1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:09,760 Ladies and gentlemen, this program is for you, not your children. 2 00:00:09,760 --> 00:00:13,880 The subject is of vital importance to you as parents. 3 00:00:13,880 --> 00:00:16,520 This is the story of a vicious man. 4 00:00:16,520 --> 00:00:27,200 The story you are about to hear is true. 5 00:00:27,200 --> 00:00:31,080 Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent. 6 00:00:31,080 --> 00:00:44,840 Fatima cigarettes, best of all long cigarettes, brings you dragnet. 7 00:00:44,840 --> 00:00:46,880 You're a detective sergeant. 8 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:49,520 You're assigned to homicide detail. 9 00:00:49,520 --> 00:00:52,920 Two small girls are reported missing. 10 00:00:52,920 --> 00:00:58,120 They drop from sight. 11 00:00:58,120 --> 00:01:03,640 Your job, find them. 12 00:01:03,640 --> 00:01:08,520 If you want a long cigarette, smoke the best of all long cigarettes. 13 00:01:08,520 --> 00:01:09,520 Smoke Fatima. 14 00:01:09,520 --> 00:01:15,560 Fatima is the long cigarette which contains the finest Turkish and domestic tobaccos, 15 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:19,360 superbly blended to make Fatima extra mild. 16 00:01:19,360 --> 00:01:25,000 And that's why Fatima has a much different, much better flavor and aroma than any other 17 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:26,760 long cigarette. 18 00:01:26,760 --> 00:01:30,920 That's why Fatima has more than doubled its smokers coast to coast. 19 00:01:30,920 --> 00:01:36,720 So if you want a long cigarette, smoke the best of all long cigarettes. 20 00:01:36,720 --> 00:01:38,720 Smoke Fatima. 21 00:01:38,720 --> 00:01:43,160 Dragnet, the document a drama of an actual crime. 22 00:01:43,160 --> 00:01:47,920 For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will 23 00:01:47,920 --> 00:01:52,040 travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case from official police 24 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:53,460 files. 25 00:01:53,460 --> 00:01:58,640 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force 26 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:02,640 in action. 27 00:02:02,640 --> 00:02:06,320 Was Monday, October 27th, was cloudy in Los Angeles. 28 00:02:06,320 --> 00:02:08,760 We're working the night watch on a homicide detail. 29 00:02:08,760 --> 00:02:09,880 My partner's Ben Romero. 30 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:12,040 The boss is Thad Brown, chief of detectives. 31 00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:13,040 My name's Friday. 32 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:15,440 We were on the way out from central division. 33 00:02:15,440 --> 00:02:23,560 It was 16 minutes past 8 p.m. when we got to South Peoria Street, number 267. 34 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:24,560 Short and gloomy. 35 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:25,560 Yeah, it's sultry. 36 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:28,560 Looks like we're in for some rain. 37 00:02:28,560 --> 00:02:30,360 Yes, sir? 38 00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:31,360 Police officers. 39 00:02:31,360 --> 00:02:32,360 There's Lieutenant Barker here. 40 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:33,360 Yes, you want to come in? 41 00:02:33,360 --> 00:02:34,360 Thank you. 42 00:02:34,360 --> 00:02:35,800 This is Sergeant Romero. 43 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:37,800 I'm Sergeant Friday, central homicide. 44 00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:38,800 How are you? 45 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:39,800 My name's Claude Jimerson. 46 00:02:39,800 --> 00:02:40,800 Lieutenant Barker's in here. 47 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:41,800 On the phone. 48 00:02:41,800 --> 00:02:42,800 Hi, Captain. 49 00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:43,800 Yeah, Alex. 50 00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:45,800 Romero. 51 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:47,800 How's it going, Lieutenant? 52 00:02:47,800 --> 00:02:48,800 Not good. 53 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:50,400 You met Mr. Jimerson? 54 00:02:50,400 --> 00:02:51,400 Oh, sure. 55 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:52,400 Sit down, gentlemen. 56 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:53,400 Would you like some coffee? 57 00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:54,400 I can have the wife make some. 58 00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:55,400 No, thank you. 59 00:02:55,400 --> 00:02:57,440 We didn't want to bother the girl's parents any more than we had to. 60 00:02:57,440 --> 00:02:59,240 Jimerson here is one of the neighbors. 61 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:01,480 He's been nice enough to let us use his phone. 62 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:04,160 The kid's disappeared about four this afternoon, is that right? 63 00:03:04,160 --> 00:03:05,160 At 345. 64 00:03:05,160 --> 00:03:07,160 Got out a local broadcast on him. 65 00:03:07,160 --> 00:03:09,160 Here's a missing report. 66 00:03:09,160 --> 00:03:11,440 Thank you, sir. 67 00:03:11,440 --> 00:03:16,520 Elma Griswold, age 11, Barbara Sperry, seven-year-old. 68 00:03:16,520 --> 00:03:17,840 You talked to both families? 69 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:18,840 Yeah. 70 00:03:18,840 --> 00:03:22,600 At 330 this afternoon, Mrs. Griswold sent her daughter to the grocery store down on 71 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:23,600 Sixth Moor Avenue. 72 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:26,600 It's about ten blocks from their home. 73 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:29,600 The Sperry girl, a friend of hers, she went with her. 74 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:31,320 Anybody at the store remember seeing her? 75 00:03:31,320 --> 00:03:35,280 According to the grocery clerk, they were there about 345. 