One of the most harrowing and devastating news any parent could receive is that their child has gone missing. The pain such news brings is unimaginable – the endless waiting, the eternal worrying over their child’s safety, and the gut-wrenching wondering whether they are still going to see their child alive.
Parents are responsible for whatever happens to their child. But the sad fact is, despite efforts to keep their children away from harms and danger, there are circumstances that are simply beyond their control.
We have compiled some of the most chilling missing child cases that have forever changed how people look at child safety.
Charles Lindbergh Jr.
One of the most sensational missing person cases of the last century was the disappearance of famous aviator Charles Lindbergh’s son, Charles Lindbergh Jr. The boy was only 20 months old when he went missing after being kidnapped from the Lindbergh’s home in New Jersey in 1932. It was about 9:00 pm on March 1, 1932, when the kidnapper of the little boy climbed a ladder outside of his second-story nursery room and took the boy away. They left a note demanding $50,000 ransom money. About an hour later the boy’s nanny discovered that he was missing.
