Today we are going to talk about a case that exists like a totem in the world of reasoning
The case has been adapted into a number of film and television works
For example, pilots and carpenters, scapegoats, sins of the century, and so on
There are even authors of mystery novels
This case was extended from the prototype to create many classic works
Take, for example, the famous Murder on the Orient Express
It was based on this case that he was created
What is so special about this case?
Why is he so popular with so many directors and authors?
In this article, we will talk about it
America's Strange Case
The story begins in 1932
At that time, the New Jersey State Police received a report
The informant said that he had lost his child and that he had probably been kidnapped
After receiving the report, the police immediately rushed to the scene of the incident
The place of the incident is in a villa on the outskirts of the local area
This should be a manor house to be exact
Because in addition to the magnificent house
There are also large gardens, which are very luxurious
And when the police saw the informant, their eyes lit up directly
Because this informant is not an amateur
It's a local celebrity with a head and a face
The informant's name is Lin Bai, who is known as an American hero
The reason why Lin Bai is called a hero
It's not that he's saved anyone, or he's defeated anyone
Rather, it was because in 1927 he had completed an unprecedented challenge
At the time, he was flying a single-engine aircraft
It takes 34 hours from New York
Flew across 5,800 kilometers to Paris, France
He became the first pilot in U.S. history to cross the Atlantic without landing
Major news media have reported on his deeds
Even Time magazine named him the Man of the Year
But after that, he married and had children, and gradually faded out of people's sight
In the face of such a well-known public figure
The police didn't go up hot-headed and asked for autographs and group photos
Instead, he was conscientious and responsible, and asked about the incident
According to Lin Bai's description, he saw the child for the last time
It was at 6 o'clock in the afternoon, when the child had a fever
As for the nanny, she carried the child to the bedroom on the second floor to rest
At about 9 o'clock in the evening, Lin Bai and his wife also heard the cry of their child
But they didn't go upstairs to check on the situation, thinking that the babysitter would take care of everything
But it was past 10 o'clock in the evening
The nanny suddenly found the couple and said that the child was missing
After Lin Bai and his wife heard the news, they were like five thunderbolts
Immediately put on his pants and rummaged through the manor
At first, Lin Bai and his wife's ideas were relatively optimistic
I think it may be that the child has lost himself
After all, there are many large houses in the manor, and the children also have the ability to move
But when they saw a long ladder outside the bedroom window
I immediately realized that something was wrong
So, I quickly contacted the police
The police conducted a detailed search of the manor, but the scene was clean and tidy
There are no valuable clues other than a letter
And this letter also made the police scratch their heads
Because this letter is a bit like a Picasso painting
It's very abstract, not that the content of the letter is abstract
It's the font in which he writes his letters, which is very abstract
Crooked, typos, if you don't look carefully, you think it's a musical score
Through repeated calibration, the police on this letter
Some key information has been extracted, which can be roughly summarized
The kidnappers kidnapped Lin Bai's child and demanded that Lin Bai pay a ransom of $50,000
The specific transaction location will be notified by the kidnappers separately
If Lin Bai dared to call the police, the kidnappers would be killed
As the case was taken place in 1932
It was a very slow carriage and a very long letter
A lifetime can only love a person's age
So when Lin Bai received the second letter, it was already 5 days later
The content of the letter also made Lin Bai speechless
The kidnappers did not write in the letter the exact location of the transaction
Instead, he asked for the ransom to be increased from 50,000 to 70,000, and asked Lin Baitong if he agreed
After reading the letter, Lin Bai was almost laughed at by the kidnappers
The heart said that this kidnapper is not at all, and he can't see the situation clearly
This child is in your hands, and you don't want much money
Do I have to give as much as I want, do I have a choice?
