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It was raining in Los Angeles. 28 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:25,000 We were working the night watch out of homicide. My partner's Ben Romero, the boss's Captain Steed. My name's Fryden. 29 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:30,000 It was 11.35 p.m. when we got to Mercy Hospital on Norwich Avenue, the main entrance. 30 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:36,000 Better check at the desk. 31 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:38,000 Yeah. 32 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:43,000 2B, right away on the... 33 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:45,000 2B, Wayne. 34 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:46,000 Yes, sir? 35 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:48,000 Police officers, we received a call from the hospital here. 36 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:49,000 Oh, yes, sir, right this way, please. 37 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:51,000 Yes, ma'am. 38 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:52,000 Dr. Walsh is waiting for you. 39 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:53,000 Is he the man in charge? 40 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:55,000 Oh, no, Dr. Walsh is the head of the hospital. 41 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:57,000 I see. 42 00:02:57,000 --> 00:02:58,000 Please, Dr. Walsh. 43 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:00,000 All right, come in, please. Come in. 44 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:01,000 Thank you, ma'am. 45 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:05,000 Yes, sir. 46 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:06,000 Dr. Walsh. 47 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:07,000 How do you do? 48 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:09,000 This is my partner, Sergeant Romero. My name's Fryden. 49 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:10,000 Yes, sir. 50 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:11,000 I've been waiting for you. 51 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:12,000 Have a seat, please. 52 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:13,000 Thank you. 53 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:14,000 Thank you, sir. 54 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:16,000 Gentlemen, I just got here a few moments ago myself. 55 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:18,000 No doubt you know as much about this as I do. 56 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:20,000 We were notified that a three-day-old baby's missing. Is that correct? 57 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:22,000 Yes, one of the Stryker twins. 58 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:23,000 The bond used Tuesday morning. 59 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:25,000 Where'd the baby disappear from, doctor? 60 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:27,000 The nursery. I can't understand how it could happen. 61 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:28,000 I've never heard of such a thing. 62 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:29,000 Who was in charge of the nursery? 63 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:32,000 Nurse O'Connor. She's back with the superintendent of nurses. 64 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:33,000 Quite upset. 65 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:34,000 Would you like to talk to her? 66 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:35,000 Yes, sir, we would. 67 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:36,000 All right. 68 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:37,000 Thank you. 69 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:45,000 I can't understand it. How could a baby disappear like that? 70 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:47,000 Have the parents been notified? 71 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:49,000 Father's on his way in now. He hasn't told the mother yet. 72 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:50,000 Mm-hmm. 73 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:52,000 When did they first notice the baby was gone? 74 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:54,000 I understand it was around 11 p.m. 75 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:56,000 Call came into our office about 11.20. 76 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:58,000 Go ahead, Sergeant. 77 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:00,000 Nurse O'Connor? 78 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:01,000 Yes, Dr. Walsh. 79 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:03,000 These gentlemen are from the police department. 80 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:04,000 Sergeant Romero, Sergeant Fryden. 81 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:06,000 Oh, he may be. What did he do? 82 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:08,000 He wanted to know all about what happened tonight. 83 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:09,000 You know, of course, it's a serious matter. 84 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:11,000 Try to tell exactly how it happened. 85 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:12,000 I'll try, doctor. 86 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:13,000 All right, officer. 87 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:14,000 Thank you. 88 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:16,000 Well, we know that you're probably pretty upset, nurse. 89 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:17,000 Now you just relax and take your time. 90 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:18,000 Yes, sir. 91 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:21,000 When did you first notice that the Stryker baby was missing? 92 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:23,000 Must have happened somewhere between 11 o'clock and 10 minutes past 11. 93 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:24,000 I'm sure of that. 94 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:26,000 How are you sure of that? 95 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:27,000 I came on duty a few minutes before 11. 96 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:29,000 I took the night reports as usual, 97 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:31,000 and then I started checking the orders and the formulas. 98 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:34,000 I remember very well that both the Stryker twins were in their cribs at that time. 99 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:36,000 Mm-hmm. Go on, please. 