76 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:36,280 Mother gave the kids a note. 77 00:03:36,280 --> 00:03:39,760 They bought a loaf of white bread, a half pound of bacon, a dozen oranges. 78 00:03:39,760 --> 00:03:40,760 Yeah. 79 00:03:40,760 --> 00:03:42,480 And I hope nothing's happened to the kids. 80 00:03:42,480 --> 00:03:44,840 We've been neighbors to the Griswolds for years. 81 00:03:44,840 --> 00:03:45,840 Sperry's too. 82 00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:48,480 Did you notice if the little girls were going in the direction of their home? 83 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:49,480 Yes, they were. 84 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:52,560 The last time I saw them, they were about a block away, heading straight for home. 85 00:03:52,560 --> 00:03:53,920 Little Sperry girl had a dog with her. 86 00:03:53,920 --> 00:03:54,920 Champ, I think they call him. 87 00:03:54,920 --> 00:03:55,920 He's a collie. 88 00:03:55,920 --> 00:03:56,920 And he's missing too. 89 00:03:56,920 --> 00:03:57,920 That's right, John. 90 00:03:57,920 --> 00:03:59,760 Not a trace of the kids or the dog. 91 00:03:59,760 --> 00:04:03,760 Juvenile officers from 77th Street have been checking the neighborhood for the past three 92 00:04:03,760 --> 00:04:04,760 hours. 93 00:04:04,760 --> 00:04:06,520 Are the girls in the habit of wandering off like this? 94 00:04:06,520 --> 00:04:07,520 Parents say no. 95 00:04:07,520 --> 00:04:08,520 It's the first time. 96 00:04:08,520 --> 00:04:09,520 Mm-hmm. 97 00:04:09,520 --> 00:04:11,640 Well, thanks very much, Mr. Jimerson. 98 00:04:11,640 --> 00:04:12,640 Well, not at all, Sergeant. 99 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:13,640 Sure you won't have a cup of coffee? 100 00:04:13,640 --> 00:04:14,640 No, no, thanks. 101 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:18,040 We don't like to bother you, but we may have to check back with you later tonight. 102 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:19,040 Routine questions. 103 00:04:19,040 --> 00:04:21,320 If I can help out in any way to find those girls, let me know. 104 00:04:21,320 --> 00:04:22,320 Yeah, we'll let you know, Jim. 105 00:04:22,320 --> 00:04:23,320 And thanks again. 106 00:04:23,320 --> 00:04:24,320 Nice fellow. 107 00:04:24,320 --> 00:04:28,320 Most of the neighbors we've talked to have been the same. 108 00:04:28,320 --> 00:04:29,320 Anxious to help. 109 00:04:29,320 --> 00:04:34,280 Some of them are out with our juvenile officers now trying to take a believe in the kids. 110 00:04:34,280 --> 00:04:36,920 You checked the movie theater and the playgrounds in the neighborhood. 111 00:04:36,920 --> 00:04:37,920 Everything, Joe. 112 00:04:37,920 --> 00:04:41,560 Those are some of your men from juvenile, Lieutenant. 113 00:04:41,560 --> 00:04:43,000 Yeah, looks like it. 114 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:44,440 Yeah, Schwartz and Preston. 115 00:04:44,440 --> 00:04:45,440 Lieutenant? 116 00:04:45,440 --> 00:04:46,440 Yeah, Preston, what you got? 117 00:04:46,440 --> 00:04:48,080 Found the kid's dog, Colley. 118 00:04:48,080 --> 00:04:49,080 Where? 119 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:50,840 Just above Sanchez Drive up in the hills. 120 00:04:50,840 --> 00:04:51,840 Hope it's no indication. 121 00:04:51,840 --> 00:04:52,840 How do you mean? 122 00:04:52,840 --> 00:04:53,840 Dog's dead. 123 00:04:53,840 --> 00:05:01,640 The Colley dog was taken to a veterinarian on Jefferson Boulevard to be examined for 124 00:05:01,640 --> 00:05:02,640 cause of death. 125 00:05:02,640 --> 00:05:07,020 We put in a call to the office and a special detail of men was assigned to aid in searching 126 00:05:07,020 --> 00:05:08,480 the area where the dog was discovered. 127 00:05:08,480 --> 00:05:11,000 We got out on all points bulletin. 128 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:14,560 The fathers of the missing girls and a dozen neighbors joined in the search. 129 00:05:14,560 --> 00:05:19,120 With the aid of flashlights, we started from the end of Sanchez Drive and as best we could, 130 00:05:19,120 --> 00:05:23,240 we covered the ground for almost a full mile back into the sunset hills. 131 00:05:23,240 --> 00:05:25,920 10.55 p.m. started to thunder. 132 00:05:25,920 --> 00:05:27,680 The search went on. 133 00:05:27,680 --> 00:05:31,880 The hilly terrain and thick patches of scrub oak didn't make the job any easier. 134 00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:35,360 11.15 p.m. started to rain. 135 00:05:35,360 --> 00:05:38,040 Watch your step, Joe. 136 00:05:38,040 --> 00:05:39,040 The rocks are slippery. 137 00:05:39,040 --> 00:05:40,040 Yeah. 138 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:41,040 I can't figure it. 139 00:05:41,040 --> 00:05:42,040 Not a sign. 140 00:05:42,040 --> 00:05:43,040 What do you think? 141 00:05:43,040 --> 00:05:44,040 I don't know. 142 00:05:44,040 --> 00:05:45,040 Wait a minute. 143 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:46,040 Flashlight over here. 144 00:05:46,040 --> 00:05:47,040 No, here. 145 00:05:47,040 --> 00:05:48,040 See something? 146 00:05:48,040 --> 00:05:49,040 I thought I did. 147 00:05:49,040 --> 00:05:50,040 Yeah. 148 00:05:50,040 --> 00:05:51,040 Scrap of brown paper. 149 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:52,040 Who's this coming? 150 00:05:52,040 --> 00:05:53,040 Sergeant, is that you? 151 00:05:53,040 --> 00:05:54,040 Jimerson? 152 00:05:54,040 --> 00:05:55,040 Yeah. 153 00:05:55,040 --> 00:05:56,040 What's that you got? 154 00:05:56,040 --> 00:05:57,040 I found it. 155 00:05:57,040 --> 00:05:58,040 Right down there. 156 00:05:58,040 --> 00:05:59,040 Just off the path. 157 00:05:59,040 --> 00:06:00,040 Paper say. 158 00:06:00,040 --> 00:06:01,040 Look. 159 00:06:01,040 --> 00:06:07,080 A loaf of bread, a few oranges, a package of bacon. 160 00:06:07,080 --> 00:06:08,080 Where'd you find it? 161 00:06:08,080 --> 00:06:09,080 Right down there. 162 00:06:09,080 --> 00:06:10,080 Mr. Holm questioned me. 163 00:06:10,080 --> 00:06:13,120 We were heading back for the cars when I saw this bag lying to one side of the bush. 164 00:06:13,120 --> 00:06:14,120 We'll take it, Jimerson. 165 00:06:14,120 --> 00:06:15,120 Thanks. 