The disappearance of Charley Ross, the first known victim of kidnapping for ransom in US
The disappearance of Charley Ross was the first kidnapping case for ransom in the United States. Four-year-old Charley and his older brother, six-year-old Walter, were kidnapped on July 1, 1874. Charley never returned.
For many days leading up to their kidnapping, two men in a horse-drawn buggy visited the brother's Philadelphia neighborhood, offering them candy, according to the Library of Congress.
On July 1, 1894, the men offered to buy Charley and Walter candy and fireworks ahead of the upcoming 4th of July holiday.
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