Murder in the Heartland by M. William Phelps

Author:M. William Phelps [Phelps, M. William]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Non-Fiction, non fiction, True Crime
ISBN: 9780786017829
Google: 2K0rW2v61BgC
Amazon: 0786017821
Goodreads: 659495
Publisher: Pinnacle
Published: 2006-01-01T06:00:00+00:00

The history behind the interstate kidnapping law and how it was written was not only interesting in itself, but applied to the federal case now building against Lisa Montgomery. The law dated back to the 1930s, when pioneering aviator Charles Lindbergh’s newborn son was kidnapped from his estate. The Federal Kidnapping Act, which became known more commonly as “the Lindbergh Law,” was initiated by Congress shortly after the Lindbergh kidnapping. Its intention was “…to let federal authorities step in and pursue kidnappers once they had crossed a state border with their victim.”

The idea behind the law was to make sure federal law enforcement agencies assisted in state and local law enforcement investigations when a kidnapping ocurred. Local law enforcement didn’t generally have the resources or jurisdiction to pursue kidnappers effectively across state lines. Federal law enforcement officers, such as the FBI and Customs, “have national enforcement authority,” Congress noted. Those agencies could actively and expeditiously pursue any suspect at any time in any state. Congress believed the federal investigators could do a more thorough job during kidnapping investigations than state and local authorities, because of the resources they had at their disposal.

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