1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:09,840 The story you're about to hear is true. 2 00:00:09,840 --> 00:00:12,920 Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent. 3 00:00:12,920 --> 00:00:14,920 Fatima cigarettes. 4 00:00:14,920 --> 00:00:28,200 Best of all, long cigarettes brings you drag myth. 5 00:00:28,200 --> 00:00:31,800 You're a detective sergeant, you're assigned a homicide detail. 6 00:00:31,800 --> 00:00:35,080 A woman has been murdered, her identity unknown. 7 00:00:35,080 --> 00:00:38,000 The body shows the marks of a savage attack. 8 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:43,400 Your job, find the killer. 9 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:48,440 If you want a long cigarette, smoke the best of all long cigarettes. 10 00:00:48,440 --> 00:00:50,560 Smoke extra mild Fatima. 11 00:00:50,560 --> 00:00:57,200 Yes, Fatima is the king size cigarette which contains the finest Turkish and domestic tobaccos, 12 00:00:57,200 --> 00:01:00,920 superbly blended to make it extra mild. 13 00:01:00,920 --> 00:01:07,720 To give Fatima a much different, much better flavor and aroma than any other long cigarettes. 14 00:01:07,720 --> 00:01:11,880 That's why Fatima has more than doubled its smokers coast to coast. 15 00:01:11,880 --> 00:01:15,640 Enjoy extra mild Fatima yourself. 16 00:01:15,640 --> 00:01:17,960 Best of all, long cigarettes. 17 00:01:17,960 --> 00:01:21,240 It's wise to smoke extra mild Fatima. 18 00:01:21,240 --> 00:01:28,240 Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime. 19 00:01:28,240 --> 00:01:35,680 For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will 20 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:40,480 travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official 21 00:01:40,480 --> 00:01:41,480 police files. 22 00:01:41,480 --> 00:01:47,800 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force 23 00:01:47,800 --> 00:01:52,800 in action. 24 00:01:52,800 --> 00:01:57,800 It was Sunday, December 25th. 25 00:01:57,800 --> 00:01:59,800 It was raining in Los Angeles. 26 00:01:59,800 --> 00:02:02,800 We were working the day watch out of homicide detail. 27 00:02:02,800 --> 00:02:04,280 My partner is Ben Romero. 28 00:02:04,280 --> 00:02:06,560 The boss is Blaine Steed, captain of homicide. 29 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:07,560 My name is Friday. 30 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:14,200 It was 39 minutes past 5 a.m. when I got to San Andreas Cathedral on 1st Street. 31 00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:15,200 Churchyard. 32 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:18,200 Hi Dave. 33 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:21,200 Hi Joe. 34 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:26,200 The body's over here. 35 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:29,200 All right. 36 00:02:29,200 --> 00:02:31,200 Merry Christmas. 37 00:02:31,200 --> 00:02:32,200 Yeah. 38 00:02:32,200 --> 00:02:37,200 A section from the church found it about an hour ago. 39 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:40,200 Have a look. 40 00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:42,200 Pretty brutal. 41 00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:43,200 Yeah. 42 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:44,200 Okay. 43 00:02:44,200 --> 00:02:45,200 Who is she? 44 00:02:45,200 --> 00:02:46,200 No identification. 45 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:48,200 The coroner checked the body yet? 46 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:49,200 Yeah. 47 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:50,200 How long has she been dead? 48 00:02:50,200 --> 00:02:51,200 When it started raining. 49 00:02:51,200 --> 00:02:53,200 About midnight, didn't it? 50 00:02:53,200 --> 00:02:54,200 Yeah. 51 00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:55,200 The ground's dry under the body. 52 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:58,200 Well, been dead five or six hours, I'd say. 53 00:02:58,200 --> 00:02:59,200 Ben get here yet? 54 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:02,200 Yeah, he's helping Claudio check the area. 55 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:05,200 This park here, is this all a part of the church ground? 56 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:06,200 I think so. 57 00:03:06,200 --> 00:03:08,200 I was stuck out of this rain for a minute. 58 00:03:08,200 --> 00:03:10,200 There's an alcove over there by the church. 59 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:11,200 Yeah. 60 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:16,200 How much we got to go on, Dave? 61 00:03:16,200 --> 00:03:17,200 Not much. 62 00:03:17,200 --> 00:03:18,200 Motive looks like robbery. 63 00:03:18,200 --> 00:03:19,200 Yeah. 64 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:21,200 Found a woman's purse near the body. 65 00:03:21,200 --> 00:03:22,200 Pretty well picked over. 66 00:03:22,200 --> 00:03:23,200 The purse is wet. 67 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:26,200 Lee Jones is dusting the contents of the prints. 68 00:03:26,200 --> 00:03:29,200 Coroner's checking. 69 00:03:29,200 --> 00:03:32,200 Any idea what the killer used in the woman's face? 70 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:35,200 The coroner figures a sharp instrument of some kind. 71 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:36,200 A nasty one. 72 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:37,200 Yeah. 73 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:39,200 Why didn't you look wet? 74 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:40,200 Hi, Ali. 75 00:03:40,200 --> 00:03:41,200 How are you? 76 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:43,200 Everything happened on Christmas. 