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Robert Cosgrove Greenlease Jr. (February 3, 1947 – September 28, 1953) was a six-year-old from Kansas City, Missouri, United States, who was the victim of a kidnapping and homicide on September 28, 1953.
Greenlease was kidnapped and immediately murdered. The murderers demanded and were paid a $600,000 ransom by the boy's father, a wealthy automobile dealer. [ 3 ] Notable in the case was the fact that more than half of the ransom money was stolen by a corrupt police officer and never recovered.
Pages in category "Kidnapping in the 1950s" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. ... Murder of Bobby Greenlease; S. John Straffen
For nearly three months 13-year-old Jayme Closs was held in a remote woodland cabin and often forced to hide beneath her kidnapper's bed.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 3 January 2025. Crime list This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. The following is a list of kidnappings summarizing the events of each case, including instances of celebrity abductions ...
December 18 – Carl Hall and Bonnie Brown are both executed in the Missouri gas chamber after pleading guilty to the Murder and kidnapping of six year old Bobby Greenlease; [5] she is the third woman in history (and last until 2021) to be executed by federal authorities.
Kidnapping and murder December 18, 1953 Missouri State Penitentiary, Jefferson City, Missouri: Convicted of the kidnapping and murder of Bobby Greenlease. Bonnie Emily Heady: Kidnapping and murder Gerhard Puff: Electrocution Murder of a federal officer August 12, 1954 New York State Prison, Sing Sing, Ossining, New York Killed an FBI Special Agent.
GORDON, Wis. (AP) — The man suspected of kidnapping a Wisconsin teenager and killing her parents with a shotgun nearly three months ago appears to have led an unremarkable existence until that ...