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The Leopold and Loeb Case of 1924

As the murder investigation proceeded, authorities and newspaper reporters attempted to piece together the string of events between the time Bobby Franks disappeared from his Kenwood neighborhood and his body was dumped in a culvert near Wolf Lake. This map, published in the Tribune, illustrated the major clues authorities had discovered during the first days of the investigation.

Map of the Crime Investigation
Map of the Crime Investigation



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Page authored: 29 April 2001 -
Copyright 2001 by Scott A. Newman
Illustrations: "Scene of Franks Crime," map, Chicago Daily Tribune, 28 May 1924, 46.