77 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:45,200 The purse was soaking wet. 78 00:03:45,200 --> 00:03:46,200 Ordinary black handbag. 79 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:48,200 You raise any prints on the stuff inside? 80 00:03:48,200 --> 00:03:49,200 None of one. 81 00:03:49,200 --> 00:03:51,200 Here, you can check the content. 82 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:53,200 Thank you, Lee. 83 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:55,200 Let's see. 84 00:03:55,200 --> 00:03:56,200 Small comb. 85 00:03:56,200 --> 00:04:01,200 Boasted the teeth out of it. 86 00:04:01,200 --> 00:04:03,200 Three pennies. 87 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:05,200 Hair pins, mirror, lipstick. 88 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:06,200 That's it, Ali. 89 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:07,200 A couple more things. 90 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:08,200 Yeah. 91 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:10,200 This fountain pen, this door key. 92 00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:13,200 I don't know if I found them in the grass a few feet from the body. 93 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:14,200 Now have a look at those. 94 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:16,200 Yeah, it's an ordinary ballpoint fountain pen. 95 00:04:16,200 --> 00:04:18,200 Buy them in any drugstore for 69 cents. 96 00:04:18,200 --> 00:04:20,200 No sign of rust on the key. 97 00:04:20,200 --> 00:04:22,200 Must have been dropped recently. 98 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:24,200 Maybe this will explain what happened to her face. 99 00:04:24,200 --> 00:04:25,200 Broken beer bottle. 100 00:04:25,200 --> 00:04:26,200 Where'd you find that? 101 00:04:26,200 --> 00:04:29,200 Laughlin found it back in the bushes over there. 102 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:32,200 These jagged edges here smeared with blood. 103 00:04:32,200 --> 00:04:33,200 Too much rain. 104 00:04:33,200 --> 00:04:36,200 Can't do anything about prints till it dries. 105 00:04:36,200 --> 00:04:39,200 Can you get enough from these smears to run a precipitant? 106 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:40,200 Think so. 107 00:04:40,200 --> 00:04:41,200 Lee, got a minute? 108 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:42,200 Yeah, man. What is it? 109 00:04:42,200 --> 00:04:43,200 Oh, hi, Joe. 110 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:44,200 Hi. 111 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:46,200 Claudio found a set of footprints over with that clump of frubbery. 112 00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:47,200 Rain hasn't spoiled him yet. 113 00:04:47,200 --> 00:04:48,200 Did you cover them? 114 00:04:48,200 --> 00:04:50,200 Yeah, I think you can get a pretty good cash from him. 115 00:04:50,200 --> 00:04:52,200 Better get a picture of them right away. 116 00:04:52,200 --> 00:04:53,200 Hey, Charlie. 117 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:54,200 Right with you, Lee. 118 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:55,200 I'll get the stuff from the car. 119 00:04:55,200 --> 00:04:57,200 You mind giving me a hand, Dave? 120 00:04:57,200 --> 00:04:58,200 Let's go. 121 00:04:58,200 --> 00:05:01,200 Well, this takes care of Christmas, Joe. 122 00:05:01,200 --> 00:05:02,200 Yeah. 123 00:05:02,200 --> 00:05:04,200 Did you get a chance to check the body yet? 124 00:05:04,200 --> 00:05:05,200 Mm-hmm. 125 00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:06,200 What do you think? 126 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:08,200 Well, there's no sign of struggle. 127 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:10,200 Could have happened after a Christmas Eve brawl, maybe. 128 00:05:10,200 --> 00:05:11,200 Yeah? 129 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:13,200 Whoever the victim is, she was probably acquainted with the killer. 130 00:05:13,200 --> 00:05:15,200 The two of them came in the park, 131 00:05:15,200 --> 00:05:17,200 and the victim got it before she knew what was happening. 132 00:05:17,200 --> 00:05:19,200 Might work easier if we find out who the victim is. 133 00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:22,200 We can check her prints through R&I when we get back to the office. 134 00:05:22,200 --> 00:05:24,200 What'd those footprints look like? 135 00:05:24,200 --> 00:05:27,200 Seemed like a heavy print. Maybe work shoes of some kind. 136 00:05:27,200 --> 00:05:29,200 Want to see how Lee's making out? 137 00:05:29,200 --> 00:05:35,200 Yeah, let's go. 138 00:05:35,200 --> 00:05:39,200 Gonna miss Christmas dinner again this year. 139 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:42,200 Footprints, family, family keys. 140 00:05:42,200 --> 00:05:43,200 Where do we start? 141 00:05:43,200 --> 00:05:46,200 That's a cheap pen. You sell five of them. 142 00:05:46,200 --> 00:05:47,200 Want a smoke? 143 00:05:47,200 --> 00:05:49,200 Oh, thanks. 144 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:51,200 Footprints will help convict the killer. 145 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:54,200 Got a fine in birth. 146 00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:56,200 Hmm. 147 00:05:56,200 --> 00:05:57,200 Thank you. 148 00:05:57,200 --> 00:05:59,200 I don't know. Maybe we can work a switch. 