“Bruno Richard Hauptmann, you have been convicted of murder in the first degree. The sentence of the court is that you shall suffer death in the time and place and manner provided by law. ...

On January 2, 1935, Bruno Richard Hauptmann stepped into a courtroom in Flemington, New Jersey, accused of the so-called ...

Bronx carpenter Bruno Richard Hauptmann, accused of the kidnapping death of toddler Charles Lindbergh, Jr., poses for mugshots at police headquarters in New York in this Sept. 21, 1934 photo.

A University of Kansas historian is looking for answers to a mystery that's nearly a century old. Could DNA tests shed new ...

Bruno Richard Hauptmann, manacled between two guards, managed to walk from the Flemington courtroom after the death sentence had been passed on him last week. But as he was being led into his cell ...

Despite claims to the contrary, Bruno Richard Hauptmann, executed 51 years ago for the kidnap-murder of the Lindbergh baby, was indeed guilty, says the author of a new book on the case.There is a ...

KAMENZ, Saxony, Sept. 22, 1934 (UP) -- A gray-haired, wrinkle-faced little woman of around 70 years sat in the kitchen-living room of her home today and insisted that her son, Bruno Richard ...

But now, at 93, Anna Hauptmann grows weary of the fight. Her optimism-her hallmark-is waning. And so is her health. ”Somehow I feel I`ve failed Richard,” she said recently.

Bruno Richard Hauptmann could hardly have foreseen how prophetic his close-to-final words would become when he uttered them on the night of April 3, 1936, shortly before being escorted to the ...

On January 2, 1935, Bruno Richard Hauptmann stepped into a courtroom in Flemington, New Jersey, accused of the so-called crime of the century.