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It was cold in Los Angeles. 17 00:01:51,600 --> 00:01:58,600 We were working the night watch on a homicide. My partner is Ben Romero. The boss is Thad Brown, chief of detectives. My name is Friday. 18 00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:04,600 I was on the way into work and it was 3.55 p.m. when I got to room 42. Homicide. 19 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:05,600 Hi, Joe. 20 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:06,600 Ben, what's doing? 21 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:08,600 Oh, pretty quiet. How's your mother? 22 00:02:08,600 --> 00:02:11,600 Oh, had colds still hanging on, bad cough, dox's, nothing serious. 23 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:15,600 My kid's got the same thing. Must be some kind of a virus going around. 24 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:16,600 Yeah. 25 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:18,600 Is that the new suit you got on? 26 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:20,600 Oh, yeah. Mom figured I needed it once. 27 00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:24,600 Let me see. Oh, yeah, that's a nice shade of blue. Where'd you get it? 28 00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:26,600 Quincey's down in South Fig. 29 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:27,600 Look okay? 30 00:02:27,600 --> 00:02:28,600 Uh-huh. 31 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:30,600 Oh, yeah, that's a good fit. 32 00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:32,600 Did you get all the reports on the Webster case yet? 33 00:02:32,600 --> 00:02:33,600 Yeah, all taken care of. 34 00:02:33,600 --> 00:02:35,600 Let me get it. 35 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:38,600 Homicide, Friday. 36 00:02:38,600 --> 00:02:41,600 This is Levinson, unit 113J. Got something for you? 37 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:42,600 Yeah, Harry, what's doing? 38 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:48,600 Darlie and I are out here on Collins Avenue, 4656, trying to track down a nine-year-old boy. 39 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:49,600 What's the story? 40 00:02:49,600 --> 00:02:51,600 Kid's missing, suspicion of foul play. 41 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:52,600 How long has he been gone? 42 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:55,600 About two hours. Looks like a job for homicide. 43 00:02:55,600 --> 00:02:56,600 How do you figure? 44 00:02:56,600 --> 00:02:58,600 Kid was last seen playing in the backyard of his home. 45 00:02:58,600 --> 00:02:59,600 Yeah? 46 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:00,600 We checked over the yard. 47 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:01,600 Find anything? 48 00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:04,600 Blood stains, lots of them. They look new. 49 00:03:07,600 --> 00:03:10,600 Ben and I left a message for Chief of Detective Stad Brown, 50 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:13,600 and we went over to the crime lab, picked up Lieutenant Lee Jones, 51 00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:16,600 and drove out the Royal Seco Freeway to Collins Avenue. 52 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:18,600 It was an average neighborhood. 53 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:21,600 Number 4656 was a one-story green stucco residence 54 00:03:21,600 --> 00:03:25,600 situated on the corner of Collins Avenue and Harrison Drive. 55 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:29,600 Beyond the backyard was a tract of undeveloped land covered with scrub oak. 56 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:33,600 Harry Levinson from Highland Park Juvenile was waiting for us in front of the house. 57 00:03:33,600 --> 00:03:35,600 Back this way, fellas. 58 00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:36,600 I'm coming, Link. 59 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:37,600 Wait till I get my bag. 60 00:03:37,600 --> 00:03:38,600 Okay. 61 00:03:38,600 --> 00:03:40,600 Who notified you that the boy was missing, Harry? 62 00:03:40,600 --> 00:03:41,600 The mother. 63 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:44,600 Said she went out to do some Christmas shopping about 11 this morning, 64 00:03:44,600 --> 00:03:45,600 left the boy home. 65 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:47,600 Came back about two this afternoon, he was gone. 66 00:03:47,600 --> 00:03:48,600 What's his name? 67 00:03:48,600 --> 00:03:49,600 Johnstone. 68 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:51,600 Kid's name is Stanley, nine years old. 69 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:54,600 Was this gate open like this when you got here? 70 00:03:54,600 --> 00:03:56,600 Oh, yeah, I haven't touched this thing. 