January 20th, 2014 / 10:29 am
Boys Who Kill: Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb / HIST leo01.jpg
Richard Loeb, 18, left, and Nathan Leopold, Jr., 19, were University of Chicago students in 1924 when they decided to commit the perfect crime by killing Robert “Bobby” Franks on May 21, 1924. Both Leopold and Loeb were sent to Stateville Prison in Joliet for 99 years for kidnapping and a life sentence for murder. Loeb was killed in prison on Jan. 28, 1936. Leopold was released from prison in 1958. (Chicago Tribune historical photo) ….OUTSIDE TRIBUNE CO.- NO MAGS, NO SALES, NO INTERNET, NO TV, CHICAGO OUT, NO DIGITAL MANIPULATION… CHICAGO TRIBUNE