166 00:06:15,120 --> 00:06:16,120 Let's go, man. 167 00:06:16,120 --> 00:06:18,240 That means that Barbara and Toma were up here today. 168 00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:20,280 You haven't mentioned that to either one of the girls' fathers. 169 00:06:20,280 --> 00:06:21,280 No, I haven't. 170 00:06:21,280 --> 00:06:22,280 Good. 171 00:06:22,280 --> 00:06:23,280 They're having a hard enough time as it is. 172 00:06:23,280 --> 00:06:24,280 Rainey, Ben, see him for a minute? 173 00:06:24,280 --> 00:06:25,280 Yeah. 174 00:06:25,280 --> 00:06:26,280 Excuse us, Mr. Jimerson. 175 00:06:26,280 --> 00:06:27,280 Certainly. 176 00:06:27,280 --> 00:06:34,280 Yeah. 177 00:06:34,280 --> 00:06:36,480 Schwartz and I checked with the vet who examined the dog. 178 00:06:36,480 --> 00:06:37,480 What did he say? 179 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:43,040 He says the dog was beaten to death. 180 00:06:43,040 --> 00:06:46,640 We made another attempt to continue the search of the Sunset Hills area for the two missing 181 00:06:46,640 --> 00:06:50,480 girls, but the heavy rain and the darkness made the job impossible. 182 00:06:50,480 --> 00:06:53,840 The rain had also destroyed the physical evidence at the spot where we had found the grocery 183 00:06:53,840 --> 00:06:54,980 bag. 184 00:06:54,980 --> 00:06:57,720 We went back to Jimerson's house and called the office again. 185 00:06:57,720 --> 00:07:01,200 Another detail of men was assigned to be on hand to help in the search when it resumed 186 00:07:01,200 --> 00:07:02,200 at daylight. 187 00:07:02,200 --> 00:07:06,160 Chief of Detectives Thad Brown and Captain Harry Elliot of Homicide were notified of 188 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:07,160 late developments. 189 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:12,040 At 25 minutes past midnight, we started to retrace the steps of the two missing girls 190 00:07:12,040 --> 00:07:15,920 from the time they left their homes at 3.30 the afternoon before. 191 00:07:15,920 --> 00:07:19,120 We covered every foot of ground along the route which the girls reportedly took on their 192 00:07:19,120 --> 00:07:21,280 way to the grocery store. 193 00:07:21,280 --> 00:07:24,180 We got the grocery clerk out of bed and interviewed him again. 194 00:07:24,180 --> 00:07:28,320 We talked with two elderly ladies in the neighborhood who said that they had seen the missing children 195 00:07:28,320 --> 00:07:31,920 between 3 and 4 p.m. the previous afternoon. 196 00:07:31,920 --> 00:07:34,800 They could add nothing to what Jimerson had already told us. 197 00:07:34,800 --> 00:07:37,880 3.30 a.m. was still raining hard. 198 00:07:37,880 --> 00:07:40,640 We drove back to South Peoria Street and sat in the car. 199 00:07:40,640 --> 00:07:43,800 The lights were still burning in the homes of the missing youngsters, the grizz walls 200 00:07:43,800 --> 00:07:45,600 and the sparrows. 201 00:07:45,600 --> 00:07:47,400 Jimerson asked us in for coffee again. 202 00:07:47,400 --> 00:07:48,400 This time we accepted. 203 00:07:48,400 --> 00:07:51,360 We went in and sat around the kitchen table. 204 00:07:51,360 --> 00:07:55,760 Glenn Chandler and Stendhal from Homicide Lieutenant Barker, Ben and myself. 205 00:07:55,760 --> 00:07:57,160 Jimerson's wife made the coffee. 206 00:07:57,160 --> 00:08:07,040 There wasn't much talking. 207 00:08:07,040 --> 00:08:08,040 You want more coffee? 208 00:08:08,040 --> 00:08:09,040 Hmm? 209 00:08:09,040 --> 00:08:10,040 Oh, oh yeah. 210 00:08:10,040 --> 00:08:13,040 Thank you, Miss Jimerson. 211 00:08:13,040 --> 00:08:17,620 Thank you. 212 00:08:17,620 --> 00:08:18,620 You want some more? 213 00:08:18,620 --> 00:08:19,620 No, thanks. 214 00:08:19,620 --> 00:08:20,620 It's fine. 215 00:08:20,620 --> 00:08:21,620 You want some more coffee? 216 00:08:21,620 --> 00:08:22,620 Is that not fair? 217 00:08:22,620 --> 00:08:23,620 Sure, Lieutenant. 218 00:08:23,620 --> 00:08:24,620 Plenty. 219 00:08:24,620 --> 00:08:25,620 Go ahead. 220 00:08:25,620 --> 00:08:26,620 Okay. 221 00:08:26,620 --> 00:08:29,620 Fill the sugar bowl, will you, Amy? 222 00:08:29,620 --> 00:08:30,620 Empty. 223 00:08:30,620 --> 00:08:31,620 There isn't any more. 224 00:08:31,620 --> 00:08:32,620 You never do things right. 225 00:08:32,620 --> 00:08:33,620 I told you to get some at the store today. 226 00:08:33,620 --> 00:08:34,620 You told me? 227 00:08:34,620 --> 00:08:35,620 Yeah, that's all right, Jimerson. 228 00:08:35,620 --> 00:08:36,620 Never use it anyway. 229 00:08:36,620 --> 00:08:37,620 Thanks. 230 00:08:37,620 --> 00:08:38,620 Never do anything right. 231 00:08:38,620 --> 00:08:39,620 All right, Amy. 232 00:08:39,620 --> 00:08:40,620 Go to bed. 233 00:08:40,620 --> 00:08:41,620 She's a little upset. 234 00:08:41,620 --> 00:08:42,620 Not feeling too well. 235 00:08:42,620 --> 00:08:50,860 Well, I guess we'd better be going, Jimerson. 236 00:08:50,860 --> 00:08:51,860 Thanks. 237 00:08:51,860 --> 00:08:52,860 No, that's all right, Sergeant. 238 00:08:52,860 --> 00:08:53,860 She didn't mean you. 239 00:08:53,860 --> 00:08:54,860 It's this whole thing, I guess. 240 00:08:54,860 --> 00:08:55,860 It's got everybody on edge. 241 00:08:55,860 --> 00:08:56,860 There's still a chance they may be all right. 242 00:08:56,860 --> 00:08:57,860 How do we explain the bag of groceries we found back in the hills and the dog? 243 00:08:57,860 --> 00:08:58,860 Anybody's hurt those kids, we'll take care of him. 244 00:08:58,860 --> 00:08:59,860 Right here in this neighborhood, you'll get what's coming to him. 245 00:08:59,860 --> 00:09:00,860 Somebody at your back door? 246 00:09:00,860 --> 00:09:01,860 Oh, yes. 247 00:09:01,860 --> 00:09:02,860 I'll be right back. 248 00:09:02,860 --> 00:09:03,860 I'll be right back. 249 00:09:03,860 --> 00:09:04,860 I'll be right back. 250 00:09:04,860 --> 00:09:05,860 I'll be right back. 251 00:09:05,860 --> 00:09:06,860 I'll be right back. 252 00:09:06,860 --> 00:09:07,860 I'll be right back. 253 00:09:07,860 --> 00:09:08,860 I'll be right back. 254 00:09:08,860 --> 00:09:09,860 I'll be right back. 255 00:09:09,860 --> 00:09:10,860 I'll be right back. 256 00:09:10,860 --> 00:09:11,860 I'll be right back. 257 00:09:11,860 --> 00:09:12,860 I'll be right back. 258 00:09:12,860 --> 00:09:13,860 I've got a raise. 