71 00:03:56,600 --> 00:03:58,600 Here are the stains over here, Lieutenant Jones, 72 00:03:58,600 --> 00:04:00,600 along the edge of the walk, see? 73 00:04:00,600 --> 00:04:02,600 Yeah, let me see. 74 00:04:02,600 --> 00:04:04,600 Quite a few stains, huh? 75 00:04:04,600 --> 00:04:08,600 Looks like it might be blood. I'll try some benzidine on these spots here. 76 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:13,600 There we are. See what happens. 77 00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:15,600 Where does the kid's mother know, Harry? 78 00:04:15,600 --> 00:04:17,600 In the house. Dardy's talking to her. 79 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:18,600 Did you talk to any of the neighbors? 80 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:19,600 People next door. 81 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:21,600 Uh, ones on this side. They couldn't tell us anything. 82 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:22,600 Yeah, it is, fellas. 83 00:04:22,600 --> 00:04:23,600 Yeah, we? 84 00:04:23,600 --> 00:04:25,600 These spots I covered with benzidine, they're turning blue. 85 00:04:25,600 --> 00:04:26,600 Blood stains, all right. 86 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:29,600 Can't say definitely whether it's human or animal blood. 87 00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:31,600 You have to go back to the lab to run it through. 88 00:04:31,600 --> 00:04:32,600 Yeah, I'll go. 89 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:34,600 You have to go back to the lab to run it through. 90 00:04:34,600 --> 00:04:36,600 Yeah, biological precipitant test. 91 00:04:36,600 --> 00:04:38,600 Hand me one of those glass vials from my bag, will you? 92 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:39,600 Yeah. 93 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:42,600 Okay, here you are. 94 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:43,600 Thanks. 95 00:04:44,600 --> 00:04:47,600 Scrape some of these flakes off for a test. 96 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:49,600 There we are. 97 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:51,600 How soon can you tap the blood, fortunately? 98 00:04:51,600 --> 00:04:53,600 The precipitant test won't run more than 20 minutes. 99 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:56,600 It'll take three or four hours to run a blood grouping, though. 100 00:04:57,600 --> 00:04:59,600 That's it. Anything else you want to check? 101 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:01,600 Levinson, anything else? 102 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:03,600 Oh, right here on my handkerchief. 103 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:05,600 Empty shell. 104 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:08,600 That marker over there by the rose bush, that's where I found it. 105 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:10,600 From a.22, huh? 106 00:05:10,600 --> 00:05:12,600 Yeah, might tie in, might not. 107 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:14,600 Mark it and dump it in this envelope, will it? 108 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:15,600 Oh, yeah. 109 00:05:16,600 --> 00:05:18,600 There, shell. 110 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:19,600 There you go. 111 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:21,600 Did you get out a missing broadcast in the boy, huh? 112 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:23,600 A dart he did about a half hour ago. 113 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:24,600 Here's a description here. 114 00:05:24,600 --> 00:05:26,600 Thank you. 115 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:27,600 The mother know about the blood stains? 116 00:05:27,600 --> 00:05:30,600 No, we didn't tell her. She's worried enough already. 117 00:05:30,600 --> 00:05:32,600 And she has no idea what might have happened to her boy. 118 00:05:32,600 --> 00:05:33,600 No more than we do. 119 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:35,600 She checked all her friends, relatives. 120 00:05:35,600 --> 00:05:37,600 We're covering the neighborhood, no trace so far. 121 00:05:37,600 --> 00:05:39,600 Not much to go on. 122 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:41,600 Blood stains, empty cartridge. 123 00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:42,600 Could mean a hundred things. 124 00:05:42,600 --> 00:05:44,600 Any ideas, Franny? 125 00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:46,600 Yeah, just one and I don't like it. 126 00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:53,600 4.30 p.m., Thursday, December 22nd. 127 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:57,600 The neighborhood search for nine-year-old Stanley Johnstone continued. 128 00:05:57,600 --> 00:06:01,600 Lee Jones went back to the crime lab to start the precipitant test in the blood grouping. 