149 00:05:59,200 --> 00:06:00,200 How's that? 150 00:06:00,200 --> 00:06:05,200 Find the lock that fits the key. 151 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:07,200 Nine a.m. Christmas day. 152 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:11,200 Sergeants Dave Arroyo, Robert Claudio, Ben and I went back to the office 153 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:13,200 and took stock of what we had to work with. 154 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:15,200 Wasn't much. 155 00:06:15,200 --> 00:06:17,200 The woman had been murdered. Who was she? 156 00:06:17,200 --> 00:06:20,200 Why was she killed? Who was the killer? 157 00:06:20,200 --> 00:06:23,200 Dave and Claudio had the dead woman's fingerprints taken, 158 00:06:23,200 --> 00:06:25,200 and they were run through the record bureau. 159 00:06:25,200 --> 00:06:28,200 Ben and I checked with Lee Jones at the crime lab. 160 00:06:28,200 --> 00:06:31,200 The results of the precipitant test showed that the type of blood found 161 00:06:31,200 --> 00:06:34,200 on the broken beer bottle matched that of the victim. 162 00:06:34,200 --> 00:06:38,200 From the casts of the foot impressions found at the scene of the killing, 163 00:06:38,200 --> 00:06:42,200 Lee estimated that they were made by a person approximately five feet nine inches tall, 164 00:06:42,200 --> 00:06:44,200 weighing about 160 pounds. 165 00:06:44,200 --> 00:06:47,200 He figured the foot here must have been of a heavy type, 166 00:06:47,200 --> 00:06:51,200 either a boot or a dress shoe with thick double soles, size 11. 167 00:06:51,200 --> 00:06:55,200 At 9.40 a.m. we checked in at the basement of the Hall of Justice, the county morgue. 168 00:07:00,200 --> 00:07:02,200 Doc, how's it going? 169 00:07:02,200 --> 00:07:03,200 No limit, Joe. 170 00:07:03,200 --> 00:07:05,200 It's caused by multiple fractures. 171 00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:07,200 The skull flashing in the face was a contributing cause. 172 00:07:07,200 --> 00:07:08,200 I sent a close to Lee Jones. 173 00:07:08,200 --> 00:07:10,200 Yeah, we know. No laundry mark. 174 00:07:10,200 --> 00:07:12,200 Well, I got two things. 175 00:07:12,200 --> 00:07:13,200 Maybe they'll help me, maybe they won't. 176 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:14,200 Yeah? 177 00:07:14,200 --> 00:07:20,200 The chemist's report here on the blood analysis shows the victim was drinking. 178 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:23,200 She was definitely under the influence at the time she was murdered. 179 00:07:23,200 --> 00:07:25,200 Twelve hundredths of a percent alcohol in the blood. 180 00:07:25,200 --> 00:07:26,200 Uh-huh. 181 00:07:26,200 --> 00:07:27,200 How about the murder weapon, Doc? 182 00:07:27,200 --> 00:07:29,200 We going to rule out that beer bottle? 183 00:07:29,200 --> 00:07:30,200 I'm just coming to that. 184 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:33,200 Step over here. 185 00:07:33,200 --> 00:07:34,200 Yeah? 186 00:07:34,200 --> 00:07:37,200 This mark here on the side of her face, brown smudge. 187 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:41,200 Well, Jones says that that shoe polish he analyzed a few of the particles. 188 00:07:41,200 --> 00:07:45,200 Ties in, the cause of death was brought about by severe blows in the head and face. 189 00:07:45,200 --> 00:07:46,200 Heavy shoe, huh? 190 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:47,200 That's my guess. 191 00:07:47,200 --> 00:07:49,200 Probably a boot or a work shoe. 192 00:07:49,200 --> 00:07:50,200 That doesn't add, Joe. 193 00:07:50,200 --> 00:07:51,200 What do you mean? 194 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:54,200 If they were heavy work shoes the killer was wearing, why would they polish? 195 00:07:54,200 --> 00:07:56,200 How many people polish their work shoes? 196 00:07:56,200 --> 00:07:57,200 To be waterproofing? 197 00:07:57,200 --> 00:07:59,200 No, Jones says it was a brown paste polish. 198 00:07:59,200 --> 00:08:00,200 Then it doesn't figure. 199 00:08:00,200 --> 00:08:03,200 Unless the killer was wearing some kind of dress boots. 200 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:06,200 Cycle boots, maybe. Hundreds of kids on motorcycles were. 201 00:08:06,200 --> 00:08:10,200 Yeah, that's going to be about as helpful as a key or a cheap fountain pen. 202 00:08:10,200 --> 00:08:12,200 Excuse me. 203 00:08:12,200 --> 00:08:15,200 Connie Morrick, Tyson speaking. 204 00:08:15,200 --> 00:08:18,200 Yeah, all right, fine. I'll tell them. 205 00:08:18,200 --> 00:08:21,200 Connie Amador and I want to see you right away. 206 00:08:21,200 --> 00:08:22,200 What's up? 207 00:08:22,200 --> 00:08:24,200 They made the victim's prints. 208 00:08:24,200 --> 00:08:32,200 During the war years a complete file of pictures and fingerprints had been kept on all persons employed at local defense plants. 209 00:08:32,200 --> 00:08:35,200 Out of this file came our first major lead. 210 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:42,200 The victim's fingerprints matched those of one Maria Camacho, 38 years old, formerly employed at Universal Aircraft. 211 00:08:42,200 --> 00:08:47,200 Her address in 1945 was listed as 9230 Sheridan Avenue. 212 00:08:47,200 --> 00:08:54,200 Ben and I went over to the crime lab, picked up the key and the fountain pen found near the body and drove to the Sheridan Avenue address. 213 00:08:54,200 --> 00:08:58,200 The house was three blocks from the churchyard where the body was found. 214 00:08:58,200 --> 00:09:03,200 A young woman with a baby in her arms answered the door. She identified herself as Elena Gomez. 215 00:09:03,200 --> 00:09:06,200 She told us Maria Camacho was her aunt. 216 00:09:06,200 --> 00:09:09,200 They were expecting her for Christmas dinner late that afternoon. 