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Richard Hauptmann

Bruno Richard Hauptmann was a German-born carpenter who was convicted of the abduction and murder of Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr., the 20-month-old son of aviator Charles Lindbergh and his wife Anne Morrow Lindbergh. The Lindbergh kidnapping... Wikipedia
Born: November 26, 1899, Kamenz, Germany
Died: April 3, 1936 (age 36 years), New Jersey State Prison, Trenton, NJ
Spouse: Anna Hauptmann (m. 1925–1936)
Known for: Being convicted for the murder-kidnapping of Charles Lindbergh Jr.
Conviction(s): First-degree murder; Kidnapping; Extortion
Criminal penalty: Death by electric chair