129 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:05,600 Levinson and his partner, Dougherty, from Highland Juvenile stood by. 130 00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:10,600 We called Chief of Detective Stad Brown and he ordered up a special detail to aid in the search for the missing boy. 131 00:06:10,600 --> 00:06:15,600 Ben and I questioned the boy's mother, Mrs. Ruth Johnstone, a woman in her early 40s. 132 00:06:15,600 --> 00:06:17,600 She seemed fairly calm under the circumstances. 133 00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:22,600 Mrs. Johnstone, is your boy standing in the habit of wandering off without telling you where he's going? 134 00:06:22,600 --> 00:06:26,600 No, he's not in the habit of wandering off, but he has done it before. 135 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:28,600 When was the last time, Mrs. Johnstone? 136 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:31,600 You don't have any children, do you, Sergeant Franny? 137 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:32,600 No, I'm not married. 138 00:06:32,600 --> 00:06:38,600 Well, there comes that time in every young boy's life when he feels that it's time to leave home, to go out on his own. 139 00:06:38,600 --> 00:06:41,600 Usually happens somewhere around eight to ten. 140 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:43,600 You think I know what you mean, I've got a boy? 141 00:06:43,600 --> 00:06:45,600 Well, then you know how it is. 142 00:06:45,600 --> 00:06:50,600 My husband and I scolded Stanley one day after school and he was quite put out about it. 143 00:06:50,600 --> 00:06:54,600 He thought George and I were unfair, packed a few of his things and left. 144 00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:55,600 How long was he gone? 145 00:06:55,600 --> 00:06:58,600 Oh, no time at all, about two hours. 146 00:06:58,600 --> 00:07:02,600 I was worried about him, but my husband said to leave him alone, said every boy had to go through that stage. 147 00:07:02,600 --> 00:07:05,600 Well, and you think he's run away from home again this time? 148 00:07:05,600 --> 00:07:10,600 Yes, I think so. He's been gone about four hours now and I have a funny feeling about it. 149 00:07:10,600 --> 00:07:13,600 Did you and his father have some misunderstanding with the boy recently? 150 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:16,600 Well, that's just it. We haven't. 151 00:07:16,600 --> 00:07:20,600 I don't mind telling you now that we're talking about it. I am getting worried. 152 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:24,600 Any place around that he might like to visit? Hobby shop, playground, where he might be? 153 00:07:24,600 --> 00:07:31,600 Yeah, there's Jensen's model shop and little Chana Burroughs, but I've already called him and he hasn't been seen all day. 154 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:34,600 I called all his friends and they have no idea where he is either. 155 00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:37,600 We'd like a list of all his friends and the places that he was known to frequent. 156 00:07:37,600 --> 00:07:39,600 Oh, yeah, all right, I'll give them to you. 157 00:07:39,600 --> 00:07:40,600 Where do you suppose he is? 158 00:07:40,600 --> 00:07:42,600 Where's your husband now, Miss Johnstone? 159 00:07:42,600 --> 00:07:45,600 Oh, he's at work. George works for the city. He's farming. 160 00:07:45,600 --> 00:07:47,600 What house is he stationed at? 161 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:52,600 Engine Company 12. He's working the A platoon. He'll be home tomorrow morning. 162 00:07:52,600 --> 00:07:54,600 I haven't told him that Stanley's gone. 163 00:07:54,600 --> 00:07:58,600 Well, is there any chance that the boy might be down at the firehouse with his father? 164 00:07:58,600 --> 00:08:04,600 No. No, he seldom goes down there anymore. No, I don't think he's there. 165 00:08:04,600 --> 00:08:07,600 I'm awfully worried. May I call my husband? 166 00:08:07,600 --> 00:08:09,600 Certainly, go right ahead. 167 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:18,600 I know George will be worried. Stanley's been gone too long. 168 00:08:18,600 --> 00:08:23,600 Hello? May I speak with George Johnstone? This is Mrs. Johnstone. 169 00:08:23,600 --> 00:08:27,600 Thank you. I hate to call George at his work. 170 00:08:27,600 --> 00:08:30,600 Yes, ma'am. Does your husband own a gun? 171 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:31,600 Yes, he does. 172 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:33,600 What caliber do you know? 173 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:36,600 Well, it's a.45 automatic. He got it... George? 174 00:08:36,600 --> 00:08:41,600 This is Ruth. George, is Stanley down there with you by any chance? 175 00:08:41,600 --> 00:08:47,600 Oh. No, I can't find him anywhere. He hasn't been here when I came home from my shopping. 176 00:08:47,600 --> 00:08:53,600 There are two policemen here. No, I said there are two policemen here. 177 00:08:53,600 --> 00:08:57,600 Oh, no dear. I'll call you if we don't find him soon. 178 00:08:57,600 --> 00:09:01,600 All right, dear. Yes, you too. Goodbye. 179 00:09:02,600 --> 00:09:05,600 Well, I didn't think he'd be with George. 