Will the Real Charles Lindberg Please Stand Up?

The Greatest Show Trial of the 20th Century Lives On

Long before the O. J. Simpson trial, the "trial of the century" was the Lindberg baby kidnapping and murder case. The son of the most famous American family of the 20th century, (Colonel Charles Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh) was kidnapped in 1932 and declared dead after being missing for six weeks. The body (so badly decomposed that proper identification was not possible), was presented to Charles Lindberg. Mr. Lindberg identified the body as that of his missing son, even though witnesses question even the sex of the corpse. Bruno Haupmann, a carpenter, and German immigrant, who had some acquaintance with the Lindberg family, was tried and convicted in a media circus show trial. Mr. Haupmann was executed soon after his conviction. Forensic evidence of the child's corpse, and other evidence of the location of corpse have always been questioned. The child's body was cremated within hours of Charles Senior's posthumous identification.

In a stunning new development, seventy three years after these dramatic events, Charles A. Lindberg, Jr. has come forward to announce that he has, in fact survived. Charles Jr. has privately tried to prove his identity to his surviving brothers and sisters for a number of years. He first took a polygraph test from an accredited facility in 1979, the polygraph agent, declared the veracity of the testimony. The presumptive Charles Lindberg Jr, also has DNA evidence to back up his assertions.

At his present age of 76, Charles A. Lindberg, Jr. has little to gain by lying about his identity. Shadowy figures, who have perpetrated dis-information over the decades, are attempting a cover-up.