Francis X. Fay; FBI Agent Led Lindbergh Case

Francis X. Fay, 91, the FBI agent who led the investigation into the celebrated Lindbergh kidnaping case. After the 1932 kidnaping, agents traced almost every dollar of the ransom money to Bruno Hauptmann, who was executed for kidnaping and murdering 20-month-old Charles A. Lindbergh Jr. Fay’s other cases included the capture of the “Candy Kid” and one in which he posed as a surgeon to learn the identity of a wounded felon and principal of the notorious Tri-State Mob. He retired from the FBI after 13 years in 1935 and helped form the Society of Former Agents. He served as security director during a 30-year career at Macy’s department store in New York. On Saturday in Torrance.