180 00:09:05,600 --> 00:09:07,600 That.45, is that the only gun in the household? 181 00:09:07,600 --> 00:09:12,600 Yes. Why are you asking about guns? Has anything happened that you're not telling me about? 182 00:09:12,600 --> 00:09:17,600 No, ma'am. Just routine checking. We'll have to take a look at that.45, oh, if you don't mind. 183 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:21,600 Maybe I should tell you. We do have another gun in the house, but it's all wrapped up. 184 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:23,600 George bought it for Stanley's Christmas present. 185 00:09:23,600 --> 00:09:25,600 May we see it, please? 186 00:09:25,600 --> 00:09:27,600 Yes. Will you have to unwrap it? 187 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:29,600 Yes, I'm afraid so. 188 00:09:32,600 --> 00:09:36,600 I think I can reach it. We had to hide it. Let me see. 189 00:09:36,600 --> 00:09:42,600 Here's the paper it was wrapped in. Stanley must have found it. It's gone. 190 00:09:42,600 --> 00:09:46,600 See, here's the gift card in the box the gun came in. The rifle. 191 00:09:46,600 --> 00:09:49,600 Can I look at that box, ma'am? Thank you. 192 00:09:49,600 --> 00:09:51,600 How about it, Jim? 193 00:09:51,600 --> 00:09:53,600 .22 caliber. 194 00:09:55,600 --> 00:09:58,600 Thursday, December 22nd, 5.15 p.m. 195 00:09:58,600 --> 00:10:01,600 It was getting dark. The search for the missing boy continued. 196 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:04,600 We checked the list of Stanley Johnstone's friends. 197 00:10:04,600 --> 00:10:07,600 None of them or their parents had any idea of his whereabouts. 198 00:10:07,600 --> 00:10:11,600 We talked with Levinson again. He had been in touch with the detail combing the neighborhood. 199 00:10:11,600 --> 00:10:16,600 They had found nothing. We went down to Collis Avenue and 10th Street, service station on the corner. 200 00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:19,600 One nickel, Joe. 201 00:10:19,600 --> 00:10:21,600 Oh, I got one. You watch for that, huh? 202 00:10:21,600 --> 00:10:38,600 .2667 203 00:10:38,600 --> 00:10:39,600 City Hall. 204 00:10:39,600 --> 00:10:40,600 .2667, please. 205 00:10:40,600 --> 00:10:41,600 .2667. 206 00:10:45,600 --> 00:10:46,600 Crime Lab, Jones. 207 00:10:46,600 --> 00:10:47,600 Hi, Lee. Joe Friday. 208 00:10:47,600 --> 00:10:49,600 Yeah, Joe. Any sign of the Johnson kid? 209 00:10:49,600 --> 00:10:51,600 No, not yet. How are you coming? 210 00:10:51,600 --> 00:10:53,600 Finished the presipitant test. It's human blood. 211 00:10:53,600 --> 00:10:54,600 Yeah? 212 00:10:54,600 --> 00:10:57,600 Working in a blood group now. Do you know what type the Johnson boy has? 213 00:10:57,600 --> 00:11:00,600 Well, we didn't want to upset his mother. I thought we'd wait until the last thing. 214 00:11:00,600 --> 00:11:01,600 We're still in the neighborhood. 215 00:11:01,600 --> 00:11:03,600 Check with a family physician. That way you won't disturb him. 216 00:11:03,600 --> 00:11:05,600 Yeah, we figured on that. Oh, just a minute, Lee. 217 00:11:06,600 --> 00:11:07,600 Yeah, Ben? 218 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:08,600 Boss just pulled up. 219 00:11:08,600 --> 00:11:11,600 Okay. Thad Brown's out here now. I'll check you later, Lee, huh? 220 00:11:11,600 --> 00:11:12,600 Right, Joe. 221 00:11:12,600 --> 00:11:13,600 All right. Goodbye. 222 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:15,600 Gentlemen, how's it going? 223 00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:16,600 Just checked with Lee Jones. 224 00:11:16,600 --> 00:11:18,600 Yeah, I know. It's human blood. What do you think? 225 00:11:18,600 --> 00:11:21,600 We talked with the boy's mother, Miss Johnston. Found a gun missing. 226 00:11:21,600 --> 00:11:22,600 Yeah. 227 00:11:22,600 --> 00:11:25,600 Caliber's the same as the empty case that Levinson found. 22. 228 00:11:25,600 --> 00:11:26,600 You said the gun was missing. 229 00:11:26,600 --> 00:11:29,600 Yeah, the Johnsons were going to give it to the boy as a Christmas present. 230 00:11:29,600 --> 00:11:31,600 They had it hidden, but it's gone now. 231 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:32,600 Any idea who took it? 232 00:11:32,600 --> 00:11:36,600 Well, we left the Christmas wrapping behind. I think it was the kid. 233 00:11:36,600 --> 00:11:40,600 22 rifle, huh? Nine-year-old boy. When are they going to learn? 234 00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:43,600 First, it's carbide cannons on the 4th of July. 235 00:11:43,600 --> 00:11:45,600 The city issued ordinance after ordinance, 236 00:11:45,600 --> 00:11:49,600 but a few thousand kids around the country had to lose their eyes, fingers, hands 237 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:52,600 before the parents give us their full cooperation to outlaw them. 238 00:11:52,600 --> 00:11:53,600 I know what you mean. 239 00:11:53,600 --> 00:11:54,600 Sure you do. 240 00:11:54,600 --> 00:11:58,600 You and every other cop in the country became the heavies trying to clamp down on them. 241 00:11:58,600 --> 00:12:02,600 It's always the same story. This time it's guns for Christmas. 