It's good that you're being polite to me
In order to prevent the kidnappers from continuing to grind, save Lin Bai, who was heartfelt
Directly in the newspaper, a message was published
He expressed his willingness and agreed to all the demands of the kidnappers
It doesn't matter if it's 10,000 or 80,000, as long as the kidnappers are willing to release people, money is not a problem
In addition, Lin Bai also expressed his hope to find an intermediary to deliver the news
This saves time and costs
If the two sides are still you a letter, I will be a letter
You write a letter, I write a letter
It is estimated that when the child is rescued, it will be an adult
After reading this report, the kidnappers also thought that Lin Bai's idea was good
So, in the midst of all living beings
A man named Condon was selected to act as an intermediary
Condon is a highly controversial person in this case
Why he caused controversy, we'll talk about that later
The robbers chose him as an intermediary
It's because he once published a reward notice in the newspaper
said that if someone could save Kobayashi Bai, he would reward him with $1,000
And in the process of Lin Bai's crazy negotiation with the robbers, the police were not idle
The police conducted a comprehensive analysis of the case
It is preliminarily judged that this case should be committed by an acquaintance
Because judging by the kidnappers' modus operandi
He was very precise in locating Kobayashi's room
And there are no signs of destruction in the room
This shows that the kidnappers are very familiar with the scene environment
As a public figure, Lin Bai's daily behavior is very low-key
Knowing that he was on vacation at the manor, apart from his wife, there was only his family's nanny
Therefore, the police first focused their investigation on the nanny of Lin Bai's family
But the nanny was very calm in the face of police interrogation
The police couldn't find any either
Evidence that proves the nanny's relevance to the case
Therefore, the investigation of the case has been stalled
And after Lin Bai raised the money, Condon followed the robbers' request
With the money, I came to a warehouse located by the sea
At that time, there were not so many film and television works
As for people, they are also more realistic
I don't know what to pay with one hand and deliver with the other, and I don't understand the importance of inspection
So Condon, after seeing the robbers, directly gave the money to the other party
And Condon's move also made him bear a lot of infamy in the future
Because the kidnappers did not release Kobayashi Bai after getting the money
Instead, he gave Condon a note
The note was told to go to the port of Massachusetts
Look for a ship called Endurance, and Kobayashi Haku is on this ship
And when Condon arrived at the port, he did not find the ship
I didn't see Kobayashi Bai either
Although afterwards, Condon described to the police what the kidnappers looked like
And assisted the police to draw a portrait of the kidnapper
But he was still infamous because of his lack of people and money
Some say he's a liar
Others say that he and the kidnappers are actually in a gang
And Lin Bai couldn't stand the result of this person's lack of money
But he didn't completely give up hope
Because he was in the ransom he gave to the kidnappers, mixed with some old banknotes that were about to be delisted
and record the number of these banknotes
According to the law of the time, old banknotes were about to expire
Be sure to take it to the bank and replace it, otherwise it will be invalid
So Lin Bai thought that the kidnappers were after getting the money
I will definitely go to the bank to replace the old banknotes, and when the time comes, the police will be touching the melons
Not only can you catch the kidnappers, but you can also rescue Kobayashi Bai
Although, Lin Bai's plan is ideal
But the reality is very realistic, and two months have passed in the blink of an eye
Lin Bai did not wait for the robbers who went to the bank to change money
But he waited for the corpse of his child
At that time, a large truck driver reported the incident
In the jungle not far from Lin Bai's manor, a baby's corpse was found
After identification, this body was none other than Kobayashi Bai, who had been missing for a long time
And the time when Kobayashi Bai was killed was the day he was kidnapped
That is, after the kidnappers took Kobayashi Bai out of the manor
directly killed Kobayashi Bai
However, what is even more unexpected is this
It was the day after Kobayashi's body was found
The nanny of Lin Bai's family actually committed suicide at home
The police searched all of the babysitter's personal belongings
But no clues were found related to the case
The bizarre suicide of the nanny, coupled with the fact that the victim of the case was a public figure
So the heat of the case has not stopped
People often talk about the case after dinner
There are various speculations about the identity of the murderer in the case
The turning point in the case came two years later
There was a man who went to the gas station to refuel
The man was sneaky and didn't look like a good person
As for the employees at the gas station, I don't know why
firmly suspected that the man was trying to spend fake money
So, he wrote down the man's license plate number
And after the man finished refueling, he took the banknote given by the man to the bank for inspection
And when the bank staff
After seeing the number of this banknote, I was shocked
Because this banknote is one of the many old banknotes that Lin Bai gave to the kidnappers at the beginning
So, the bank staff quickly contacted the police
According to the license plate number, the police followed the vine and successfully arrested the suspect
The suspect's name is Hopman
The police found a large amount of old money in his home
and the same timber as the long ladder pattern at the scene of the crime
In addition, the police were on the walls of the Hopman family's warehouse
The phone number and address of the middleman, Condon, were discovered
But even so, Hopman still refused to plead guilty and was sorry for the bills
As well as the names and telephone numbers on the walls, they are explained accordingly
For example, he said that the old banknotes were actually money returned to him by a friend
And the name on the wall, the phone number and the address
It was because I was interested in the case that I wrote it on the wall
Because Hopman refused to admit guilt, the trial lasted three years
In the end, the jury found Hopman
Guilty of first-degree murder, sentenced to death
But Hopman never pleaded guilty
even gave up the condition of exchanging confession for exemption from death, and focused on a person who did not admit guilt to death
Although, the murderer was sentenced to death
But in this case, there are still a lot of doubts that have not been solved
For example, why did Lin Bai's nanny commit suicide
And Hopman refused to admit his guilt to why he died
It is precisely because of these doubts that it is precisely because of the above doubts
Therefore, there is another speculation that led to the case in the people
That is the person who killed Kobayashi Bai, not someone else
It was his biological father, Lin Bai
And the reason why Lin Bai killed his son
It's all because of his own fragile and sensitive self-esteem
It is said that Lin Bai's son is not the same as an ordinary child
There is something unusual in his skeletal development and some disability in his body
Inability to walk normally
And Lin Bai is a perfectionist
He couldn't accept that his son was a disabled person
So there was the idea of deleting the number and retraining
It is precisely because of the fact that there are a large number of mysteries in this case that have not been solved
Therefore, this case has also given many creators a lot of room for imagination
They have created a lot of classic literary and film works
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