Frank Sinatra was born in 1915. He grew up in Hoboken, New Jersey. In his twenties, he sang in local clubs and joined The Flashes, but Sinatra’s popularity grew quickly and he became the frontman, which did not please the rest of the band members. He left and over time developed a solo career. In 1944, his son, Frank Jr. was born.
He kidnapped Frank Sinatra’s son so that the musician could get closer to his son. “He might worry for a few hours.”
On December 8, 1963, it happened to Frank Jr. Barry Keenan, an acquaintance of Sinatra’s who frequented his home in Bel Air, was behind the kidnapping. Barry suffered a spinal injury, was out of work and dependent on painkillers. He enlisted the help of two friends, 23-year-old Clyde Amsler and his mother’s ex-boyfriend, 42-year-old John Irwin. They followed Frank, who was living at boarding school at the time. — He wasn’t close to his father. I figured kidnapping would bring them closer together. I also decided that Frank could worry about his son for a few hours – Barry in an interview with “New Times Los Angeles”.
They demanded 240 thousand. ransom. The defendants’ attorney claimed that Frank Jr. he arranged his own kidnapping
The kidnappers broke into the hotel room where Frank Jr. lived. He was an aspiring musician and they didn’t expect that they would also find a trumpeter, John Foos, inside. They tied him up and took Frank out the back door. They contacted the music star and demanded PLN 240,000. ransom dollars. Sinatra did not hesitate and prepared the money. Two of them, Barry and Clyde, went to collect the money, and during this time, unbeknownst to the partners, Irwin released the hostage. Shortly thereafter, it turned out that Irwin had boasted to his brother that he had taken part in the kidnapping. The man notified the police, and the FBI quickly arrested all three. The defendants’ defense attorney tried to convince the court that Frank Jr. himself was behind the kidnapping and wanted to arouse media interest in order to help his musical career. The assumptions were not confirmed.
Source: Gazeta
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