100 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:39,000 I think it must have been about five minutes past 11 when I got this phone call from home. 101 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:41,000 My mother's been sick lately. It was about her. 102 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:43,000 How far did you have to go to answer the phone? 103 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:46,000 About 10 feet down the hall from the nursery, just around the corner. 104 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:49,000 Could you see the entrance to the nursery from where you were talking on the phone? 105 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:50,000 No, sir, I couldn't. 106 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:52,000 I was only on the phone for a minute or two. 107 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:54,000 As soon as I hung up, I came right back to the nursery. 108 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:56,000 Was the telephone call actually from your mother? 109 00:04:56,000 --> 00:04:58,000 Yes, sir. My mother has a heart condition. 110 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:00,000 She wanted me to be sure and have a prescription filled. 111 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:02,000 What time was it when you got back to the nursery, owner? 112 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:03,000 Can you remember that? 113 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:05,000 It wasn't quite 10 minutes past 11, 114 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:09,000 so I came back through the door into the nursery and noticed right away one of the cribs was empty. 115 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:11,000 One of the Stryker twins was gone. 116 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:13,000 Is there more than one entrance to the nursery, Miss O'Connor? 117 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:16,000 Yes, sir, there are two entrances, but at night one of them's kept locked. 118 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:19,000 Mm-hmm. Is it possible that somebody in the hospital, 119 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:22,000 maybe a doctor, took the baby for examination or some kind of treatment? 120 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:23,000 No, sir. 121 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:26,000 Just as soon as I noticed the baby was gone, I went to the head nurse, 122 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:28,000 and the two of us contacted everybody in the hospital. 123 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:30,000 No one knew anything about it. 124 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:34,000 Well, is it possible that the child's mother could have come down from the second floor and taken the baby? 125 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:37,000 No, sir. Miss Stryker's been asleep since 10 o'clock. She's still asleep. 126 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:41,000 Are there any other nurses or attendants working near the nursery when the baby disappeared? 127 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:44,000 No. No reason for anyone besides myself to be around at that time. 128 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:46,000 None of the cleaning people. They'd all gone home. 129 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:49,000 Dr. Walsh, I wonder if we could have a look at the nursery now. 130 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:52,000 Certainly, sir, I'd want Nurse O'Connor to come along. 131 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:53,000 Yes, would you please? 132 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:58,000 Yes, sir. 133 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:03,000 This way, gentlemen. It's your town hall. 134 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:05,000 What are the hospital visiting hours, doctor? 135 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:08,000 The usual. 204 in the afternoon, 7 to 9 in the evenings. 136 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:09,000 Quite strict about that. 137 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:13,000 Do you know if all the visitors had left the hospital by 9 o'clock tonight? 138 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:16,000 Of course I wasn't here, but the superintendent of nurses told me they had all left by 9. 139 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:19,000 She's compiling a list of every visitor we had this evening. 140 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:21,000 Good. They'll all have to be checked. 141 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:23,000 Nursery's right here, officers. 142 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:25,000 Mm-hmm. 143 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:28,000 This empty crib just inside the window here. 144 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:32,000 Yes, sir. It's where the baby was. You can see it's right next to the door here. 145 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:35,000 I noticed that there's no blanket in the crib. Is that missing too? 146 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:39,000 Yes, sir. The crib's just the way I found it when I came back from the telephone. I haven't touched it. 147 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:42,000 Are there any marks of identification on the blanket or the clothing? 148 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:45,000 Each one's stenciled. Mercy Hospital. Each baby wears an ID bracelet. 149 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:49,000 Doctor, I wonder if we could have that crib brought out to have a check for possible fingerprints. 150 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:50,000 Certainly, of course. 151 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:53,000 Is this the other door to the nursery you mentioned, Mr. Conner? 152 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:55,000 That's right, Sergeant. I checked it. It's locked. 153 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:58,000 That large window on the other side of the nursery. Is that a stationary window? 154 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:00,000 Yes, sir, it is. It faces onto a small court. 155 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:02,000 Well, then whoever took the baby had to use this door. 156 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:06,000 It's the only way they could have gotten in. Oh, excuse me a minute. I want to attend to the baby in there. 157 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:08,000 Sure. 158 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:12,000 Listen now, Jim. 159 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:16,000 Yeah. Doctor, are there any other entrances open at night besides the main one? 160 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:21,000 Not after 10 p.m. No. Just the main entrance. I know which one. There's a nurse on duty there at all times. 