Retired Oakland judge pushes wild new theory about infamous Lindbergh baby kidnapping claiming abduction was a HOAX and the wrong man was executed
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12919347/Retired-Oakland-judge-pushes-wild-new-theory-infamous-Lindbergh-baby-kidnapping-claiming-abduction-HOAX-wrong-man-executed.html
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A retired California judge has suggested Charles Lindbergh may have offered his child for medical experiments faking the 1932 kidnapping to cover up the death
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Lise Pearlman had outlined the wild new theory in a book in which she alleges, Lindbergh collaborated with biologist Alexis Carrel for experimental surgery
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Advocates, including the Innocence Project, are pushing for the case to be reopened emphasizing the need for DNA testing and a potential mock trial
>Pearlman's theory, which she claims is based on more than a decade of forensic investigation, proposes that Lindbergh may have allowed his son to have been used in medical experiments.
>Pearlman suggests Lindbergh might have even collaborated with Carrel to conduct an experimental operation on the child, knowing that it would result in his death.
>The alleged motive was to revolutionize surgery by preserving organs outside the body for transplantation.
'He was home when it happened. He should have been a suspect.'
At the time of the kidnapping, Lindbergh was simply too famous to be considered as a suspect. His fame even allowed him to help lead the investigation.
<Historians note Lindbergh and Carrel's shared advocacy for eugenics - weeding out human deficiencies so they won't be inherited.
Pearlman contends that Lindbergh viewed his sick child, who had an abnormally large sized head, as disposable.
'My theory is that the child was operated on. We think at the very least that his carotid artery and probably his thyroid were taken out and kept viable for 30 days. We think he died on the operating table,' Pearlman said.
'And I think Carrel conducted the operation with Lindbergh's permission — and Lindbergh was likely present at the operation.'
Hauptmann, according to Pearlman, was an unwitting victim, caught by police after using traceable ransom money.
'A lot of leads weren't followed…'