Leopold, Nathan Freudenthal, 1904-1971
Variant namesNathan Freudenthal Leopold, Jr. (November 19, 1904 – August 29, 1971) and Richard Albert Loeb (June 11, 1905 – January 28, 1936), often referred to as "Leopold and Loeb", were privileged and wealthy teenage University of Chicago students who murdered 14-year-old Robert "Bobby" Franks in 1924 in a desire to commit the “perfect crime,” and were sentenced to prison for 99 years plus a life term. Leopold was paroled in 1958 and spent the rest of his life in Puerto Rico, dying of heart failure in 1971.
From the guide to the Leopold and Loeb Collection, 1894-1990, 1952-1971, (Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections)
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| associatedWith | Barrett, Albert M. (Albert Moore), 1871-1936 | person |
| associatedWith | Bergstrom, Robert W., 1918- | person |
| associatedWith | Claiborne, Robert Watson, 1888-1966. | person |
| correspondedWith | Darrow, Clarence, 1857-1938. | person |
| associatedWith | Gertz, Elmer, 1906-2000. | person |
| associatedWith | Glueck, Bernard, b. 1883 | person |
| associatedWith | Greenfield, Meg. | person |
| associatedWith | Higdon, Hal. | person |
| associatedWith | Hulbert, Harold S. (Harold Stacey), 1887-1949 | person |
| associatedWith | Kantrowitz, Nathan. | person |
| associatedWith | Loeb, Richard A., 1905-1936 | person |
| associatedWith | O'Connor, Len. | person |
| associatedWith | Rizzo, Matt, 1913-1987. | person |
| associatedWith | University of Michigan. College of Literature, Science and the Arts. | corporateBody |
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Birth 1904-11-19
Death 1971
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