242 00:12:02,600 --> 00:12:04,600 I know what you're thinking, but we're not sure yet. 243 00:12:04,600 --> 00:12:07,600 Listen, Friday, there's a city ordinance against giving a gun to a kid. 244 00:12:07,600 --> 00:12:08,600 You know what I mean? 245 00:12:08,600 --> 00:12:10,600 Yes, I know that. 246 00:12:10,600 --> 00:12:12,600 There's a missing boy and a missing gun. 247 00:12:12,600 --> 00:12:15,600 There's blood on the ground and an empty shell. That's enough for me. 248 00:12:15,600 --> 00:12:18,600 I'm going to stay with it. Something's got to break. 249 00:12:18,600 --> 00:12:20,600 Yeah. I hope it's not the hearts of that kid's parents. 250 00:12:20,600 --> 00:12:21,600 Oh, hi, Chief. 251 00:12:21,600 --> 00:12:23,600 I've been looking for you, Friday. 252 00:12:23,600 --> 00:12:24,600 What do you got, Harry? 253 00:12:24,600 --> 00:12:27,600 Found the gun. New 22 rifle. Strong smell of cordite. 254 00:12:27,600 --> 00:12:29,600 I'd say it's been recently fired. 255 00:12:29,600 --> 00:12:30,600 Where'd you find it, Levinson? 256 00:12:30,600 --> 00:12:32,600 Back up there in that scrub oak. 257 00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:35,600 Up behind the Johnston house. Mrs. Johnstone identified it. 258 00:12:35,600 --> 00:12:37,600 Buckley took it down to the crime lab. 259 00:12:37,600 --> 00:12:39,600 Thanks, Harry. Is Mrs. Johnstone okay? 260 00:12:39,600 --> 00:12:40,600 Pretty sick now. 261 00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:42,600 Killaby came up with something else. 262 00:12:42,600 --> 00:12:43,600 What's that? 263 00:12:43,600 --> 00:12:45,600 There's another one missing. An eight-year-old boy. 264 00:12:48,600 --> 00:12:49,600 6.30 p.m. 265 00:12:49,600 --> 00:12:52,600 We talked with Officer Killaby about the other missing boy. 266 00:12:52,600 --> 00:12:56,600 He told us that his name was Stephen Morheim, eight years old. 267 00:12:56,600 --> 00:12:58,600 His family had just moved into the neighborhood, 268 00:12:58,600 --> 00:13:02,600 and it seemed that no one besides the Morheim family knew that the boys played together. 269 00:13:02,600 --> 00:13:06,600 Mrs. Morheim told us that Stephen told her that he was going out to play 270 00:13:06,600 --> 00:13:08,600 and that he'd be home by six o'clock for dinner. 271 00:13:08,600 --> 00:13:10,600 She told us that he was an unusually prompt boy 272 00:13:10,600 --> 00:13:12,600 and almost never overstayed his playtime. 273 00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:15,600 We got a description of the Morheim boy and put out a missing broadcast. 274 00:13:15,600 --> 00:13:18,600 We called the Johnstones family doctor. 275 00:13:18,600 --> 00:13:21,600 He told us that Stanley's blood was type O. 276 00:13:21,600 --> 00:13:24,600 At 7 p.m. we talked again with Mrs. John Morheim. 277 00:13:24,600 --> 00:13:27,600 Are you sure Mrs. Johnstone doesn't know where the boys are? 278 00:13:27,600 --> 00:13:29,600 She has no idea, Mrs. Morheim. 279 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:32,600 This is terrible. It's just awful. 280 00:13:32,600 --> 00:13:34,600 I feel there's more to this thing. 281 00:13:34,600 --> 00:13:36,600 Something you're not telling me. 282 00:13:36,600 --> 00:13:39,600 There's no use to upset you until we know a few things for sure. 283 00:13:39,600 --> 00:13:41,600 Then you are holding back something. 284 00:13:41,600 --> 00:13:43,600 Please try not to worry, Mrs. Morheim. 285 00:13:43,600 --> 00:13:45,600 There are certain questions we'll have to ask, routine questions, 286 00:13:45,600 --> 00:13:47,600 in any kind of investigation. 287 00:13:47,600 --> 00:13:49,600 Is there anything else you want to know? 288 00:13:49,600 --> 00:13:51,600 Yes, ma'am. What is your boy's blood type? 289 00:13:51,600 --> 00:13:53,600 That's a funny question. 290 00:13:53,600 --> 00:13:56,600 Do you think anything's happened to him? 291 00:13:56,600 --> 00:13:58,600 Have you found him and you're not telling me? 292 00:13:58,600 --> 00:14:01,600 No, ma'am, we haven't found him. We don't think anything's happened to him. 293 00:14:01,600 --> 00:14:02,600 His blood type? 294 00:14:02,600 --> 00:14:03,600 Yes, ma'am. 295 00:14:03,600 --> 00:14:06,600 I think I have it written down in Stevie's baby book. 296 00:14:08,600 --> 00:14:10,600 Yes, here it is. It's type O. 297 00:14:10,600 --> 00:14:12,600 Thank you. What if I might use your phone, please? 298 00:14:12,600 --> 00:14:14,600 Yes, of course. It's in the hall. 299 00:14:14,600 --> 00:14:15,600 I'll be right back, ma'am. 300 00:14:15,600 --> 00:14:16,600 Yeah, okay. 301 00:14:29,600 --> 00:14:30,600 City Hall. 302 00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:31,600 2667, please. 303 00:14:31,600 --> 00:14:33,600 2667. 304 00:14:36,600 --> 00:14:37,600 Grand left pinker. 305 00:14:37,600 --> 00:14:39,600 Hello, Ray. This is Friday. Lee there? 306 00:14:39,600 --> 00:14:40,600 Just a minute, Joe. 307 00:14:40,600 --> 00:14:42,600 Take two, Lee. 308 00:14:45,600 --> 00:14:46,600 Jones speaking. 