Robert Cosgrove Greenlease Jr. (February 3, 1947 – September 28, 1953) was a six-year-old from Kansas City, Missouri, United States, who was the victim of a kidnapping and homicide on September 28, 1953.

Bobby Greenlease was shot with a .38 caliber revolver (lower left) in his kidnappers’ vehicle (top right) and buried in a shallow grave beneath a trellis on Bonnie Heady’s property (top left).

Bobby Greenlease was shot with a .38 caliber revolver (lower left) in his kidnappers’ vehicle (top right) and buried in a shallow grave beneath a trellis on Bonnie Heady’s property (top left).

On September 28, 1953, Bobby Greenlease was abducted from his school by a woman posing as his aunt. Shortly after the kidnapping, his family — including his father...

2021年11月2日 · In the case of 6-year-old Bobby Greenlease, the perpetrators were involved in a high stakes ransom, which became complicated by alleged crooked law enforcement officers and the Saint Louis mafia. The child murderers, Carl Austin Hall and Bonnie Heady, hatched a plan to kidnap Greenlease and get a ransom payout from his wealthy family.

2024年1月13日 · LOUIS – Last year marked the 7 0th anniversary of the murder of Bobby Greenlease, a six-year-old who was kidnapped, held for ransom, and then murdered over money. On September 28, 1953,...

In 1953, six-year-old Robert Cosgrove Greenlease Jr. was kidnapped from Kansas City, Missouri, murdered, and ransomed for $600,000. One of the more tragic and fascinating crimes of the mid-20th century, this get-rich-quick scheme led to a massive investigation that captured the pair of culprits and the disappearance of half the $600,000 ransom ...

2024年12月30日 · The 1953 abduction and murder of 6-year-old Bobby Greenlease stands as one of Kansas City’s most notorious crimes. Bobby, the son of wealthy Cadillac dealer Robert Greenlease, was taken from Notre Dame De Sion School by two grifters, Carl Austin Hall and Bonnie Heady, in a cold-blooded kidnap-for-ransom plot.

In September 1953, Carl Hall and Bonnie Heady kidnapped 6-year-old Bobby from Notre Dame de Sion, the Catholic school that he attended. The pair immediately shot Bobby to death with a .38 Smith & Wesson revolver and then called Robert Greenlease to demand a ransom.

Two alcoholics, Carl Hall & Bonnie Heady, decide to kidnap and murder Robert Greenlease Jr, the 6-year-old son of a wealthy Kansas City Cadillac dealer. Hall & Heady go on a binge after they get the money and betray themselves. Half the ransom is recovered, the rest went to crooked cops. Both Hall and Heady are executed.