217 00:09:09,200 --> 00:09:11,200 We told her what happened. 218 00:09:11,200 --> 00:09:15,200 When she recovered from the shock we questioned her and her husband, the furniture worker. 219 00:09:15,200 --> 00:09:21,200 So hide from me please. Why anyone would do this to me? 220 00:09:21,200 --> 00:09:23,200 When's the last time you saw her, Mr. Gomez? 221 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:29,200 She was around last night, Sarge. She brought the presents for the kids. Always brought them presents on Christmas. 222 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:32,200 Did she live here? Was this her permanent address? 223 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:36,200 No. She stayed with us during the war when Ray was overseas. 224 00:09:36,200 --> 00:09:39,200 When he came back she took a room down the street. I'll give you the address. 225 00:09:39,200 --> 00:09:42,200 All right. What time did Maria leave the house last night? 226 00:09:42,200 --> 00:09:46,200 Well, let's see. Must have been around ten o'clock. Not much later. 227 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:49,200 Don't you think, Elena? About ten o'clock? 228 00:09:49,200 --> 00:09:52,200 Yeah, that's right. Go see what those kids are doing, huh, Ray? 229 00:09:52,200 --> 00:09:53,200 Yeah, yeah. All right. 230 00:09:53,200 --> 00:09:56,200 Did Maria have anything to drink here last night, Mrs. Gomez? 231 00:09:56,200 --> 00:09:59,200 Yes, we had a glass of sherry together, that's all. 232 00:09:59,200 --> 00:10:02,200 Could you tell if she'd been drinking before she came here? 233 00:10:02,200 --> 00:10:05,200 It was Christmas Eve. I guess she'd had a few. Why? 234 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:07,200 Was she a pretty heavy drinker? 235 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:10,200 Not usually, no. Maybe on the holidays, though. 236 00:10:10,200 --> 00:10:15,200 We like to get out and have fun, living alone, all that. 237 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:17,200 Poor Maria. 238 00:10:17,200 --> 00:10:21,200 Did she drink at home, or was there some particular place she liked to go? 239 00:10:21,200 --> 00:10:25,200 A canteen about on Soda Street. She used to go there. 240 00:10:25,200 --> 00:10:26,200 Any others? 241 00:10:26,200 --> 00:10:30,200 A couple of bars on Brooklyn Avenue. I don't know the names. 242 00:10:30,200 --> 00:10:32,200 What did Maria do for a living, Mrs. Gomez? 243 00:10:32,200 --> 00:10:37,200 She took in some dressmaking, with herself. 244 00:10:37,200 --> 00:10:41,200 She wasn't poor, wasn't rich. Her landlady could tell you about her friends. 245 00:10:41,200 --> 00:10:44,200 The kids are hungry, Lana. Dinner's getting cold. 246 00:10:44,200 --> 00:10:46,200 Sorry that we had to break in on you like this. 247 00:10:46,200 --> 00:10:48,200 It's all right, Sergeant. It's just the kids. 248 00:10:48,200 --> 00:10:51,200 Ask the officers if they want some mince pie, Ray. Cup of coffee. 249 00:10:51,200 --> 00:10:53,200 No, no, no. That's all right, Mrs. Gomez. Thank you. 250 00:10:53,200 --> 00:10:58,200 Just one more thing. Would you look at these, please? This is a pen. 251 00:10:58,200 --> 00:11:02,200 Sure, that's Maria's. Look, Ray, Maria's pen. 252 00:11:02,200 --> 00:11:04,200 Now, how about this key? 253 00:11:04,200 --> 00:11:06,200 No, I never saw that before. 254 00:11:06,200 --> 00:11:08,200 Neither did I. 255 00:11:08,200 --> 00:11:11,200 Well, thanks very much, both of you. Sorry to hold up your dinner. 256 00:11:11,200 --> 00:11:13,200 Oh, that's all right. You're not hungry. 257 00:11:13,200 --> 00:11:15,200 Hey, maybe I could fix you a turkey sandwich. 258 00:11:15,200 --> 00:11:17,200 No, thank you, Dave. Same way you have to be going. 259 00:11:17,200 --> 00:11:19,200 We'll contact you later on. Here's our card. 260 00:11:19,200 --> 00:11:21,200 All right. 261 00:11:21,200 --> 00:11:28,200 I can't think of a reason, Sergeant, why someone would kill her. 262 00:11:28,200 --> 00:11:31,200 Why would they kill Maria? 263 00:11:31,200 --> 00:11:38,200 Poor Maria. 264 00:11:38,200 --> 00:11:39,200 Nice kid. 265 00:11:39,200 --> 00:11:41,200 It's going to be having a good Christmas. 266 00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:45,200 Too bad we had to spoil it. 267 00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:49,200 We drove down the street to the rooming house where Maria Camacho stayed. 268 00:11:49,200 --> 00:11:53,200 We talked to the landlady and the rest of the tenants who failed to come up with a lead. 269 00:11:53,200 --> 00:11:57,200 They told us Maria Camacho drank a little, but she was always pleasant, easy to get along with. 270 00:11:57,200 --> 00:12:02,200 We checked her room. We went through stacks of Spanish-language newspapers and magazines. 271 00:12:02,200 --> 00:12:06,200 We went through her bills, photographs, her letters. We found nothing. 272 00:12:06,200 --> 00:12:09,200 There wasn't an item in the small apartment that could help us. 273 00:12:09,200 --> 00:12:13,200 We went through the entire rooming house, trying each door with a key that we'd found for the body. 274 00:12:13,200 --> 00:12:17,200 It didn't fit any of them, not even the door to the victim's room. 275 00:12:17,200 --> 00:12:19,200 Five p.m. There was a lull in the ring. 276 00:12:19,200 --> 00:12:23,200 We picked up Dave and Claudio and started to explore the only lead we had. 277 00:12:23,200 --> 00:12:28,200 The victim had been drinking a few hours before she'd been murdered, probably at a neighborhood tavern. 278 00:12:28,200 --> 00:12:31,200 For the next six hours, we canvassed every bar in the vicinity. 