309 00:14:46,600 --> 00:14:47,600 Checking back, Lee. 310 00:14:47,600 --> 00:14:49,600 Did you get the blood types on the two missing boys? 311 00:14:49,600 --> 00:14:50,600 Yeah, both boys type O. 312 00:14:50,600 --> 00:15:02,600 So are the stains, Joe. 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He telephoned about 15 minutes ago and said he was closing up right away. 344 00:17:16,600 --> 00:17:18,600 He'll be here any minute. 345 00:17:18,600 --> 00:17:22,600 I do wish Stevie would call or come home. 346 00:17:22,600 --> 00:17:24,600 It's so cold out tonight. 347 00:17:24,600 --> 00:17:26,600 All he had on was a thin cotton jacket. 348 00:17:26,600 --> 00:17:30,600 Please try not to worry. We're doing everything we can. He's going to be all right. 349 00:17:30,600 --> 00:17:36,600 Stevie's father is such a sensitive man. He and the boy are so close. I know he's terribly upset. 350 00:17:36,600 --> 00:17:40,600 You're sure there's no place you might have forgotten, some place where the boy might be? 351 00:17:40,600 --> 00:17:45,600 No. No place. No. If anything happens to the boy, he'll just kill John. 352 00:17:45,600 --> 00:17:49,600 No, no. You sit still. I'll get it, Miss Morheim. 353 00:17:51,600 --> 00:17:52,600 Joe. 354 00:17:51,600 --> 00:17:52,600 Hi, Harry. 355 00:17:52,600 --> 00:17:55,600 There's Johnstone, kid. He's been found. 356 00:18:05,600 --> 00:18:09,600 Oh, he's home, Sergeant. He's come home. Thank God he's all right. 357 00:18:09,600 --> 00:18:11,600 Where's he been? Did he tell you? 358 00:18:11,600 --> 00:18:16,600 No. No, he didn't. His clothes were all dirty and he's acting strange. I've never seen him like this. 359 00:18:16,600 --> 00:18:17,600 How do you mean, Mrs. Johnson? 360 00:18:17,600 --> 00:18:22,600 Well, he just came in the front door and said, hello, Mom, and then he sat down in a chair and stared at the floor. 361 00:18:22,600 --> 00:18:24,600 He won't talk to his father or me. 362 00:18:24,600 --> 00:18:25,600 Do you mind if I talk to him? 363 00:18:25,600 --> 00:18:30,600 No, go ahead. I asked him about the little Morheim boy and he wouldn't tell me a thing. 364 00:18:30,600 --> 00:18:31,600 Where is he now? 365 00:18:31,600 --> 00:18:32,600 In the living room. 366 00:18:35,600 --> 00:18:37,600 Looks all right. 367 00:18:37,600 --> 00:18:47,600 Yes. Son, son, this is a police officer. He wants to talk to you. 368 00:18:48,600 --> 00:18:53,600 Don't be afraid, dear. He only wants to ask you some questions. 369 00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:55,600 Son. 370 00:18:57,600 --> 00:18:59,600 You see, Sergeant? 371 00:18:59,600 --> 00:19:06,600 Stanley, come on, look at me, son. Get your head up, youngster. Come on. Now that's better. 372 00:19:06,600 --> 00:19:11,600 I had your mother pretty worried, you know that. You want to tell us where you've been? 373 00:19:11,600 --> 00:19:14,600 I wish you'd try to get him to eat a little something. 374 00:19:14,600 --> 00:19:18,600 Do you hear that, son? Want something to eat? 375 00:19:19,600 --> 00:19:23,600 Stanley, there's another little boy up this street who hasn't come home. Do you know where he is? 376 00:19:23,600 --> 00:19:27,600 His father and mother are worried about him, too. Just like your folks were. 377 00:19:27,600 --> 00:19:29,600 You've got to help us find him, son. 378 00:19:29,600 --> 00:19:40,600 I killed him. I killed Steve with the.22. We were only playing. But I killed him. 379 00:19:40,600 --> 00:19:43,600 How do you know you killed him? Maybe he's only hurt. Isn't that it? 380 00:19:44,600 --> 00:19:52,600 No, he's dead. I know he's dead. The gun went off. We forgot we put bullets in there. 381 00:19:52,600 --> 00:19:53,600 Where is he, Stanley? 382 00:19:53,600 --> 00:19:58,600 I hid him. I was scared. I didn't want anybody to find him. 383 00:19:58,600 --> 00:20:00,600 Where did you hide him, son? 384 00:20:00,600 --> 00:20:05,600 In a cave up on the hill. I didn't mean it. It was my pal. 385 00:20:05,600 --> 00:20:07,600 Do you want to show us where, son? 386 00:20:07,600 --> 00:20:11,600 Yes, I'll show you. Please don't send me to jail. 387 00:20:11,600 --> 00:20:23,600 9.15 p.m. Thursday, December 22nd. Nine-year-old Stanley Johnstone led the way up the hill behind the backyard of his home. 388 00:20:23,600 --> 00:20:27,600 He showed us the wagon he moved the body in. His father came along with us. 389 00:20:27,600 --> 00:20:31,600 About 50 feet from the crest of the hill, the boy pointed to a thicket of scrub oak. 390 00:20:31,600 --> 00:20:35,600 There we found a small cave holding the body of Stephen Morhine. 391 00:20:35,600 --> 00:20:38,600 There was a single bullet wound in his chest just below his heart. 392 00:20:38,600 --> 00:20:41,600 It was dead. We covered the body. 393 00:20:41,600 --> 00:20:44,600 Stanley, Stanley, how did it happen? 394 00:20:44,600 --> 00:20:51,600 I knew my folks were going to give me the gun for Christmas. I knew where it was and I got it. 395 00:20:51,600 --> 00:20:53,600 There was a box of bullets with it. 396 00:20:53,600 --> 00:20:55,600 Were you pointing the gun at Stephen? 