Weinberger Kidnapping Case by Isabelle Huss https://padlet.com/715273/ekpuwg6fmh18nr1a en-us 2020-04-20 14:26:42 UTC 2024-07-14 15:38:37 UTC hello@padlet.com "Crime of the Century" 715273 https://padlet.com/715273/ekpuwg6fmh18nr1a/wish/517679664
  • struck fear in average Americans 
    • locking doors
  • Overnight America lost its sense of security 

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  • July 4th, 1956
  • Westbury, New York
  • Betty Weinberger
    • young mother
  • laid her son Peter down for a nap 
    • went inside for a few minutes
  • returned and found him missing 
    • Ransom note
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  • apologized for his actions
  • asked for $2000
  • Threat: “first wrong move the baby will die”
  • Promised: “baby would return safe and happy” if demand was met

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  • July 10th, 1956
    • Kidnapper called the home with additional instructions
      • 2 locations
    • did not show up 
    • Left a note at the 2nd location where to find the baby 
      • “if everything goes smooth”
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  • Betty Weinberger called the Nassau County Police Department 
  • Morris requested the story to be kept quiet
    • For the baby’s safety
    • New York Daily News released the information
    • News reporters swarmed the spot 
    • The kidnapper did not show up 

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  • 2nd location provided investigators with evidence
    • blue cloth bag with a handwritten note inside
      • telling the parents where to find the baby
  • Experts compared using forensic handwriting analysis 
    • 2nd note and ransom note were a match
  • July 11th, the FBI gets involved
    • Took 7 days!
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  • Experts from a laboratory in Washington D.C traveled to New York 
    • Deeper handwriting analysis
    • They examined and eliminated over 2 million samples
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  • Search ended on August 22nd, 1956
  • An agent at the U.S Probation Office in Brooklyn found a match
    • Probation file and ransom note
  • Angelo LaMarca
    • Arrested by Treasury Department for bootlegging
    • Taxi dispatcher and truck driver 
    • Wife and 2 kids
    • in need of money (motive)
    • Threatened by loan shark 
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  • August 23rd, 1956
  • Nassau County Police and FBI agents arrested LaMarca
    • First denied and confessed when he saw the comparison of notes
  • Confession
    • Told reporters he showed up to the 2nd location with the baby
    • Press scared him away
    • Abandoned the baby in heavy brush just off the exit
  • FBI agents discovered a diaper pin and decomposed remains of Peter in that area
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  • LaMarca was turned to the Nassau County Police for State prosecution
  • He was tried and convicted for kidnapping and murder charges
  • December 14th, 1956 he was sentenced to death
    • ]]>     2020-04-20 15:10:01 UTC https://padlet.com/715273/ekpuwg6fmh18nr1a/wish/517799995     Important Information 715273 https://padlet.com/715273/ekpuwg6fmh18nr1a/wish/517806653 The “Protection of Children from Sexual Predators Act of 1998” gave federal officials the authority to enter a kidnapping investigation before the 24-hour waiting period ended.]]> 2020-04-20 15:12:08 UTC https://padlet.com/715273/ekpuwg6fmh18nr1a/wish/517806653 Means, Motive, Opportunity 715273 https://padlet.com/715273/ekpuwg6fmh18nr1a/wish/517809509
  • Means: no weapons used, no nourishment to the baby (cause of death)
  • Motive: in need of money to support his family and himself
  • Opportunity: crime was random, he saw the baby alone and took his chance
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  • Movie:
    • Based on a true story of how this traumatic event affected Angelo Lamarca’s son Vincent
    • vintage case pictures
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  • Handwriting analysis
    • Comparing the ransom note and police file
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