279 00:12:31,200 --> 00:12:39,200 Eleven fifteen p.m., Christmas night, the four of us met in a combination bar restaurant at Brooklyn and Soto for a bite to eat. 280 00:12:39,200 --> 00:12:41,200 You had as much luck as we did, huh? 281 00:12:41,200 --> 00:12:45,200 Nothing, Dave. Everybody we talked to knew the woman. Nobody saw her Christmas Eve. 282 00:12:45,200 --> 00:12:50,200 We picked up the names of a dozen friends of hers from the bartender's, checked them out, but they couldn't tell us anything. 283 00:12:50,200 --> 00:12:55,200 Well, we still got another dozen bars to cover at least. She must have been in one of them last night. 284 00:12:55,200 --> 00:12:59,200 Wish we'd find it. My wife's sure mad. You've got company, so's mine. 285 00:12:59,200 --> 00:13:01,200 All right, gentlemen, we'll have the grilled ham sandwich. 286 00:13:01,200 --> 00:13:02,200 I did. 287 00:13:02,200 --> 00:13:06,200 All right. And the three hamburgers. 288 00:13:06,200 --> 00:13:07,200 Yep. 289 00:13:07,200 --> 00:13:09,200 There we go. 290 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:10,200 I'll take... 291 00:13:10,200 --> 00:13:12,200 You got some ketchup, please? 292 00:13:12,200 --> 00:13:17,200 Sure. Say you wouldn't like a little eggnog to go with that. It's good. I make the batter myself. 293 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:18,200 No, no, no. 294 00:13:18,200 --> 00:13:20,200 There is something you can do for us. 295 00:13:20,200 --> 00:13:21,200 Yes, sir? 296 00:13:21,200 --> 00:13:22,200 Would you look at this picture? 297 00:13:22,200 --> 00:13:23,200 All right. 298 00:13:23,200 --> 00:13:25,200 See if you can identify this woman. 299 00:13:25,200 --> 00:13:29,200 She looks like Maria. Yeah, that's her. You know her? 300 00:13:29,200 --> 00:13:30,200 Was she in here last night, do you know? 301 00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:31,200 Yeah, she was. 302 00:13:31,200 --> 00:13:32,200 What time was she in? 303 00:13:32,200 --> 00:13:34,200 Oh, about 11, 11.30, why? 304 00:13:34,200 --> 00:13:36,200 Was she with somebody? 305 00:13:36,200 --> 00:13:40,200 Well, half a dozen of them at least. Maria, another woman, and four or five men. 306 00:13:40,200 --> 00:13:41,200 Were they drinking? 307 00:13:41,200 --> 00:13:45,200 Well, they were well behaved. Just had a little Christmas cheer, that's all. They liked my eggnog. 308 00:13:45,200 --> 00:13:47,200 And what time did Maria leave, do you remember? 309 00:13:47,200 --> 00:13:50,200 Well, no, not exactly, but she left before the others. They closed the place. 310 00:13:50,200 --> 00:13:51,200 You fill us cups? 311 00:13:51,200 --> 00:13:52,200 Did she leave alone? 312 00:13:52,200 --> 00:13:56,200 No, Tony followed her out. I think it must have been sometime around midnight. I'm not sure. 313 00:13:56,200 --> 00:13:57,200 Who's Tony? 314 00:13:57,200 --> 00:13:59,200 Tony Perez. He's busboy here. He knows Maria. 315 00:13:59,200 --> 00:14:00,200 Where is he now? 316 00:14:00,200 --> 00:14:04,200 Christmas. He's off. Lives in a hotel down the street someplace. I don't know. 317 00:14:04,200 --> 00:14:05,200 Time fit. 318 00:14:05,200 --> 00:14:06,200 Maybe the key does. 319 00:14:10,200 --> 00:14:15,200 Dave and Claudio started to check the neighborhood to locate the hotel where Tony Perez stayed. 320 00:14:15,200 --> 00:14:19,200 Ben and I continued our canvas of bars and restaurants in the area. 321 00:14:19,200 --> 00:14:26,200 One a.m. The rain started then again. We checked into the bar on Brooklyn Avenue near Cornwall, the Cantina Sinaloa. 322 00:14:26,200 --> 00:14:28,200 Yes, sir. Gentlemen? 323 00:14:28,200 --> 00:14:31,200 Police officers. Would you look at this picture, please, see if you can identify it? 324 00:14:31,200 --> 00:14:36,200 Wait till I dry my hands. I'm just getting some of these glasses out of the way. 325 00:14:37,200 --> 00:14:38,200 Let's see. 326 00:14:39,200 --> 00:14:41,200 Never see her before? 327 00:14:41,200 --> 00:14:46,200 Oh, yeah, that's Maria. Too bad. I read in the papers about it. 328 00:14:46,200 --> 00:14:48,200 Can you tell us if she was in here last night? 329 00:14:48,200 --> 00:14:54,200 No, I didn't see her. I read in the papers about it, though. Terrible. Poor Maria. 330 00:14:54,200 --> 00:14:56,200 Impossible. She might have been in. You didn't see her? 331 00:14:56,200 --> 00:15:02,200 No, I always know when Maria's here. She was always full of fun. She liked to sing. 332 00:15:02,200 --> 00:15:04,200 I better get these glasses finished. 333 00:15:05,200 --> 00:15:06,200 Ben, do you want to call the office? 334 00:15:06,200 --> 00:15:07,200 Yeah, okay. 335 00:15:07,200 --> 00:15:11,200 How about a drink, Sergeant? You don't look so good. 336 00:15:11,200 --> 00:15:13,200 You got any coffee? 337 00:15:13,200 --> 00:15:16,200 It's not very fresh. It's been standing there a couple of hours. 338 00:15:16,200 --> 00:15:17,200 That's all right. 339 00:15:17,200 --> 00:15:18,200 Okay. 340 00:15:22,200 --> 00:15:23,200 Here. 341 00:15:28,200 --> 00:15:29,200 Here's the sugar. 342 00:15:29,200 --> 00:15:30,200 Thank you. 343 00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:35,200 Yeah, that's not very warm, huh? 344 00:15:35,200 --> 00:15:37,200 Oh, that's okay. 345 00:15:39,200 --> 00:15:42,200 What do you think, officer? The guy was crazy. 346 00:15:43,200 --> 00:15:44,200 I don't know. 347 00:15:44,200 --> 00:15:46,200 Ah, he must have been crazy. 348 00:15:47,200 --> 00:15:50,200 Lots of nice rain. Let's go for the farmers. 349 00:15:50,200 --> 00:15:51,200 Yeah. 350 00:15:51,200 --> 00:15:52,200 Sure. 351 00:15:53,200 --> 00:15:55,200 You ever see this key before? 