259 00:09:13,860 --> 00:09:14,860 Oh, okay. 260 00:09:14,860 --> 00:09:15,860 You can go to the back door. 261 00:09:15,860 --> 00:09:16,860 Oh, yes. 262 00:09:16,860 --> 00:09:17,860 I'll bring.. 263 00:09:17,860 --> 00:09:18,860 Sergeant Friday here? 264 00:09:18,860 --> 00:09:19,860 Yes. 265 00:09:19,860 --> 00:09:20,860 He's here. 266 00:09:20,860 --> 00:09:21,860 Come on in. 267 00:09:21,860 --> 00:09:22,860 Hey Sergeant, 268 00:09:22,860 --> 00:09:23,860 Hi Tom, 269 00:09:23,860 --> 00:09:24,860 Hi, 270 00:09:24,860 --> 00:09:25,860 What you got? 271 00:09:25,860 --> 00:09:26,860 Mr. Griswold, Joe. 272 00:09:26,860 --> 00:09:28,960 I'd like to have you come over and talk to him. 273 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:31,540 Figures will make his wife feel better, all broken up. 274 00:09:31,540 --> 00:09:32,540 Sure. 275 00:09:32,540 --> 00:09:33,540 Come on, man. 276 00:09:33,540 --> 00:09:35,220 We'll be over to Griswold's, Lieutenant. 277 00:09:35,220 --> 00:09:36,220 All right. 278 00:09:36,220 --> 00:09:37,220 Thank you for the coffee, Jimerson. 279 00:09:37,220 --> 00:09:38,220 Not at all. 280 00:09:38,220 --> 00:09:39,580 If you get a chance, tell Griswold how sorry everybody is. 281 00:09:39,580 --> 00:09:40,620 We'll help all we can. 282 00:09:40,620 --> 00:09:41,620 Sure. 283 00:09:45,920 --> 00:09:47,120 Bad night. 284 00:09:47,120 --> 00:09:48,120 Yeah. 285 00:09:48,820 --> 00:09:50,620 Did you check by the Sperry's house, Tom? 286 00:09:50,620 --> 00:09:51,620 Mm-hmm. 287 00:09:51,820 --> 00:09:53,420 Mother's trying to get a little sleep. 288 00:09:53,420 --> 00:09:55,120 Father's still sitting up. 289 00:09:57,220 --> 00:09:59,220 There he is, by the window. 290 00:09:59,220 --> 00:10:00,220 Yeah. 291 00:10:01,920 --> 00:10:03,920 Uh, this is the Griswold home. 292 00:10:03,920 --> 00:10:04,920 Go ahead, Tom. 293 00:10:04,920 --> 00:10:05,920 Yeah. 294 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:06,920 They're gonna ask questions. 295 00:10:06,920 --> 00:10:07,920 What are we gonna tell them? 296 00:10:07,920 --> 00:10:08,920 I don't know. 297 00:10:08,920 --> 00:10:10,420 They could be all right. 298 00:10:10,420 --> 00:10:11,920 Kids do funny things sometimes. 299 00:10:11,920 --> 00:10:13,920 Maybe, but they don't murder their pet dog. 300 00:10:17,920 --> 00:10:19,920 Like a doctor, a lawyer, or an engineer, 301 00:10:19,920 --> 00:10:21,920 the police officer comes to realize that 302 00:10:21,920 --> 00:10:24,920 there's only so much that can be learned from his books. 303 00:10:24,920 --> 00:10:27,920 Time and experience make up the rest. 304 00:10:27,920 --> 00:10:29,920 The police manual contains no stock answers 305 00:10:29,920 --> 00:10:31,920 for the grieving wife who was just lost. 306 00:10:31,920 --> 00:10:33,920 The police officer is a man of his word. 307 00:10:33,920 --> 00:10:37,920 No answers for the grieving wife who was just lost a husband in an auto accident. 308 00:10:37,920 --> 00:10:42,920 No firm but polite reply to the belligerent motorist handed a traffic tag. 309 00:10:42,920 --> 00:10:47,920 No words of reassurance for distraught parents of missing girls, ages 11 and 7. 310 00:10:47,920 --> 00:10:50,920 Whether it's trapping criminals or comforting parents, 311 00:10:50,920 --> 00:10:52,920 you find the right answer the hard way. 312 00:10:52,920 --> 00:10:54,920 There isn't any other way. 313 00:10:54,920 --> 00:10:56,920 We sat and talked with the Griswolds for a full hour. 314 00:10:56,920 --> 00:10:59,920 We didn't tell them about the dog or the bag of groceries. 315 00:10:59,920 --> 00:11:02,920 Until the fate of the two little girls was definitely decided, 316 00:11:02,920 --> 00:11:06,920 giving them the information would serve no purpose except to add to their worries. 317 00:11:06,920 --> 00:11:08,920 Five minutes passed 5 a.m. 318 00:11:08,920 --> 00:11:12,920 Almost a full hour until daylight was still raining. 319 00:11:12,920 --> 00:11:18,920 George, maybe the officers would like some breakfast before they leave. 320 00:11:18,920 --> 00:11:21,920 No, thank you kindly, Miss Griswold. We had some sandwiches about an hour ago. 321 00:11:21,920 --> 00:11:23,920 Sure I can fix you something. It's no trouble. 322 00:11:23,920 --> 00:11:25,920 No, sir, thanks anyway. Thanks. 323 00:11:27,920 --> 00:11:30,920 Terrible night. Rain. 324 00:11:30,920 --> 00:11:35,920 Now Helen, just a little while longer. We'll find the girls. 325 00:11:35,920 --> 00:11:37,920 It'll be daylight soon. 326 00:11:37,920 --> 00:11:42,920 Miss Griswold, some of your neighbors tell us that there were two strangers here in the neighborhood this afternoon. 327 00:11:42,920 --> 00:11:47,920 Yes, but that was earlier. Mrs. Nelson next door and I were talking about it. 328 00:11:47,920 --> 00:11:52,920 One was a gardener looking for work. The other one was selling books. 329 00:11:52,920 --> 00:11:54,920 What time were they around, ma'am? 330 00:11:54,920 --> 00:12:00,920 Books sales on the zero about noon, the gardener about two o'clock. 331 00:12:00,920 --> 00:12:04,920 How is your daughter about strangers? Does she make friends easily? 332 00:12:04,920 --> 00:12:09,920 No, not at all. Thelma's very careful about that. 333 00:12:09,920 --> 00:12:12,920 She'd never go with a stranger, I'm sure of it. 334 00:12:12,920 --> 00:12:15,920 Why do you ask that question, Sergeant? Have you found out something? 335 00:12:15,920 --> 00:12:18,920 No, sir, no, we haven't. It's just a routine check, that's all. 336 00:12:18,920 --> 00:12:20,920 I can't understand it. 337 00:12:20,920 --> 00:12:25,920 The girls. Out in all this rain something must have happened, I know. 338 00:12:25,920 --> 00:12:28,920 Now Helen, you've been doing fine. Don't let down now. 339 00:12:28,920 --> 00:12:31,920 Joe, Chief Brown's car just pulled up outside. 340 00:12:31,920 --> 00:12:32,920 Thanks, sir. Ben? 341 00:12:32,920 --> 00:12:33,920 Yeah. 342 00:12:33,920 --> 00:12:36,920 Thank you very much, Mr. Griswold, Miss Griswold. 343 00:12:36,920 --> 00:12:40,920 Well, thank you, gentlemen. Here, let me show you the door. 344 00:12:40,920 --> 00:12:44,920 We'll meet at the end of Sanchez Drive, Mr. Griswold, about six a.m. 345 00:12:44,920 --> 00:12:46,920 It should be light enough by then. 346 00:12:46,920 --> 00:12:51,920 Oh, all right. Oh, Sergeant, there is a chance, isn't there? 