Do you have further information on what Lindbergh Sr.'s motivation was ? Was it to garner sympathy ? If so, why?
I read a biography on Lindbergh some years ago and thought then that the timing of this was suspicious. He had financial backers who were concerned that he was sliding from the limelight and needed some publicityIIRC. I believe that he might have been meeting with some of them that night; I just forget the exact details. I remember thinking that Bruno had something to do with the kidnapping, but was never convinced that he murdered the child. I thought that someone may have set this up to get Lindbergh some publicity and something went terribly wrong and baby was murdered.