397 00:20:55,600 --> 00:21:00,600 No, sir. No, sir, I wasn't. It was Steve's turn to play with it. 398 00:21:00,600 --> 00:21:07,600 I was chasing him. He tripped over the stump there in our backyard and fell. 399 00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:12,600 The gun hit him in the stomach and it went off. 400 00:21:12,600 --> 00:21:14,600 Why do you think you killed him if you're telling us the truth? 401 00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:18,600 I'm telling the truth, honest. That's the truth. 402 00:21:18,600 --> 00:21:21,600 All right, I believe you, son, but why do you think you killed him? 403 00:21:21,600 --> 00:21:26,600 It was my gun. Steve would still be alive if I didn't go and get it. 404 00:21:26,600 --> 00:21:31,600 I should have waited till Christmas. It's all my fault. 405 00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:33,600 Where have you been all this time? 406 00:21:33,600 --> 00:21:36,600 In the cave with Steve. 407 00:21:36,600 --> 00:21:38,600 What were you doing in there, son? 408 00:21:38,600 --> 00:21:43,600 I was praying. I was praying for God to make him alive again. 409 00:21:43,600 --> 00:21:51,600 After a thorough investigation, Ben and I were convinced that the shooting of Stephen 410 00:21:51,600 --> 00:21:55,600 Morrheim was accidental. Lieutenant Lee Jones' findings substantiated the John Stone 411 00:21:55,600 --> 00:21:59,600 Boy's story even to the smallest detail. We put in a call to the coroner's office 412 00:21:59,600 --> 00:22:04,600 and acquainted him with the facts. He designated a local mortuary to handle the body 413 00:22:04,600 --> 00:22:08,600 and granted us permission to remove the body to the Morrheim home. 414 00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:13,600 Mrs. Morrheim collapsed. The family doctor was called. Ben and I sat in the living room 415 00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:16,600 to wait for John Morrheim, the dead boy's father. 416 00:22:20,600 --> 00:22:22,600 Edith! Edith! 417 00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:24,600 Mr. Morrheim? 418 00:22:24,600 --> 00:22:26,600 Yes. You the police? 419 00:22:26,600 --> 00:22:27,600 Yes, sir. 420 00:22:27,600 --> 00:22:32,600 Where's Edith? Where's my wife? Has my boy come home? 421 00:22:32,600 --> 00:22:34,600 Have you found him? 422 00:22:34,600 --> 00:22:35,600 Yes, sir. 423 00:22:35,600 --> 00:22:38,600 Where is he? Steve! Steve! 424 00:22:39,600 --> 00:22:41,600 Where's Steve? 425 00:22:43,600 --> 00:22:44,600 He's hurt, isn't he? 426 00:22:44,600 --> 00:22:45,600 Yes, sir. 427 00:22:45,600 --> 00:22:47,600 Where is he? I want to see him. 428 00:22:47,600 --> 00:22:48,600 He's hurt bad, Mr. Morrheim. 429 00:22:48,600 --> 00:22:50,600 Where is he? I want to see him. 430 00:22:50,600 --> 00:22:52,600 He's in his room. 431 00:22:54,600 --> 00:22:56,600 How bad? 432 00:22:56,600 --> 00:22:58,600 Pretty bad. 433 00:22:58,600 --> 00:23:00,600 He's... 434 00:23:00,600 --> 00:23:02,600 He's dead. 435 00:23:05,600 --> 00:23:07,600 All right, am I going? 436 00:23:07,600 --> 00:23:09,600 If you want to. 437 00:23:10,600 --> 00:23:12,600 Will you go with me? 438 00:23:12,600 --> 00:23:14,600 Sure. 439 00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:19,600 Don't make it any harder on yourself, Mr. Morrheim. 440 00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:21,600 I want to see my boy. 441 00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:27,600 Mr. Morrheim. 442 00:23:27,600 --> 00:23:29,600 Mr. Morrheim. 443 00:23:29,600 --> 00:23:32,600 Stevey, Stevey, Stevey. 444 00:23:35,600 --> 00:23:37,600 Listen to me, son. 445 00:23:38,600 --> 00:23:41,600 We've got you a lot of nice things for Christmas. 446 00:23:42,600 --> 00:23:44,600 Everything you wanted. 447 00:23:45,600 --> 00:23:48,600 I got you three new cars for the train. 448 00:23:49,600 --> 00:23:51,600 The one with the search light is... 449 00:23:51,600 --> 00:23:56,600 ...really worse. 450 00:23:58,600 --> 00:24:00,600 Son, you... 451 00:24:01,600 --> 00:24:04,600 You got that new switch you wanted too. 452 00:24:05,600 --> 00:24:08,600 And that boy track. 453 00:24:13,600 --> 00:24:15,600 Oh, Stevey. 454 00:24:15,600 --> 00:24:20,600 Now you can have a big big house. 455 00:24:23,600 --> 00:24:27,600 You know that new baseball that you saw. 456 00:24:28,600 --> 00:24:31,600 Well, I got it for you. 457 00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:33,600 Stevey, Stevey. 458 00:24:37,600 --> 00:24:39,600 That cowboy outfit you wanted. 459 00:24:39,600 --> 00:24:41,600 I got you two. 460 00:24:41,600 --> 00:24:43,600 Stevey. 461 00:24:43,600 --> 00:24:45,600 Mr. Morrheim. 462 00:24:45,600 --> 00:24:47,600 Stevey. 463 00:24:48,600 --> 00:24:50,600 Come on, Joe. 464 00:24:50,600 --> 00:24:52,600 Stevey. 465 00:25:02,600 --> 00:25:04,600 What happened? 466 00:25:04,600 --> 00:25:06,600 It was an accident. 467 00:25:06,600 --> 00:25:09,600 He was playing with Johnstone Boy at the spring. 468 00:25:09,600 --> 00:25:11,600 Playing with a girl. 469 00:25:11,600 --> 00:25:13,600 He went off. 470 00:25:16,600 --> 00:25:18,600 What was the other boy's name? 471 00:25:18,600 --> 00:25:20,600 Stanley Johnstone. 