Bobby Franks

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Bobby Franks was a 14-year-old Chicago boy whose 1924 kidnapping and murder by Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb became one of the most infamous criminal cases in American history.

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Bobby Franks canonical 5

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf person ⓘ
ageAtDeath 14 ⓘ
burialPlace Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath murder ⓘ
citizenship United States of America ⓘ
countryOfDeath United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1909-09-19 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1924-05-21 ⓘ
describedBySource contemporary American newspapers ⓘ
court records of the Leopold and Loeb trial ⓘ
educatedAt Harvard School for Boys ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jewish Americans ⓘ
father Jacob Franks ⓘ
fullName Robert Franks ⓘ
givenName Robert ⓘ
hasAgeInYears 14 ⓘ
hasNotableEvent kidnapping on 1924-05-21 ⓘ
murder on 1924-05-21 ⓘ
hasRepresentationIn books about the Leopold and Loeb case ⓘ
films inspired by the Leopold and Loeb murder ⓘ
stage plays inspired by the Leopold and Loeb case ⓘ
influenced public debate on capital punishment in the 1920s United States ⓘ
killedBy Nathan Leopold ⓘ
Richard Loeb ⓘ
knownFor being the victim of a highly publicized "thrill killing" ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
mannerOfDeath homicide ⓘ
mediaCoverage extensive national press coverage in the United States ⓘ
mother Flora Franks ⓘ
neighborOf Nathan Leopold ⓘ
nickname Bobby ⓘ
notableFor being the victim in the Leopold and Loeb kidnapping and murder case ⓘ
occupation student ⓘ
participantIn Leopold and Loeb case ⓘ
partOf history of crime in the United States ⓘ
placeOfBirth Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
relative Flora Franks ⓘ
Jacob Franks ⓘ
Leopold family (neighbors) ⓘ
residence Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
Kenwood neighborhood, Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
linked to: Kenwood, Chicago
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sibling Jacob Franks Jr. ⓘ
linked to: Jacob Franks

Josephine Franks ⓘ
sport tennis ⓘ
victimOf Leopold and Loeb murder ⓘ
yearOfBirth 1909 ⓘ
yearOfDeath 1924 ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nathan Leopold → victim → Bobby Franks ⓘ
Richard Loeb → victim → Bobby Franks ⓘ
Life Plus 99 Years → relatedTo → Bobby Franks ⓘ