161 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:24,000 How about the parents? Is there anything unusual there? 162 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:29,000 No. Father's a working man. Mother's a housewife. Both the babies are perfectly normal. Nothing unusual at all. 163 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:33,000 Three-day-old baby. They usually take a lot of careful handling, don't they? 164 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:35,000 Yes, definitely. First week's always critical. 165 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:40,000 And this thing, taking a three-day-old infant out in this weather, cold, rain. 166 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:42,000 I'm afraid the odds are all against the child. 167 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:46,000 You're sure the main entrance was the only one open after 10 o'clock? 168 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:50,000 Yes. I can't understand it. How could anyone get that baby out of that hospital? How could they? 169 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:52,000 We're not sure they did. 170 00:07:57,000 --> 00:08:02,000 Midnight. Three-day-old twin boy was missing from his crib in the hospital nursery. That's all we knew. 171 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:06,000 We checked the list of possibilities. The baby could have been taken for ransom. 172 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:10,000 Somebody wanted revenge on the Stryker family and decided on the baby as the best means. 173 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:14,000 Maybe someone just wanted a child. Someone mentally unsound, a maniac, a pervert. 174 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:18,000 Maybe an accident had happened at the hospital. Somebody wanted to cover up. 175 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:24,000 Possibly one of the parents or their families had a motive. Perhaps somebody just wanted the child dead. 176 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:29,000 We called the office and got out an APB on the Stryker baby and a description of the blanket and the clothing. 177 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:35,000 Details of officers were alerted at the bus depots, railroad terminals, the airports, all public transportation facilities. 178 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:41,000 Steps were taken to notify doctors, hospitals, sanitariums, anybody in any place where a three-day-old baby might be taken. 179 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:45,000 The entire area around Mercy Hospital was canvassed. No information. 180 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:50,000 The baby's crib was dusted for prints. No leads, no physical evidence. 181 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:57,000 The investigation continued. When George Stryker, the father of the child, arrived, Ben and I met with him in the office of the hospital superintendent. 182 00:08:57,000 --> 00:09:01,000 Can we let people know about it? Newspapers and the radio? 183 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:06,000 We've already covered that. Stories and pictures have gone out to the papers. We've notified the radio stations. 184 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:08,000 They're getting our broadcast on. 185 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:10,000 How am I going to tell my wife? 186 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:14,000 Well, sir, there's only one thing that we can promise you. We'll do everything we can to find your baby. 187 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:18,000 Well, isn't there something I can do? Isn't there some way I can help? 188 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:21,000 This is just a remote possibility, Mr. Stryker, but you ought to know about it. 189 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:22,000 What's that? 190 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:28,000 In case anybody contacts you regarding your baby, in case they make any demands on you for money or anything else, we want you to notify us immediately. 191 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:32,000 What could they expect to get from us? We own our home. That's about all. 192 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:39,000 We just want to cover all the possibilities, Mr. Stryker. In case any demand at all is made, don't try to deal with the people, all right? 193 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:41,000 Yes, sir, I understand. 194 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:42,000 Sergeant? 195 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:43,000 Yeah? 196 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:46,000 One of the men from Homicide like to see outside, Sergeant, will leave us alone. 197 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:49,000 Thank you, doctor. We'll have to go now, Mr. Stryker. We'll keep you informed. 198 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:51,000 All right, thank you. 199 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:55,000 Joe? 200 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:56,000 Yeah, I'll leave us. 201 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:57,000 Think we got something back here? 202 00:09:57,000 --> 00:09:58,000 Yes. 203 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:01,000 And seen us and I with a night watch went out back to the side of the hospital that faces on Stacy Avenue. 204 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:02,000 Yeah. 205 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:05,000 Two doors back there just off the street. One of them's open. 206 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:15,000 Together with Sergeant Believis and Dr. Walsh, the head of the hospital, we went back and examined the side door which opened onto Stacy Avenue. 207 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:20,000 The latch was obviously foley. It took only slight pressure on the door to open it. 208 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:24,000 The latch, both doorknobs and the door itself were dusted for prints. 209 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:28,000 The entrance way and the immediate area were rechecked. No leads, no physical evidence. 210 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:32,000 We traced an imaginary path from the open door to the nursery. 211 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:37,000 We came to the conclusion that it could have been possible for an abductor to enter the hospital, make his way to the nursery, 212 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:43,000 take the child from its crib in the absence of the night nurse, and leave by the same side door without being seen. 213 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:48,000 Storekeepers and residents along Stacy Avenue were re-questioned. We got nowhere. 