Louis Police Department at the Townhouse Hotel in St. His information led to the arrest of Carl Austin Hall (who identified himself as John James Byrne) by officers of the St.
#ABDUCTION AFTERPARTY DRIVER#
on Octofrom John Oliver Hager, a driver for the Ace Cab Company in St. Louis.Ī telephone call was received at the 11th District, St. Hall became suspicious of persons in the vicinity of the motel during the afternoon of Octoand moved to an apartment at the Townhouse Hotel in St. He left the cans in a deserted club house and drove back to the Coral Courts Motel where he was staying. Louis County, where he intended to bury the ransom money however, he could not find a suitable place. On October 6, 1953, Hall purchased two large garbage cans and a shovel, placed them in a rented car and drove to Meramec River in St. Heady immediately went to sleep, and Hall deserted her there, leaving only $2,000 of the $600,000 ransom money in her purse. Carl Hall took Bonnie Heady, who was drunk, to an apartment he rented on Arsenal Street, also in St. On October 5, 1953, Hall purchased two metal suitcases and transferred the ransom money from the duffle bag to these suitcases, leaving the duffle bag in an ash pit in south St. Then the two murderers took the ransom money and traveled approximately 380 miles to St. Unknown to the family, the kidnappers, Carl Hall and Bonnie Heady, had killed the boy soon after the abduction and buried the body near Heady’s house in St. The kidnappers stated that they had received the $600,000 ransom money and assured the Greenleases that their son was alive and that he would be returned in 24 hours. The final communication between the Greenleases and the kidnappers was a telephone call received at 1:00 a.m. Overall, the Greenleases received over a half dozen ransom notes and 15 telephone calls. The letter again contained demands for $600,000 and stated that Bobby was okay but homesick. Inside the envelope in which this letter was mailed was the Jerusalem medal which had been worn by Bobby Greenlease. The second ransom letter was postmarked 9:30 p.m. The kidnappers promised Bobby’s safe return in 24 hours and as long as there were no tricks in delivering the money. The first letter, mailed special delivery and postmarked 6:00 p.m.on September 28, 1953, demanded $600,000 in $20 and $10 bills be placed in a duffle bag.
#ABDUCTION AFTERPARTY LICENSE#
When Creech last saw them, they had stopped behind a blue 1952 or 1953 Ford Sedan bearing Kansas license plates.Ī few hours after the kidnapping, the Greenleases received the first ransom letter concerning the return of their son.
In approximately six minutes, the woman reentered the cab accompanied by a small boy fitting the description of Bobby Greenlease. Upon arriving at the school she told Creech to wait for her because she desired to be driven to the Katz Drug Store at Westport and Main Streets in Kansas City.
on September 28, 1953, a woman, whose description fit that of the woman who had called at the school, entered the cab and requested him to drive her to the school of Notre Dame De Sion. Willard Pearson Creech, cab driver for the Toedman Cab Company in Kansas City, told authorities that shortly before 11:00 a.m. Greenlease immediately called her husband who rushed home and, after hearing the story of what happened, notified the chief of police in Kansas City, who in turn reported the matter to the FBI. Greenlease and at that time learned that the story told by the woman who called for Bobby was false. that day, Sister Marthanna of the school called the Greenlease home to inquire about Mrs. Sister Morand last saw them as they entered a taxicab.Īt approximately 11:30 a.m. As the woman left the school, she had an arm around Bobby’s shoulder and was holding his hand. Sister Morand recalled that Bobby walked directly to the woman without hesitation, and there was nothing in his action or behavior to indicate doubt on his part that this woman was his aunt. Upon getting Bobby, Sister Morand told him that an aunt had called at the school for him, but she did not tell Bobby that his mother had suffered a heart attack. The woman appeared visibly upset and apologized to Sister Morand for her condition. The woman informed Sister Morand that Bobby’s mother had just suffered a heart attack and had been taken to St. Robert Cosgrove Greenlease, Jr., known as Bobby, was six years old and the son of Robert Cosgrove Greenlease, Sr., a wealthy automobile dealer who resided in Mission Hills, Kansas City, Missouri. on September 28, 1953, Sister Morand of the French Institute of Notre Dame De Sion, a school for small children in Kansas City, Missouri, answered the door and was confronted by a woman who said she was the aunt of Bobby Greenlease.
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