347 00:12:51,920 --> 00:12:53,920 The girls are all right. 348 00:12:53,920 --> 00:12:56,920 There's a good chance. You try not to worry. Come on, Ben, practice. 349 00:12:56,920 --> 00:12:57,920 Hmm. 350 00:13:02,920 --> 00:13:07,920 Tom, you want to check with Barker again and see if any of his men have a line on the two men here in the neighborhood yet? 351 00:13:07,920 --> 00:13:08,920 Right. 352 00:13:10,920 --> 00:13:12,920 If you want us, we'll be in Thad Brown's car. 353 00:13:12,920 --> 00:13:14,920 All right, Sergeant. What time you got, Joe? 354 00:13:14,920 --> 00:13:17,920 Oh, twenty to six. It's getting light now. 355 00:13:17,920 --> 00:13:19,920 Yeah. Let's get out of this ring. 356 00:13:23,920 --> 00:13:25,920 Gentlemen, you look a little wet. 357 00:13:25,920 --> 00:13:27,920 I could stand a dry pair of shoes. 358 00:13:27,920 --> 00:13:28,920 Still no trays of the kids? 359 00:13:28,920 --> 00:13:30,920 You heard about the dog in the bag of groceries. 360 00:13:30,920 --> 00:13:32,920 Yeah. Nothing else since then? 361 00:13:32,920 --> 00:13:35,920 No. It'll be light in a couple of minutes and we can start searching the hills again. 362 00:13:35,920 --> 00:13:39,920 I ordered up another detail of men to help there. Parked up on Sanchez Drive. Captain Elliott's with them. 363 00:13:39,920 --> 00:13:43,920 Good. I can use all the help we can get. That's rough terrain. There's a lot of ground to cover up there. 364 00:13:43,920 --> 00:13:45,920 You should talk to everybody in the neighborhood. 365 00:13:45,920 --> 00:13:46,920 Yeah. Parents too. 366 00:13:46,920 --> 00:13:47,920 They help you much? 367 00:13:47,920 --> 00:13:51,920 Well, they told us there were two strangers in the neighborhood before the girls disappeared. We're having them checked out. 368 00:13:51,920 --> 00:13:52,920 Yeah. 369 00:13:52,920 --> 00:13:57,920 Griswold thinks the kids would be safe on that count. Says his daughter's afraid of strangers. Never goes near them. 370 00:13:57,920 --> 00:14:00,920 How much area did you cover in the hills last night? 371 00:14:00,920 --> 00:14:05,920 About a four mile, wouldn't you say, Ben? Starting from Sanchez Drive, straight back into the brush. 372 00:14:05,920 --> 00:14:08,920 It wasn't too thorough. Not enough men, not enough light. 373 00:14:08,920 --> 00:14:13,920 You got plenty of both right now. 374 00:14:13,920 --> 00:14:19,920 Ten minutes past 6 a.m. Tuesday, October 28th. The search of the Sunset Hills area was resumed. 375 00:14:19,920 --> 00:14:24,920 150 officers spread out over a two square mile area with orders to probe every foot of ground. 376 00:14:24,920 --> 00:14:28,920 With them were almost 50 volunteers from the neighborhood. 377 00:14:28,920 --> 00:14:32,920 The rain settled to a cold, steady downpour. The mud was ankle deep. 378 00:14:32,920 --> 00:14:39,920 8.30 a.m. No sign of the missing youngsters. 10.30, still no sign. Search went on. 379 00:14:39,920 --> 00:14:45,920 A neighborhood restaurant owner sent out five gallon jugs of hot coffee for members of the searching party. 380 00:14:45,920 --> 00:14:49,920 After six continuous hours combing the hills, still no results. 381 00:14:49,920 --> 00:14:52,920 Chief Brown, Ben, and I went to the car for a cup of coffee and a cigarette. 382 00:14:52,920 --> 00:14:56,920 It's got me beat. Those kids wanted off. They had to come in this direction. 383 00:14:56,920 --> 00:14:59,920 Well, they couldn't have headed toward town. Somebody would have noticed them, sure. 384 00:14:59,920 --> 00:15:03,920 Yeah. No leads at all on that APB you sent out? 385 00:15:03,920 --> 00:15:05,920 Two. They both fizzled. 386 00:15:05,920 --> 00:15:08,920 The youngsters up in those hills someplace. Gotta be. 387 00:15:08,920 --> 00:15:09,920 You two ready? 388 00:15:09,920 --> 00:15:11,920 Yeah. Let's go. 389 00:15:14,920 --> 00:15:18,920 Sure doesn't fake it. Two square miles. We've been over it twice. 390 00:15:18,920 --> 00:15:21,920 Go over it again. Find them. 391 00:15:21,920 --> 00:15:30,920 Film of Griswold, age 11. Barbara Sperry, age 7. Tuesday, October 28th, 2 p.m. They were still missing. 392 00:15:30,920 --> 00:15:34,920 Another detail of men from Metropolitan Division were dispatched to aid in the hunt. 393 00:15:34,920 --> 00:15:37,920 The daily newspapers played the story across the front page. 394 00:15:37,920 --> 00:15:43,920 Wire services bulletin'd the news across the country. Radio newscasters covered the story at the scene. 395 00:15:43,920 --> 00:15:47,920 On South Peoria Street, the two mothers sat in their homes and waited. 396 00:15:47,920 --> 00:15:51,920 The search went on. It stopped raining. 397 00:15:51,920 --> 00:15:54,920 Did you cover that patch of underbrush over there, Joe? 398 00:15:54,920 --> 00:15:56,920 Yeah. Watch it. 399 00:15:56,920 --> 00:15:59,920 Yeah. Yeah. It's hard. 400 00:15:59,920 --> 00:16:02,920 Oh, yeah. Let's swing up this way. 401 00:16:02,920 --> 00:16:04,920 All right. 402 00:16:06,920 --> 00:16:07,920 Anything? 403 00:16:07,920 --> 00:16:09,920 No, nothing. 404 00:16:09,920 --> 00:16:11,920 All right, come on. 405 00:16:12,920 --> 00:16:14,920 Almost 2.30. 406 00:16:14,920 --> 00:16:16,920 Yeah. Too much coffee. Sour stomach. 407 00:16:16,920 --> 00:16:17,920 Yeah, or stomach. 408 00:16:17,920 --> 00:16:19,920 Me too. You got a cigarette on my mouth. 409 00:16:19,920 --> 00:16:21,920 Oh, here. Thanks. 410 00:16:21,920 --> 00:16:25,920 Ryan 8! Romero! Come on down! 411 00:16:25,920 --> 00:16:28,920 Rustin! What do you got? What is it? 412 00:16:28,920 --> 00:16:31,920 They found him! They found the kid! 413 00:16:31,920 --> 00:16:33,920 Come on. 414 00:16:33,920 --> 00:16:35,920 Watch it, Ben. Bad spot here. 415 00:16:35,920 --> 00:16:37,920 Yeah, it's slippery. 416 00:16:37,920 --> 00:16:39,920 Come on. 417 00:16:45,920 --> 00:16:48,920 Thelma Griswold had brown hair and brown eyes. 418 00:16:48,920 --> 00:16:50,920 About four feet six inches tall. 419 00:16:50,920 --> 00:16:53,920 She had a bunch of wildflowers in her hands. 