214 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:54,000 When the abduction story broke in the newspaper and over the radio the next morning, the calls started to come in. 215 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:58,000 People in practically all sections of the city thought that they'd seen the missing baby. 216 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:01,000 Each call was carefully checked out. None of them paid off. 217 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:04,000 Ten a.m. We checked back in at the office. 218 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:09,000 I must be getting old, Joe. Can't seem to take these all-night sessions like I used to. 219 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:14,000 I'm pretty tired. I drank too much coffee again. I got a sour stomach. 220 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:18,000 Hi. Hi, Elizabeth. Hi. 221 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:22,000 The stats office come up with that run for us yet? No, they're still working on it. 222 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:25,000 How about that San Bernardino call? Yeah, they called back. 223 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:29,000 They picked the woman up when she got off the bus, checked her and the baby out. Baby belongs to her. 224 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:34,000 Anything else come in? All been checked out. The press called again. Want to know if there are any new leads. 225 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:38,000 Sergeant Friday in here? Yes, sir. Can I help you? 226 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:43,000 They told me in the business office to come down and see you. Surely. Come on in. Thanks. 227 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:50,000 My name's Wallace. I'm the desk clerk down at the hotel on 11th Street, Bluebird Hotel. 228 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:53,000 Yes, sir. I got some information. I'd like to talk to you. 229 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:57,000 All right, sir. This is my partner Sergeant Romero. This is Sergeant Olivas. 230 00:11:57,000 --> 00:11:59,000 How are you? I'm well, sir. Wallace. 231 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:04,000 What's the information about? Well, I got hold of a paper this morning. Read about that baby that's missing. 232 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:07,000 Yes, sir. Imagine those people are pretty worried about the kid. 233 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:10,000 Guess they'd like all the information they can get, huh? 234 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:13,000 Looks like that hospital's in the jam, wouldn't you say? 235 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:15,000 Well, what information do you have, Wallace? 236 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:18,000 I guess those parents could sue the hospital if they wanted to, huh? 237 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:21,000 Well, sir, all we're interested in is finding the baby. Can you help us there? 238 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:23,000 Well, I don't know for sure. 239 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:25,000 What are you trying to tell us? Have you seen the baby? 240 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:29,000 Well, I may have. Do you happen to know if they're offering any reward for information? 241 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:31,000 Well, I don't know where it'd come from. The father's a working man. 242 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:35,000 Oh, don't get me wrong, Sergeant. I don't expect anything for any information I'd give them. 243 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:41,000 Well, I don't make too much at the hotel. You know, if they wanted to show their gratitude in some way, just thought I'd mention it. 244 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:44,000 Well, thank you, Wallace. Don't worry about that. Now, what's the information? 245 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:49,000 Well, you know, I didn't mean anything by that. Anybody be glad to help out in a case like this. 246 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:54,000 What I came in to tell you was a woman and a young baby checked in the hotel last night when I was on duty. 247 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:55,000 What time? 248 00:12:55,000 --> 00:13:00,000 I think it was about 12 o'clock. The woman didn't have any baggage or anything, one little blanket around the kid. 249 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:03,000 When I saw that story in the paper this morning, I got suspicious. 250 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:05,000 Was the woman still registered at the hotel? 251 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:07,000 She was. When I left, that was about an hour ago. 252 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:09,000 What name did she register under, do you remember? 253 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:12,000 No, I don't, but it's in the register. You can check it if you want. 254 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:13,000 Where is the hotel? 255 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:17,000 11th and Charleston, right in the corner. I'm sure it must be the kid you're looking for. 256 00:13:17,000 --> 00:13:18,000 Say, I hope you haven't got me wrong. 257 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:19,000 How do you mean? 258 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:22,000 About the reward, you know. I don't expect anything for this. 259 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:24,000 We haven't got you wrong. 260 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:35,000 At 35 a.m. it was still raining. Together with the desk clerk Wallace, we drove to the Bluebird Hotel on 11th Street. We checked the cards at the desk and found that the woman had registered under the name of Mrs. Harold Parks. 261 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:39,000 The clerk on duty told us as far as he knew she was still in the room with the baby. 262 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:44,000 The room is down this way, Sergeant. 263 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:45,000 Okay. 264 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:55,000 This is 116. Mrs. Parks. Mrs. Parks. 265 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:57,000 You have a passkey with you, Wallace. 