352 00:15:55,200 --> 00:15:56,200 Let's see. 353 00:15:57,200 --> 00:15:58,200 I don't know. 354 00:15:58,200 --> 00:15:59,200 Joe. 355 00:15:59,200 --> 00:16:00,200 Yeah? 356 00:16:00,200 --> 00:16:03,200 Dave and Flory have found the hotel to pick up Tony Perez. Took him in. 357 00:16:03,200 --> 00:16:04,200 What'd he tell them? 358 00:16:04,200 --> 00:16:06,200 Dave says they're talking to him. 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I don't remember exactly. 402 00:18:44,200 --> 00:18:48,200 If it were drinking, we were all drinking. I don't remember. 403 00:18:48,200 --> 00:18:49,200 How'd you get to that party? 404 00:18:49,200 --> 00:18:52,200 I walked, placed down on Malabar Street. 405 00:18:52,200 --> 00:18:57,200 Maria stopped at a bar someplace along the way, and that's the last time I saw her. 406 00:18:57,200 --> 00:18:58,200 Did you go in with her? 407 00:18:58,200 --> 00:19:02,200 No, she went in alone. I went to the party. That's all I know. 408 00:19:04,200 --> 00:19:06,200 Interrogation room, Friday. 409 00:19:06,200 --> 00:19:07,200 Lee Jones, Tom. 410 00:19:07,200 --> 00:19:08,200 Yeah. 411 00:19:08,200 --> 00:19:12,200 Check the polish on Perez' boots. It matches with the smear of polish on the victim's face. 412 00:19:12,200 --> 00:19:14,200 The wax components are exactly the same. 413 00:19:14,200 --> 00:19:15,200 Good. How about the cast? 414 00:19:15,200 --> 00:19:19,200 Nope, they didn't match. The prints we cast out there were size 11, big heels. 415 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:22,200 Perez wears a 9, pretty small heel. No match at all. 416 00:19:22,200 --> 00:19:23,200 What about the other stuff? 417 00:19:23,200 --> 00:19:27,200 Went over the rest of his shoes and his clothes. Nothing that ties in. 418 00:19:27,200 --> 00:19:29,200 Okay, Lee. Thank you. 419 00:19:31,200 --> 00:19:33,200 Do you shine your own boots, Tony? 420 00:19:33,200 --> 00:19:35,200 No. Why? 421 00:19:35,200 --> 00:19:36,200 Where do you get them shined? 422 00:19:36,200 --> 00:19:40,200 I go to Angelo's, Chicago Street, right near first. 423 00:19:40,200 --> 00:19:42,200 When's the last time you got a shine? 424 00:19:42,200 --> 00:19:44,200 Oh, Christmas Eve. 425 00:19:44,200 --> 00:19:46,200 What time Christmas Eve, Tony? 426 00:19:46,200 --> 00:19:49,200 When I got off work, about two and a half noon. 427 00:19:49,200 --> 00:19:50,200 Hi. 428 00:19:50,200 --> 00:19:51,200 Hi, Dave. 429 00:19:51,200 --> 00:19:52,200 See one of you outside a minute? 430 00:19:52,200 --> 00:19:53,200 Yeah. 431 00:19:59,200 --> 00:20:02,200 Perez is telling the truth about the party. He was there. 432 00:20:02,200 --> 00:20:05,200 We timed out how long it would take him to walk from the restaurant to the party. 433 00:20:05,200 --> 00:20:06,200 Yeah. 434 00:20:06,200 --> 00:20:09,200 Pretty close. His friends say he got to the party about 12, 30. 435 00:20:09,200 --> 00:20:11,200 Doesn't look like he had time to kill that woman. 436 00:20:11,200 --> 00:20:12,200 Where does that leave us? 437 00:20:12,200 --> 00:20:13,200 Still got those boots. 438 00:20:13,200 --> 00:20:16,200 No, no more. They don't match the impressions that the murder scene. 439 00:20:16,200 --> 00:20:17,200 Well, that makes us even. 440 00:20:17,200 --> 00:20:18,200 Huh? 441 00:20:18,200 --> 00:20:20,200 Here's your key back. Didn't fit. 442 00:20:24,200 --> 00:20:27,200 Tony Perez was held for further investigation. 443 00:20:27,200 --> 00:20:32,200 Dave and Claudio took up the canvassing of bars in the same area where we'd left off the night before. 444 00:20:32,200 --> 00:20:35,200 Ben and I drove down to Angelo's shine stand. 445 00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:41,200 It stood just outside a barbershop, four chairs with an awning full of cigarette holes over them. 446 00:20:41,200 --> 00:20:46,200 He identified Maria Camacho's picture immediately. We questioned him while he polished their shoes. 447 00:20:47,200 --> 00:20:54,200 Maria, I used to tell a sergeant, running around like that, she had so many friends, too many. 448 00:20:54,200 --> 00:20:57,200 Did you see Maria on Christmas Eve, Angelo? 449 00:20:57,200 --> 00:21:03,200 Christmas Eve? Let me see. No, no, last time was two days before Christmas. 450 00:21:03,200 --> 00:21:06,200 Angelo, do you know a man by the name of Tony Perez? 451 00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:12,200 Tony? Sure. Tony Perez. Tall fella, big shoulder. 452 00:21:12,200 --> 00:21:14,200 Was he one of your customers? 453 00:21:14,200 --> 00:21:15,200 A long time he come to see me. 454 00:21:15,200 --> 00:21:17,200 Was he here on Christmas Eve, Angelo? 455 00:21:17,200 --> 00:21:21,200 Yeah, yeah, he was here. I gave him a shine. Good customer. 456 00:21:21,200 --> 00:21:23,200 Remember what kind of shoes he had on? 457 00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:26,200 Sure. Boots. He always wears boots. 458 00:21:26,200 --> 00:21:28,200 What color were they, do you know? 459 00:21:28,200 --> 00:21:30,200 Brown. Always wears brown boots. 460 00:21:30,200 --> 00:21:32,200 Well, what's the matter? 461 00:21:32,200 --> 00:21:34,200 Tony in trouble? 462 00:21:34,200 --> 00:21:37,200 What kind of polish do you use on his boots, Angelo? 463 00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:42,200 I got the can down here. This one here. High grade polish. 464 00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:44,200 You got boots, I can fix them up. 465 00:21:44,200 --> 00:21:47,200 Do you use the same polish on all the boots you shine, Angelo? 466 00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:51,200 No, only the brown boots. That's brown polish. 