420 00:16:53,920 --> 00:16:56,920 Barbara Sperry had blonde hair and blue eyes. 421 00:16:56,920 --> 00:16:59,920 She held a bunch of wildflowers, too. 422 00:16:59,920 --> 00:17:01,920 Friday? 423 00:17:01,920 --> 00:17:03,920 Chief. 424 00:17:03,920 --> 00:17:04,920 Who found them? 425 00:17:04,920 --> 00:17:06,920 Jemerson, some of the neighbors. 426 00:17:06,920 --> 00:17:07,920 Oh. 427 00:17:07,920 --> 00:17:09,920 Dear God. 428 00:17:09,920 --> 00:17:10,920 Preston. Yes, sir? 429 00:17:10,920 --> 00:17:12,920 Get something to cover him up. 430 00:17:12,920 --> 00:17:13,920 Yes, sir. 431 00:17:13,920 --> 00:17:14,920 Come on. 432 00:17:14,920 --> 00:17:16,920 Yeah. 433 00:17:16,920 --> 00:17:19,920 I've been a cop 32 years and never seen anything like that. 434 00:17:19,920 --> 00:17:21,920 I hope I never do again. 435 00:17:21,920 --> 00:17:23,920 Must have been a maniac. Had to be. 436 00:17:23,920 --> 00:17:25,920 The lowest kind. Depraved. 437 00:17:25,920 --> 00:17:27,920 Anybody call the crime lab? 438 00:17:27,920 --> 00:17:28,920 Yeah, the area's been cleared. 439 00:17:28,920 --> 00:17:29,920 Family's been notified? 440 00:17:29,920 --> 00:17:31,920 Not yet. I'll have to tell them. 441 00:17:31,920 --> 00:17:33,920 Do you want to come along? 442 00:17:33,920 --> 00:17:35,920 No, that wouldn't be any good. 443 00:17:35,920 --> 00:17:37,920 Two lives. What can you say? 444 00:17:37,920 --> 00:17:39,920 Whoever did it ran up a big bill. 445 00:17:39,920 --> 00:17:41,920 They're gonna pay it. 446 00:17:50,920 --> 00:17:52,920 You are listening to Dragnet. 447 00:17:52,920 --> 00:17:55,920 Authentic stories of your police force in action. 448 00:17:55,920 --> 00:17:59,920 Now listen to these authentic reports about Fatima cigarettes. 449 00:17:59,920 --> 00:18:04,920 Sales reports show that Fatima has more than doubled its smokers from coast to coast. 450 00:18:04,920 --> 00:18:08,920 Smokers reports give the actual reason for this astonishing gain. 451 00:18:08,920 --> 00:18:12,920 Hear what Mr. W.B. Williams of New York has to say about Fatima. 452 00:18:12,920 --> 00:18:15,920 I like its even mildness. No irritation. 453 00:18:15,920 --> 00:18:19,920 There's something about the taste of Fatima that doesn't seem to be in any other cigarette. 454 00:18:19,920 --> 00:18:21,920 In the words of Miss Marie Blacker of Chicago... 455 00:18:21,920 --> 00:18:26,920 My friends are switching to Fatima, too. It's much the best of long cigarettes. 456 00:18:26,920 --> 00:18:29,920 Listen to this statement by Miss Cecilia Marr of Los Angeles. 457 00:18:29,920 --> 00:18:33,920 I like Fatima best. It's so mild and has a wonderful flavor. 458 00:18:33,920 --> 00:18:39,920 Yes, from all reports. Fatima is the best of all long cigarettes. 459 00:18:39,920 --> 00:18:42,920 Enjoy extra mild Fatima yourself. 460 00:18:42,920 --> 00:18:45,920 It's wise to smoke extra mild Fatima. 461 00:18:51,920 --> 00:18:56,920 Five minutes after the bodies were discovered, the hunt for the psychopathic killer was underway. 462 00:18:56,920 --> 00:19:01,920 Lee Jones and his crew from the crime lab arrived and took pictures of everything that could possibly have a bearing on the crime. 463 00:19:01,920 --> 00:19:03,920 Physical evidence was hard to find. 464 00:19:03,920 --> 00:19:07,920 The heavy rain had destroyed any possible chance there might have been of finding footprints. 465 00:19:07,920 --> 00:19:13,920 When the crew from the crime lab was finished, the coroner arrived and took the bodies to the county morgue for autopsy. 466 00:19:13,920 --> 00:19:17,920 An immediate roundup of all known sexual psychopaths in the area was ordered. 467 00:19:17,920 --> 00:19:19,920 They were taken into homicide for questioning. 468 00:19:19,920 --> 00:19:24,920 So were the people from the South Peoria Street neighborhood whom we had talked with previously. 469 00:19:24,920 --> 00:19:26,920 The questioning went on all through the night. 470 00:19:26,920 --> 00:19:30,920 Together with a half a dozen officers from homicide detail, we narrowed down the field. 471 00:19:30,920 --> 00:19:35,920 Wednesday, October 29th, 7 a.m. We checked in with Chief of Detective Stad Brown. 472 00:19:35,920 --> 00:19:37,920 Gentlemen, you must be tired. 473 00:19:37,920 --> 00:19:40,920 Got a few hours of sleep last night. We could use a few more. 474 00:19:40,920 --> 00:19:42,920 Sorry, we have to keep moving on this. 475 00:19:42,920 --> 00:19:44,920 Did you see the papers this morning? 476 00:19:44,920 --> 00:19:46,920 Yeah, they're like everybody else crying too late. 477 00:19:46,920 --> 00:19:49,920 Someday people are going to learn you don't fool with these degenerates. 478 00:19:49,920 --> 00:19:52,920 You take precautions or you get the consequences. There's no in-between. 479 00:19:52,920 --> 00:19:56,920 There's usual talk going around town. It's supposed to be all our fault letting the psychos run loose. 480 00:19:56,920 --> 00:20:01,920 We don't make the laws, we enforce them. Until we get something to work with, laws with teeth in them, these atrocities are going to go on. 481 00:20:01,920 --> 00:20:06,920 Nobody seems to care. We pick them up, they serve a few days, pay a fine and they waltz out of here. Nobody cares. 482 00:20:06,920 --> 00:20:11,920 Sure, pity them, don't cure them. Nature played a trick on them. Feel sorry for them until they kill a kid. 483 00:20:11,920 --> 00:20:15,920 It's not a firm law to cover them as they are. We have to wait until they murder somebody. 484 00:20:15,920 --> 00:20:19,920 We've got a better law for mad dogs. We don't let them run loose until they bite somebody. 485 00:20:19,920 --> 00:20:23,920 Those two little girls ought to prove something. How are the parents making out? 486 00:20:23,920 --> 00:20:27,920 What you might expect. Shock hysterics. Excuse me. 487 00:20:27,920 --> 00:20:31,920 Brown speaking. Who? Send him in. 488 00:20:31,920 --> 00:20:35,920 Chandler, they finished questioning that bunch we brought in yesterday. 489 00:20:35,920 --> 00:20:37,920 Hello Chief. Glenn, Joe. 490 00:20:37,920 --> 00:20:39,920 How many possibles Glenn? 491 00:20:39,920 --> 00:20:45,920 None. Four we had left established airtight alibis. We checked the registrations, gave them their releases. 492 00:20:45,920 --> 00:20:46,920 Where does that leave us? 493 00:20:46,920 --> 00:20:47,920 We start from scratch. 