266 00:13:57,000 --> 00:13:58,000 Here you go. 267 00:13:58,000 --> 00:13:59,000 Thank you. 268 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:07,000 There's nobody here. 269 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:08,000 Wait a minute. 270 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:13,000 What have you got? 271 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:16,000 Small blanket. Check the lettering. 272 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:17,000 Mercy Hospital. 273 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:32,000 You are listening to Dragnet. Authentic stories of your police force in action. 274 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:36,000 Oh, no. 275 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:40,000 Ah, that's different. 276 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:41,000 Yes, what a difference. 277 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:47,000 There's a difference you can hear. There's a difference you can see. But the difference in Fatima is quality. 278 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:54,000 Yes, friends. When you compare long cigarettes, you'll find that in Fatima the difference is quality. 279 00:14:54,000 --> 00:15:06,000 Quality of tobaccos, the finest Turkish and domestic varieties, extra mild and superbly blended to give you a much different, much better flavor and aroma than any other long cigarette. 280 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:13,000 Quality of manufacture. Smooth, plump cigarettes rolled in the finest paper money can buy. 281 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:23,000 Quality even to the appearance of the bright, clean yellow package. Carefully wrapped and sealed to bring you Fatima's rich, fresh, extra mild flavor. 282 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:29,000 Fatima's now cost the same as other long cigarettes, but your first puff will tell you. 283 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:31,000 Ah, that's different. 284 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:36,000 Yes, in Fatima the difference is quality. 285 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:48,000 Ask your dealer for Fatima, the quality king-size cigarette. Best of all, long cigarettes. Start enjoying Fatima tomorrow. 286 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:58,000 Friday, January 29th, 11 a.m. 287 00:15:58,000 --> 00:16:03,000 We were unable to locate the woman who had registered at the hotel under the name of Mrs. Parks. There was no sign of the baby. 288 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:08,000 The blanket we found in the room was identified by hospital personnel as the same type used in the nursery. 289 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:12,000 The room was checked for fingerprints and physical evidence. We found nothing. 290 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:16,000 People in the adjoining rooms were questioned, but they could give us no information. 291 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:21,000 We got a description of the woman who used the name Mrs. Parks from the desk clerk and we got out an all-points bulletin on her. 292 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:25,000 Her hotel registration card was checked for handwriting and fingerprints. 293 00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:30,000 Captain Steed ordered an immediate canvas of all hotels, apartments, and rooming houses in the central area. 294 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:36,000 The hotel clerks were shown mugshots of possible suspects. They failed to identify any of them. 295 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:39,000 3 p.m. Friday, the search for the striker baby went on. 296 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:43,000 Yeah, checked out all right. Okay, Gilfent. 297 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:44,000 Anything? 298 00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:47,000 Gil and Zanis, check that Wilshire calls another phone. 299 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:48,000 My name's John Lassos. 300 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:49,000 Yeah? 301 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:54,000 Roos and I were making the rounds of hotels out along Kiko. Stopped at a drug store for a cup of coffee. 302 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:57,000 We talked to Druggist while we were there. He had a pretty good story for us. 303 00:16:57,000 --> 00:16:58,000 You got a light? 304 00:16:58,000 --> 00:16:59,000 Yeah. 305 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:00,000 Here you go. 306 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:04,000 Thanks. 307 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:07,000 This drug store is two blocks from the hotel where the woman stayed. 308 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:09,000 It's open all night. 309 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:14,000 Druggist told us the woman answering this Mrs. Parks description came in about 1 p.m. 310 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:15,000 Bought a whole raft of stuff. 311 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:17,000 How do you mean? What kind of stuff? 312 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:20,000 Everything for a baby. Bottles, nipples, dextrose, oil powder, you know, all that stuff. 313 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:22,000 Was he sure of the woman's description? 314 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:27,000 He gave it to us before we'd even mention what this Mrs. Parks looked like, right down to the color of her coat. 315 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:29,000 Did she have the baby with her when she bought this stuff? 316 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:33,000 Druggist said no. She even asked him if she could buy canned milk there. 317 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:34,000 Where does it lead? 318 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:35,000 How do you mean? 319 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:38,000 Does he have any idea where the woman came from, where she went? 320 00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:41,000 No, but he said if she came back in again, he'd call us right away. 321 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:45,000 He's going to notify the other clerks too. They'll keep us posted when he turns up. 322 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:47,000 I got it. 323 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:50,000 Homicide Friday. 324 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:53,000 My name's Mrs. Lucy. I'm calling about that missing baby in the paper. 325 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:55,000 Am I talking the right department? 