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May 12, 1932

On May 12, 1932, ten weeks after his abduction, Charles Jr., the infant son of Charles Lindbergh, is found dead near Hopewell, New Jersey, just a few miles from the Lindberghs' home. Rosey Grier, Per Maurseth, Rosey Grier would arrive in the same year.

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1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1932nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 932nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 32nd year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year of the 1930s decade.

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On May 12, 1932

  1. 1932 Ten weeks after his abduction, Charles Jr., the infant son of Charles Lindbergh, is found dead near Hopewell, New Jersey, just a few miles from the Lindberghs' home.

    Abduction and murder of Charles Lindbergh Jr. (1932)

    , the 20-month-old son of Col. Charles Lindbergh and his wife, aviator and author Anne Morrow Lindbergh, was murdered after being abducted from his crib in the upper floor of the Lindberghs' home, Highfields, in East Amwell, New Jersey, United States. On May 12, the child's corpse was discovered by a truck driver by the side of a nearby road in adjacent Hopewell Township.

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Rosey Grier 1932– American football player and actor
Per Maurseth 1932– Norwegian historian, academic, and politician (died 2013)
Rosey Grier 1932– American football player and actor
Per Maurseth 1932– Norwegian historian, academic, and politician (died 2013)
Rosey Grier 1932– American football player and actor
Per Maurseth 1932– Norwegian historian, academic, and politician (died 2013)

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