Title: The Sixteenth rail
Description: Before there was CSI and NCIS, there was a mild-mannered forensic scientist whose diligence would help solve the twentieth century's greatest crime. Arthur Koehler was called the Sherlock Holmes of his era for his work tracing the ladder used to kidnap Charles Lindbergh's son to the culprit.
Subjects: Kidnapping, Kidnapping, 1932, Forensic sciences, Criminal investigation, History
Places: New Jersey, United States, Hopewell
People: Charles Augustus Lindbergh (1930-1932), Arthur Koehler
Time periods: 20th century