326 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:57,000 Yes, ma'am. Do you have any information on the case? 327 00:17:57,000 --> 00:18:00,000 I certainly have. I know where that striker baby is right now. 328 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:01,000 Where's that, ma'am? 329 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:03,000 Right next door. The Salazar's have him. 330 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:04,000 What makes you so sure? 331 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:07,000 It's perfectly obvious. That's all. It's not their baby. 332 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:08,000 Why do you say that? 333 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:12,000 That baby they have no more looks like Mr. Salazar. Mrs. Salazar and mine do. 334 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:13,000 How do you mean, Mrs. Lucy? 335 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:20,000 It's very simple. Mr. Salazar is dark, quite dark. Dark hair, dark eyes, dark complexion. His wife's the same way. 336 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:21,000 Yes, ma'am. 337 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:23,000 The baby they have is a blonde. 338 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:32,000 Before I hung up, I got the woman's name and address and told her that we'd check out our neighbors, Mr. and Mrs. Salazar. 339 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:34,000 We weren't sure what it meant. It could be the real thing. 340 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:37,000 It could be like a hundred other calls that we'd had in the last 12 hours. 341 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:41,000 Ben and I got in the car and drove out to the Salazar home on Wonderland Avenue. 342 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:44,000 We noticed several cars parked in the driveway and in front of the house. 343 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:47,000 We went up the front stairs and rang the doorbell. 344 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:53,000 Yes, sir? 345 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:54,000 Come on in, please. 346 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:55,000 Would you like to speak to Mr. Salazar? 347 00:18:55,000 --> 00:18:57,000 Yes, sir. That's me. Come on in. 348 00:18:57,000 --> 00:18:58,000 Thank you. 349 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:02,000 Come inside. Let me fix you a drink. You're late, huh? 350 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:05,000 No, thank you. We're police officers, Mr. Salazar. I'd like to ask you a few questions. 351 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:08,000 Oh? What's the matter? Are we making too much noise for the neighbors? 352 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:12,000 No, it's not that, sir. Just like to ask you a few questions. Some place we can talk. 353 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:18,000 Well, I have to take care of the guests, you know. We have this party here. My son was baptized today, my first son. 354 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:19,000 That's why we're having a party. 355 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:22,000 Yes, sir. We're sorry to interrupt, but this is pretty important. It won't take very long. 356 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:25,000 Well, all right. I guess I can get along for a few minutes. 357 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:28,000 Back here in the kitchen. It's probably the quietest place. 358 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:29,000 Fine. 359 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:30,000 Back this way, officer. 360 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:32,000 Fine. 361 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:38,000 Over there. Pull up a couple chairs. 362 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:39,000 Thank you. 363 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:45,000 Uh, Mr. Salazar, this is my partner, Sergeant Romero. My name's Friday Homicide. 364 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:48,000 Yes, sir. What's the matter? What do you want to ask me? 365 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:51,000 We're investigating a case that involves a missing baby, sir. 366 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:55,000 The one in the paper this morning. I read about that. It's a terrible thing, isn't it? 367 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:58,000 Yes, sir, it is. We've had a report that the missing baby was seen in this neighborhood. 368 00:19:58,000 --> 00:20:01,000 We don't know how true it is, but we have orders to check it out. 369 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:04,000 Well, sure, anything I can do. I don't know how much I can help, 370 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:07,000 but I can understand how that mama and papa feel. 371 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:09,000 My brand new son, I know how I'd feel. 372 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:11,000 How old is your son, Mr. Salazar? 373 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:15,000 He's just one week old this afternoon. Fine boy. 374 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:17,000 Was the baby born here in Los Angeles? 375 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:19,000 No, I sent my wife Roberta to Phoenix to have a baby. 376 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:22,000 We thought it'd be a lot healthier for her down there. 377 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:24,000 She has a good friend of hers in Phoenix. 378 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:27,000 Oh, I see. Your wife had the baby in Phoenix, and then she brought him back here. 379 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:30,000 Yes, that's right. Roberta came in early this morning. 380 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:33,000 Big surprise for me. I didn't know she was coming. 381 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:35,000 Right away, I called all our old friends. 382 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:39,000 I called Father De Soto for the baptism, and I got things ready for the party. 383 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:41,000 Big baptism party. 384 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:43,000 You say your wife got back early this morning? 385 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:45,000 Yes, a few minutes after three o'clock. 386 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:49,000 Roberta came in on the plane. She said it was late. You know, a big storm. 387 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:52,000 I wonder if we could talk to your wife, Mr. Salazar. 