472 00:25:20,600 --> 00:25:22,600 It was an accident. 473 00:25:24,600 --> 00:25:26,600 Morrheim, where are you going? 474 00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:28,600 I want to see that boy. 475 00:25:31,600 --> 00:25:34,600 We had no idea what the dead boy's father had in mind. 476 00:25:34,600 --> 00:25:37,600 We didn't feel that we should try to restrain him. 477 00:25:37,600 --> 00:25:40,600 We went along with him up the street to the Johnstone home. 478 00:25:46,600 --> 00:25:48,600 Hi, Stevey's father. 479 00:25:48,600 --> 00:25:50,600 Where's your boy? 480 00:25:50,600 --> 00:25:51,600 I'm sorry. 481 00:25:51,600 --> 00:25:53,600 Where's your boy? 482 00:25:53,600 --> 00:25:55,600 He's right here. 483 00:25:55,600 --> 00:25:57,600 Won't you come in? 484 00:25:57,600 --> 00:25:59,600 It's all right, Mrs. Johnstone. 485 00:26:02,600 --> 00:26:04,600 You... 486 00:26:04,600 --> 00:26:07,600 You're the boy that was with Stevey? 487 00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:09,600 Yes, sir. 488 00:26:09,600 --> 00:26:11,600 What's your name? 489 00:26:12,600 --> 00:26:14,600 Stanley. 490 00:26:14,600 --> 00:26:16,600 Stanley. 491 00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:20,600 I know it wasn't your fault, Stanley. 492 00:26:21,600 --> 00:26:24,600 I wonder if you'd do something for me. 493 00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:26,600 Yes, sir. 494 00:26:27,600 --> 00:26:30,600 I've got a lot of nice presents for Stevey. 495 00:26:30,600 --> 00:26:33,600 I know he wants you to have them. 496 00:26:34,600 --> 00:26:37,600 I want to give them to you. 497 00:26:37,600 --> 00:26:39,600 Christmas Eve. 498 00:26:39,600 --> 00:26:41,600 Mom? 499 00:26:42,600 --> 00:26:46,600 I... I think that would be a fine idea, son. 500 00:26:46,600 --> 00:26:48,600 Come on, Benner. 501 00:26:48,600 --> 00:26:51,600 Come on, Benner. 502 00:27:00,600 --> 00:27:02,600 What does it all prove, Joe? 503 00:27:02,600 --> 00:27:05,600 You don't give a kid a gun for Christmas. 504 00:27:12,600 --> 00:27:15,600 The story you have just heard was true. 505 00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:19,600 Only the names were changed to protect the innocent. 506 00:27:19,600 --> 00:27:23,600 On December 24, 1948, a coroner's inquest was held 507 00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:27,600 in the county morgue, city and county of Los Angeles, state of California. 508 00:27:27,600 --> 00:27:29,600 In a moment, the results of that inquest. 509 00:27:29,600 --> 00:27:32,600 Now, here are authentic reports from all over the country 510 00:27:32,600 --> 00:27:36,600 that tell the story of Fatima's sensational increase in popularity. 511 00:27:36,600 --> 00:27:38,600 New York Division. 512 00:27:38,600 --> 00:27:41,600 Fatima sales up 132%. 513 00:27:41,600 --> 00:27:42,600 Chicago Division. 514 00:27:42,600 --> 00:27:46,600 Fatima sales up 453%. 515 00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:47,600 Los Angeles Division. 516 00:27:47,600 --> 00:27:51,600 Fatima sales up 545%. 517 00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:56,600 More and more smokers agree Fatima is the best of all long cigarettes. 518 00:27:56,600 --> 00:28:01,600 So enjoy Fatima yourself and give extra mild Fatimas for Christmas 519 00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:03,600 in the attractive golden yellow carton. 520 00:28:03,600 --> 00:28:08,600 Everyone who smokes Fatima says that this great new long cigarette 521 00:28:08,600 --> 00:28:12,600 is the best of all long cigarettes. 522 00:28:20,600 --> 00:28:23,600 At the coroner's inquest, it was officially recorded that Stephen 523 00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:26,600 Morheim's death was the result of an accident. 524 00:28:26,600 --> 00:28:29,600 Stanley Johnstone, age nine, was absolved of any legal responsibility 525 00:28:29,600 --> 00:28:31,600 for his friend's death. 526 00:28:31,600 --> 00:28:38,600 You have just heard Dragnet, a new series of authentic cases 527 00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:40,600 from official files. 528 00:28:40,600 --> 00:28:43,600 Technical advice for Dragnet comes from the Office of Acting 529 00:28:43,600 --> 00:28:47,600 Chief of Police, W.A. Wharton, Los Angeles Police Department. 530 00:28:47,600 --> 00:28:51,600 Dragnet honors Hennepin County, Minneapolis, state of Minnesota, 531 00:28:51,600 --> 00:28:53,600 and the men of the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office, 532 00:28:53,600 --> 00:28:56,600 another of America's great law enforcement agencies. 533 00:28:56,600 --> 00:29:00,600 One of these men, Sheriff Ed Ryan, veteran police officer 534 00:29:00,600 --> 00:29:03,600 and department administrator, who dedicates his life 535 00:29:03,600 --> 00:29:06,600 to making yours more secure. 536 00:29:07,600 --> 00:29:10,600 Fatima cigarettes, the best of all long cigarettes, 537 00:29:10,600 --> 00:29:13,600 has brought you Dragnet, portion transcribed from Los Angeles. 538 00:29:13,600 --> 00:29:30,600 Be sure to hear songs by Morton Downey tonight on NBC.