conviction_status death_date death_place conviction birth_place children image_size conviction_penalty name birth_date spouse article_title birth_name occupation image_name
deceased 3 april 1936 trenton , new jersey murder kidnapping of charles lindbergh , jr. . kamenz , saxony , germany manfred richard hauptmann 200px death by electrocution richard hauptmann 26 november 1899 anna schoeffler richard hauptmann
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richard hauptmann

bruno richard hauptmann -lrb- november 26 , 1899 -- april 3 , 1936 -rrb- was a german-born carpenter who was convicted of the abduction and murder of the 20-month-old son of charles lindbergh and anne morrow lindbergh .
the lindbergh kidnapping became known as `` the crime of the century '' .
hauptmann was executed in the electric chair at the new jersey state prison in 1936 , proclaiming his innocence to the end .
