Leopold, Nathan Freudenthal, 1904 or 5-1971

Nathan Freudenthal Leopold, Jr. (1904-1971) is notorious for his partnership with Richard Loeb in the murder of a 14-year-old neighborhood boy, Bobby Franks, on May 24, 1924. Both from prominent Kenwood families and students at the University of Chicago (Leopold 1920-1924 and Loeb 1919-1924), they planned an intellectual exercise, "the perfect murder." They were discovered eight days later. With Clarence Darrow working for the defense, they were sentenced to life imprisonment. Paroled in 1958, Nathan Leopold lived in Puerto Rico until his death in August of 1971. Richard Loeb was murdered in prison in 1936 by a fellow inmate.

From the guide to the Leopold, Nathan F. Collection, 1926-1991, (Special Collections Research Center University of Chicago Library 1100 East 57th Street Chicago, Illinois 60637 U.S.A.)

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