A few feet from the edge of the road,

overgrown trees and bushes promised some degree of privacy. William scrambled from the passenger seat and marched off into the woods.

He just unzipped his pants and was about to do his business when something caught his eye, an oddly shaped lump partially buried in the dirt.

William couldn't quite make out what the mystery object was, but it seemed to be wrapped

in flannel cloth held together with blue silk thread.

Intrigued, William Strode closer, and in moments he regretted it because up close the fabric wrapped lifeless form in the dirt was

unmistakable it wasn't discarded trash or an animal's nest.

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