494 00:20:47,920 --> 00:20:48,920 I don't think so Chief. 495 00:20:48,920 --> 00:20:49,920 You got a hunch? 496 00:20:49,920 --> 00:20:53,920 A little better than that Joe. I'm sold. What do you mean? 497 00:20:53,920 --> 00:20:56,920 You said the parents told you the little girls were afraid of strangers, wouldn't go near them. 498 00:20:56,920 --> 00:20:57,920 That's right. 499 00:20:57,920 --> 00:21:01,920 They got the same reactions from some of the neighbors we talked to the day before yesterday. 500 00:21:01,920 --> 00:21:02,920 Yeah. 501 00:21:02,920 --> 00:21:06,920 Now we find out that all the known psychos in the area are clear, perfect alibis. 502 00:21:06,920 --> 00:21:09,920 Well, and you figured the killer couldn't have been a stranger to the little girls. 503 00:21:09,920 --> 00:21:13,920 That's right. There were only two strangers in the whole neighborhood the day the girls disappeared. 504 00:21:13,920 --> 00:21:16,920 The gardener and the salesman. Both of them have been checked and cleared. 505 00:21:16,920 --> 00:21:17,920 Mm-hmm. 506 00:21:17,920 --> 00:21:21,920 As far as we know the little girls wouldn't have gone that far up in the hills alone with their own accord 507 00:21:21,920 --> 00:21:25,920 and they wouldn't have gone with the strangers. They had to be lured there and by someone they knew. 508 00:21:25,920 --> 00:21:26,920 Any ideas? 509 00:21:26,920 --> 00:21:28,920 Could have been one of the neighbors. 510 00:21:28,920 --> 00:21:31,920 No, we checked every possible out there Glenn. We questioned them a half a dozen times. 511 00:21:31,920 --> 00:21:34,920 So have I. There's one that might fit. 512 00:21:34,920 --> 00:21:35,920 Who's that? 513 00:21:35,920 --> 00:21:36,920 Claude Jimerson. 514 00:21:36,920 --> 00:21:43,920 Glenn Chandler had been a veteran homicide officer before Ben or I joined the department. 515 00:21:43,920 --> 00:21:49,920 He was tall, quiet, and reserved. He had a good reason for everything he did, for everything he thought. 516 00:21:49,920 --> 00:21:52,920 The three of us sat down and tried to put the pieces together. 517 00:21:52,920 --> 00:21:56,920 Number one, Chandler uncovered a point that Ben and I had missed completely. 518 00:21:56,920 --> 00:22:00,920 Jimerson and his wife were not close friends of either the Sperry family or the Griswolds. 519 00:22:00,920 --> 00:22:05,920 For a near stranger he showed an extraordinary interest in the welfare of the children after they disappeared. 520 00:22:05,920 --> 00:22:10,920 Number two, Ben and I discovered that Jimerson's wife had an eight-year-old boy by a previous marriage. 521 00:22:10,920 --> 00:22:12,920 The child did not live with them. 522 00:22:12,920 --> 00:22:17,920 Mrs. Jimerson told Chandler that her husband had been cruel to the boy. She refused to elaborate. 523 00:22:17,920 --> 00:22:21,920 Number three, Jimerson was the last person to see the children alive. 524 00:22:21,920 --> 00:22:26,920 Number four, the bodies of the children had been well hidden in the underbrush. Jimerson found them. 525 00:22:26,920 --> 00:22:31,920 Number five, Jimerson had bent over backwards to make friends with the investigating officers right from the start. 526 00:22:31,920 --> 00:22:35,920 As any veteran officer can tell you, that's not the usual attitude. 527 00:22:35,920 --> 00:22:38,920 At 8.30 a.m., Chandler, Ben, and I left the office. 528 00:22:38,920 --> 00:22:41,920 We spent the day digging back 15 years into Jimerson's life. 529 00:22:41,920 --> 00:22:43,920 We got back to the office just after midnight. 530 00:22:43,920 --> 00:22:47,920 Thursday, October 30th, 10 a.m., we checked in. 531 00:22:47,920 --> 00:22:49,920 Okay, Joe, all ready. 532 00:22:49,920 --> 00:22:50,920 Thanks. Come on, Ben. 533 00:22:50,920 --> 00:22:51,920 Yeah. 534 00:22:58,920 --> 00:23:00,920 Good morning, Mr. Jimerson. 535 00:23:00,920 --> 00:23:03,920 Oh, how are you, Sergeant? Glad to see you. 536 00:23:03,920 --> 00:23:05,920 Sit down. Sorry to bother you again. 537 00:23:05,920 --> 00:23:06,920 Not at all. Glad to help. 538 00:23:06,920 --> 00:23:08,920 Anything new turn up? 539 00:23:08,920 --> 00:23:10,920 Did you kill those two little girls? 540 00:23:10,920 --> 00:23:13,920 That's a funny thing to ask. Of course not. You know that. 541 00:23:13,920 --> 00:23:16,920 We ask everybody the same thing. Hope you're not offended. 542 00:23:16,920 --> 00:23:18,920 Oh, you kind of surprised me. I didn't know. 543 00:23:18,920 --> 00:23:20,920 Did you kill those little girls? 544 00:23:20,920 --> 00:23:22,920 I don't understand. I told you no. Of course not. 545 00:23:22,920 --> 00:23:26,920 It's a stock question. Routine. Did you kill them? 546 00:23:26,920 --> 00:23:29,920 Now look, Sergeant, how many times do I have to tell you no? 547 00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:32,920 Sorry. You don't have any children, do you? 548 00:23:32,920 --> 00:23:33,920 No, we don't. 549 00:23:33,920 --> 00:23:34,920 No stepchildren? 550 00:23:34,920 --> 00:23:35,920 No. Why? 551 00:23:35,920 --> 00:23:40,920 Before you moved out to South Fioria Street, you and your wife lived out in West L.A., didn't you? 552 00:23:40,920 --> 00:23:41,920 Kelton Avenue? 553 00:23:41,920 --> 00:23:43,920 Oh, yes. How'd you know? 554 00:23:43,920 --> 00:23:45,920 You recall a Mary Gibbs out there? 555 00:23:45,920 --> 00:23:47,920 Gibbs? No. 556 00:23:47,920 --> 00:23:51,920 Six-year-old girl. You were charged with molesting her. That was back in 1944. 557 00:23:51,920 --> 00:23:53,920 They were crazy. They never proved it. 558 00:23:53,920 --> 00:23:57,920 Before Kelton Avenue, you lived in Santa Monica on 10th Street. Is that right? 559 00:23:57,920 --> 00:24:01,920 Yes. It was an eight-year-old girl. Donna Honrath. 560 00:24:01,920 --> 00:24:04,920 That kid lied, too. She asked me to fix her doll buggy. I never went near her. 561 00:24:04,920 --> 00:24:10,920 What about your stepson? Why isn't he living with you? Why did your wife send him to live with her sister? 562 00:24:10,920 --> 00:24:14,920 Amy's crazy. I never harmed the boy. We didn't get along, that's all. He got on my nerves. 563 00:24:14,920 --> 00:24:18,920 You've had four jobs in the past five years. What were they? 564 00:24:18,920 --> 00:24:21,920 I don't know what you're talking about. 