467 00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:54,200 You fellas, that's too many questions. You make me go too slow. 468 00:21:54,200 --> 00:21:58,200 Well, there's no rush, Angelo. Can you tell me this? 469 00:21:58,200 --> 00:21:59,200 Yeah? 470 00:21:59,200 --> 00:22:04,200 Besides Tony Perez, is there anybody else with brown boots who got a shine from you Christmas Eve? 471 00:22:04,200 --> 00:22:08,200 Well, I don't know. Lots of people get shined. Christmas Eve is pretty busy. 472 00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:11,200 Just the people with brown boots, Angelo. Can you remember? 473 00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:16,200 No, no, no, I don't think so. Tony was the only one with the brown boots. There's no others. 474 00:22:16,200 --> 00:22:19,200 And how about heavy brown shoes? 475 00:22:19,200 --> 00:22:20,200 Huh? 476 00:22:20,200 --> 00:22:23,200 You remember the people with heavy brown shoes that came in for a shine? 477 00:22:23,200 --> 00:22:28,200 No, no, I don't know. I don't know. Look, please, just letting me shine your shoes, huh? 478 00:22:28,200 --> 00:22:32,200 That can of brown polish, Angelo, you say that's the kind you use on Tony Perez's boots? 479 00:22:32,200 --> 00:22:35,200 Yeah, that's the kind. This kind right here. 480 00:22:35,200 --> 00:22:39,200 Well, can you remember how many times you used that polish on Christmas Eve? 481 00:22:39,200 --> 00:22:43,200 Well, I opened this can that morning and see how much is going. 482 00:22:43,200 --> 00:22:47,200 Maybe I use it all, well, maybe half a dozen times. 483 00:22:47,200 --> 00:22:50,200 Can you remember the people whose shoes call for this kind of polish? 484 00:22:50,200 --> 00:22:55,200 Yeah, lots of them. Brown shoes. I know the feet when I see them. I don't know the faces. 485 00:22:55,200 --> 00:22:57,200 Don't you remember any of them? 486 00:22:57,200 --> 00:23:00,200 If they like the shine, they might be buying a buy to come back. 487 00:23:00,200 --> 00:23:03,200 There were three or four fellas, maybe. 488 00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:06,200 I see them before. I don't know their names. 489 00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:09,200 Okay, finished. You like the shine? 490 00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:11,200 Oh, yeah, fine. 491 00:23:14,200 --> 00:23:18,200 Say, I'm going to buy that can of polish from you, Angelo, and we're going to check back with you later. 492 00:23:18,200 --> 00:23:21,200 Okay. Here, here, this. 493 00:23:21,200 --> 00:23:24,200 That's fine, Polish Sergeant. Best you can get. 494 00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:27,200 Yeah, but it rubs off. 495 00:23:31,200 --> 00:23:37,200 December 26th, 5 p.m. We drove back to the crime lab and had Lee Jones analyze the can of shoe polish. 496 00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:42,200 It matched exactly with the particles of shoe polish taken from the victim's body and from the boots of Tony Perez. 497 00:23:42,200 --> 00:23:45,200 We arranged for a stakeout at Angelo's Shine Stain. 498 00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:50,200 In case the people with heavy brown shoes returned, Angelo could point them out immediately to the men on duty. 499 00:23:50,200 --> 00:23:59,200 5.30 p.m. Dave and Claudio called in. They thought they had another nibble, this time from the bartender at the El Cedello Tavern, a bar on Soto Street. 500 00:23:59,200 --> 00:24:03,200 We drove down to South Main and Harlem Place for a meet. 501 00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:12,200 Hi, Dave. Hi. I figured we'd better move on this tonight. 502 00:24:12,200 --> 00:24:13,200 What's the page? 503 00:24:13,200 --> 00:24:18,200 Bartender on Soto tipped me that Maria Camacho was in this place Christmas Eve. Said it was a little after midnight. 504 00:24:18,200 --> 00:24:27,200 Said she had a drink, left the place about ten minutes past 12 with a guy called Frank Talano. Nosed around from his Talano works at the Midnight Mission. Over there. 505 00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:29,200 All right, let's go. 506 00:24:31,200 --> 00:24:33,200 This it, Dave? 507 00:24:33,200 --> 00:24:35,200 Yeah. Good friend's mission. 508 00:24:35,200 --> 00:24:40,200 Come in for a nice warm spiritual bath, coffee and soup free. 509 00:24:40,200 --> 00:24:42,200 Watch the stairs. 510 00:24:42,200 --> 00:24:52,200 And now, brothers, I only hope that our meeting here has brought you close and made your souls to glow with the great and glorious light of the Spirit. 511 00:24:52,200 --> 00:24:58,200 And yes, brothers, if we be not born again of that light, as the book says, we'll be damned, brothers. 512 00:24:58,200 --> 00:25:00,200 Amen. 513 00:25:00,200 --> 00:25:02,200 Amen. 514 00:25:02,200 --> 00:25:11,200 Now, brothers, while Sister Myrtle Ferguson plays one of his stirring marches, let's join arms, brother to brother, and march into the lunch room where, through the kind graces of one of our benefactors, 515 00:25:11,200 --> 00:25:19,200 Pete Boudouris of the Acropolis Cafe, each one of you will be entitled to a bowl of turkey soup, some of Sister Wilson's homemade bread, and a cut of Miss Pie. 516 00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:22,200 Now, Sister Ferguson, in the march. 517 00:25:27,200 --> 00:25:28,200 I guess that's the man to see. 518 00:25:28,200 --> 00:25:30,200 Yeah, let's go. 519 00:25:30,200 --> 00:25:32,200 Sure pack a minute, don't you? 520 00:25:32,200 --> 00:25:34,200 That soup smells real good. 521 00:25:36,200 --> 00:25:37,200 Excuse me, sir? 522 00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:38,200 Young brother? What is it? 523 00:25:38,200 --> 00:25:41,200 Police officers. Do you have a Frank Talano working here? 524 00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:42,200 Well, that's a trouble. 