Alice McDonell Parsons was the heir to a vast fortune among Long Island\'s wealthy elite when she was kidnapped from Long Meadow Farm in Stony Brook in 1937.
Botched ransom attempts, clashes between authorities and romantic intrigue kept.
Edgar Hoover personally assigned his best FBI agents to the case, and within a short time, Parsons\'s husband and their live-in housekeeper, Anna Kupryanova, had become prime suspects.
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The crime shocked the nation and was front-page news for several months.
Alice McDonell Parsons was the heir to a vast fortune among Long Island\'s wealthy elite when she was kidnapped from Long Meadow Farm in Stony Brook in 1937