565 00:24:21,920 --> 00:24:26,920 You were a janitor at a grammar school down the south end of town, then a gardener at a children's playground, 566 00:24:26,920 --> 00:24:31,920 then you were a shoe salesman, children's shoes, then you worked at another grammar school. 567 00:24:31,920 --> 00:24:36,920 What does all this mean, anyway? What are you getting at? Have you ever been in jail? 568 00:24:36,920 --> 00:24:39,920 Once. Six months. There was some trouble. 569 00:24:39,920 --> 00:24:40,920 What kind of trouble? 570 00:24:40,920 --> 00:24:45,920 I didn't know what I was doing. I was drinking. I didn't mean to bother the kid. 571 00:24:45,920 --> 00:24:46,920 Well? 572 00:24:46,920 --> 00:24:50,920 That's all, Jimerson. Routine question. You can go now. 573 00:24:50,920 --> 00:24:54,920 Oh, thanks. I hope you haven't got the wrong idea about me. I like children, that's all. 574 00:24:54,920 --> 00:24:56,920 Sure. Thanks for coming in. 575 00:24:56,920 --> 00:25:00,920 Not at all, Sergeant Any. Thing I can do to help. 576 00:25:00,920 --> 00:25:01,920 Well, goodbye. 577 00:25:01,920 --> 00:25:04,920 Say, Jimerson, I almost forgot. There is one thing. 578 00:25:04,920 --> 00:25:05,920 Oh? 579 00:25:05,920 --> 00:25:08,920 Since you're the one who found the little girls, we'll have to have you identify the bodies. 580 00:25:08,920 --> 00:25:12,920 It won't take long. Morgue's just across the street, up the block. 581 00:25:12,920 --> 00:25:14,920 Well, I'd like to help you, but I got an appointment. 582 00:25:14,920 --> 00:25:18,920 All you have to do is look at him. It won't take you long. Come on, let's go. 583 00:25:18,920 --> 00:25:22,920 I'd like to help, Sergeant, but I don't take these things when I get sick. 584 00:25:22,920 --> 00:25:25,920 We'll make it right. Not this way. 585 00:25:25,920 --> 00:25:28,920 It's raining again. 586 00:25:28,920 --> 00:25:30,920 I'm sorry, Sergeant. I don't think I'd better go. 587 00:25:30,920 --> 00:25:34,920 Just identify him. That's all. It won't take a minute. 588 00:25:35,920 --> 00:25:38,920 Maybe if we had a drink before we went in, you can have one after. 589 00:25:38,920 --> 00:25:39,920 Watch it. There's heavy traffic. 590 00:25:39,920 --> 00:25:42,920 Yeah, lights, Jims. We'll have to wait. 591 00:25:43,920 --> 00:25:45,920 I need a drink. I can't go in that place without a drink. 592 00:25:45,920 --> 00:25:47,920 You'll be all right. 593 00:25:47,920 --> 00:25:50,920 Okay, let's go. 594 00:25:50,920 --> 00:25:52,920 Morgue's up the block. 595 00:25:52,920 --> 00:25:56,920 Let's go. Morgue's up this way. 596 00:25:57,920 --> 00:26:00,920 I can't look at him. I get sick. Don't make me. 597 00:26:00,920 --> 00:26:03,920 Nothing to it. You'll see. 598 00:26:04,920 --> 00:26:08,920 Here we are. We went down the driveway. It's a shortcut. 599 00:26:14,920 --> 00:26:16,920 This way. 600 00:26:17,920 --> 00:26:19,920 Hi, Joe. Can I help you? 601 00:26:19,920 --> 00:26:24,920 You see those little girls? Thelma Griswold, Barbara Sperry? 602 00:26:24,920 --> 00:26:26,920 Oh, yeah. This way. 603 00:26:26,920 --> 00:26:28,920 Please. 604 00:26:31,920 --> 00:26:33,920 Right here, Joe. 605 00:26:34,920 --> 00:26:36,920 Yeah, Thelma Griswold. 606 00:26:36,920 --> 00:26:38,920 Uncover. 607 00:26:42,920 --> 00:26:44,920 Jimerson? 608 00:26:45,920 --> 00:26:47,920 Yeah. 609 00:26:47,920 --> 00:26:49,920 Thelma. 610 00:26:54,920 --> 00:26:56,920 This one? 611 00:26:57,920 --> 00:26:59,920 Barbara. 612 00:26:59,920 --> 00:27:01,920 The little one. 613 00:27:01,920 --> 00:27:04,920 You killed him, didn't you? 614 00:27:05,920 --> 00:27:08,920 The dog jumped at me. 615 00:27:08,920 --> 00:27:10,920 She started to yell. 616 00:27:10,920 --> 00:27:13,920 Put my hand over her mouth. 617 00:27:14,920 --> 00:27:16,920 Then the other kid. 618 00:27:16,920 --> 00:27:18,920 I hit them. 619 00:27:18,920 --> 00:27:20,920 Too hard. 620 00:27:21,920 --> 00:27:23,920 They cried. 621 00:27:24,920 --> 00:27:26,920 Joe? 622 00:27:26,920 --> 00:27:28,920 That's all. 623 00:27:29,920 --> 00:27:31,920 All right. Huh? 624 00:27:33,920 --> 00:27:35,920 Let's go. 625 00:27:35,920 --> 00:27:37,920 It wasn't my fault. 626 00:27:37,920 --> 00:27:39,920 I like kids. 627 00:27:39,920 --> 00:27:41,920 They didn't understand me. 628 00:27:41,920 --> 00:27:46,920 Neither do I, mister. Come on. 629 00:27:51,920 --> 00:27:54,920 The story you have just heard was true. 630 00:27:54,920 --> 00:27:58,920 Only the names were changed to protect the innocent. 631 00:27:58,920 --> 00:28:01,920 On March 18th, trial was held in Superior Court, Department 87, 632 00:28:01,920 --> 00:28:03,920 City and County of Los Angeles, State of California, 633 00:28:03,920 --> 00:28:05,920 and a moment the results of that trial. 634 00:28:05,920 --> 00:28:09,920 It's amazing how many long cigarette smokers are changing to Fatima. 635 00:28:09,920 --> 00:28:11,920 Here is the actual report. 636 00:28:11,920 --> 00:28:14,920 From coast to coast, Fatima has more than doubled its smokers. 637 00:28:14,920 --> 00:28:20,920 Yes, more and more smokers every day are discovering that Fatima is the best of all long cigarettes. 638 00:28:20,920 --> 00:28:25,920 Smokers find Fatima has a much different, much better flavor and aroma than any other long cigarette. 639 00:28:25,920 --> 00:28:32,920 They find that Fatima is extra mild because it's the long cigarette which contains the finest Turkish and domestic tobaccos, 640 00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:35,920 superbly blended to make it extra mild. 641 00:28:35,920 --> 00:28:40,920 Enjoy extra mild Fatima yourself, best of all long cigarettes. 642 00:28:46,920 --> 00:28:49,920 Claude Willis Jimerson was tried and convicted of murder in the first degree. 643 00:28:49,920 --> 00:28:55,920 On April 23rd at 10 a.m., he was executed in the lethal gas chamber at the State Penitentiary. 644 00:28:55,920 --> 00:28:59,920 You have just heard Dragnet, a series of authentic cases from official files. 645 00:28:59,920 --> 00:29:04,920 Technical advice for Dragnet comes from the Office of Chief of Police, W.A. Wharton. 646 00:29:04,920 --> 00:29:08,920 You're tuned for the stars on NBC.