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Charley Brewster Ross…Was His Name!

  • November 18, 2021
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Charley Brewster Ross was a young child who lived in Philadelphia, Pa, and on July 1, 1870, they kidnapped him at four years old. The story is interesting because it’s one of the earliest cases where ransom notes were used to extort money from the victim’s family in the kidnapping. Imagine having your child disappear, never to be seen again? Well… that’s what happened to Charley Brewster Ross parents. Audacious child abduction news began in 1874. To clarify…in 1874, two men in...