525 00:25:42,200 --> 00:25:43,200 Does he work here? 526 00:25:43,200 --> 00:25:45,200 Well, yes, he's a very good man, Frank. Anything wrong? 527 00:25:45,200 --> 00:25:46,200 Is he here now? 528 00:25:46,200 --> 00:25:47,200 No, he isn't. 529 00:25:47,200 --> 00:25:48,200 Where can we find him? 530 00:25:48,200 --> 00:25:50,200 Well, I'd like to know what the trouble is. 531 00:25:50,200 --> 00:25:52,200 We'd like to talk to him, Mr. Dessau. 532 00:25:52,200 --> 00:25:55,200 Well, he has a room at Good Friends Mission Annex that's over on San Pedro Street. 533 00:25:55,200 --> 00:25:58,200 Is that his permanent residence, the Mission Annex? 534 00:25:58,200 --> 00:26:01,200 Yes, Frank's very helpful. He works for a small salary, and we give him room and board. 535 00:26:01,200 --> 00:26:03,200 Is he over at the Annex now? 536 00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:06,200 Yeah, but maybe you'd better not see him now, Officer. 537 00:26:06,200 --> 00:26:07,200 Why not? 538 00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:12,200 Well, Frank's not at his best. He's been drinking again. That's a sure sign. 539 00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:13,200 How do you mean? 540 00:26:13,200 --> 00:26:19,200 Well, whenever Frank starts drinking, that means that he's worrying. He's one of those. He drinks to forget him. 541 00:26:19,200 --> 00:26:21,200 He's been drinking for three days. 542 00:26:21,200 --> 00:26:24,200 He must have a lot to forget. Come on. 543 00:26:28,200 --> 00:26:32,200 6.30 p.m. We drove over to the Good Friends Mission Annex on San Pedro Street. 544 00:26:32,200 --> 00:26:36,200 The man in charge told us that Talano had a small room to himself at the rear of the second floor. 545 00:26:36,200 --> 00:26:39,200 Dave and Claudio went around to cover the Mission Annex from the back. 546 00:26:39,200 --> 00:26:42,200 Ben and I went up a narrow flight of wooden stairs. 547 00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:46,200 Plain white plaster walls were chipped and cracked and scrawled with pencil markings. 548 00:26:46,200 --> 00:26:51,200 We walked down to the end of a wide hallway to a brown paneled door with a transom above it. 549 00:26:53,200 --> 00:26:55,200 There was a man in soiled work clothes sitting on the bed. 550 00:26:55,200 --> 00:27:00,200 On the table next to him there were three quart wine bottles. Two of them were empty. 551 00:27:00,200 --> 00:27:04,200 Get out of here. You, Frank Talano, what about it? 552 00:27:04,200 --> 00:27:06,200 Police officers like to talk to you. 553 00:27:09,200 --> 00:27:14,200 Get out of here. You're not taking me. I'll cut you to pieces. 554 00:27:14,200 --> 00:27:15,200 Drop the bottle, Talano. 555 00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:16,200 Get out of here. 556 00:27:16,200 --> 00:27:17,200 Drop the bottle. 557 00:27:17,200 --> 00:27:19,200 I'll cut you to pieces. 558 00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:20,200 Like you cut Maria. 559 00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:22,200 I'll kill you. 560 00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:24,200 Put it down, Talano. 561 00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:26,200 Drop it. 562 00:27:29,200 --> 00:27:30,200 Get the cups on. 563 00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:31,200 Yeah. 564 00:27:31,200 --> 00:27:32,200 Let's go. 565 00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:35,200 Just a minute. 566 00:27:43,200 --> 00:27:44,200 Yeah, it fits. 567 00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:54,200 The story you have just heard was true. 568 00:27:54,200 --> 00:27:57,200 Only the names were changed to protect the innocent. 569 00:27:57,200 --> 00:28:03,200 On March 7th, trial was held in Superior Court, Department 94, City and County of Los Angeles, State of California. 570 00:28:03,200 --> 00:28:05,200 In a moment, the results of that trial. 571 00:28:05,200 --> 00:28:10,200 It's amazing how many long cigarette smokers are changing to extra mild Fatima. 572 00:28:10,200 --> 00:28:12,200 Here is the actual report. 573 00:28:12,200 --> 00:28:17,200 From coast to coast, extra mild Fatima has more than doubled its smokers. 574 00:28:17,200 --> 00:28:24,460 Yes, more and more smokers every day are discovering that Fatima is the king-size cigarette that is in the 575 00:28:24,460 --> 00:28:28,200 extra mild. 576 00:28:28,200 --> 00:28:35,200 Extra mild because it contains the finest Turkish and domestic tobaccos superbly blended to make it extra mild 577 00:28:35,200 --> 00:28:39,200 to give it a much different, much better flavor and aroma. 578 00:28:39,200 --> 00:28:42,200 Enjoy extra mild Fatima yourself. 579 00:28:42,200 --> 00:28:44,200 Best of all, long cigarettes. 580 00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:47,200 It's wise to smoke extra mild Fatima. 581 00:28:47,200 --> 00:29:00,200 It's wise to smoke extra mild Fatima. 582 00:29:00,200 --> 00:29:06,200 Frank Dominic Talano was tried and convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. 583 00:29:06,200 --> 00:29:12,200 He is now serving his term in the state penitentiary. 584 00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:17,200 You have just heard Dragnet, a series of authentic cases from official files. 585 00:29:17,200 --> 00:29:23,200 Technical advice for Dragnet comes from the Office of Chief of Police, W.A. Wharton, Los Angeles Police Department. 586 00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:29,200 Fatima cigarettes, the best of all, long cigarettes has brought you Dragnet, transcribed from Los Angeles. 587 00:29:29,200 --> 00:29:43,200 Patty Page visits Jack Birch tomorrow morning on NBC.