388 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:55,000 Well, Roberta's taking a little nap right now. 389 00:20:55,000 --> 00:20:58,000 She's out in late, you know, all the excitement. 390 00:20:58,000 --> 00:20:59,000 Do we have to wake her up? 391 00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:02,000 Well, no, sir, not right away. I just wonder if we could see the baby. 392 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:05,000 Well, the baby's sleeping, too. 393 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:08,000 Roberta said not to go in, but... 394 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:09,000 Well, if you're real quiet... 395 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:11,000 Yes, sir, will be. 396 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:14,000 Okay, he's right back here. 397 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:20,000 Over here. 398 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:23,000 Let me pull the blanket down. 399 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:26,000 There he is. 400 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:28,000 Big fella, huh? 401 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:29,000 He's blonde. 402 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:30,000 Huh? 403 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:31,000 What do you think, you know? 404 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:33,000 I think he's got a twin. 405 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:40,000 Five p.m., Harland Stahl from Leighton Fingerprints arrived at the Salazar home. 406 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:45,000 The footprint of the missing child taken at the time of birth was compared with the print from the child the Salazars had. 407 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:48,000 The prints were identified as the same as the child's. 408 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:50,000 The missing baby had been found. 409 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:54,000 Five twenty p.m. Ben and I talked with Mrs. Salazar in the kitchen of her home. 410 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:56,000 The christening party went on. 411 00:21:56,000 --> 00:22:00,000 I don't think I understand what this is all about, officer. 412 00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:02,000 What has my baby got to do with all this? 413 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:06,000 You know as well as we do, Mrs. Salazar, that baby in there doesn't belong to you. 414 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:08,000 It's not yours. 415 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:10,000 What do you mean it's not mine? 416 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:12,000 Of course it's my baby. 417 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:14,000 My husband said mine. 418 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:16,000 I just brought him from Phoenix last night. 419 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:18,000 That's where the baby was born. 420 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:20,000 What are you trying to do to me? 421 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:22,000 That baby isn't yours, Mrs. Salazar. 422 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:24,000 Now you know that. It was taken from the hospital. 423 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:26,000 How about the truth? 424 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:28,000 You don't know what you're saying. You don't know what you're talking about. 425 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:30,000 It's my baby. 426 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:32,000 He was baptized today. 427 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:34,000 He went to my Salazar. 428 00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:36,000 It's my baby. 429 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:38,000 This is a pretty serious matter, ma'am. 430 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:40,000 The baby's footprint has been checked out. 431 00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:42,000 The child belongs to a Mrs. Stryker. 432 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:44,000 We want to know how you happened to know that. 433 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:46,000 Because he's my baby. 434 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:48,000 That's why I have him. 435 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:50,000 You don't know what a mistake you're making. 436 00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:52,000 He's my baby. 437 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:54,000 I brought him from Phoenix last night. 438 00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:56,000 You can ask my husband. He'll tell you. 439 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:58,000 A woman checked in at the Bluebird Hotel on 11th Street 440 00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:00,000 about midnight last night, Mrs. Salazar. 441 00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:02,000 She had a young baby with her. 442 00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:04,000 You fill her description. 443 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:06,000 I didn't go to a hotel last night. 444 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:08,000 The plane landed here from Phoenix. 445 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:10,000 I came right home. 446 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:12,000 The hotel clerk remembers you. He can identify you. 447 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:14,000 So can the druggist when you bought the supplies, Ron. 448 00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:16,000 I bought nothing. The plane landed. 449 00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:18,000 I came home. He's my baby. 450 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:20,000 He's my baby. 451 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:22,000 We found the baby's blanket in the hotel room you rented. 452 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:24,000 We have your description from at least three people, 453 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:26,000 even the color of the coat you wore last night. 454 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:28,000 You can't take him away. He belongs to me. 455 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:30,000 Me and friend, you can't take him away. 456 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:32,000 Please, you can't. 457 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:36,000 Mrs. Salazar, why don't you put yourself in the place of the real mother of that baby? 458 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:40,000 How do you think she feels about her baby being taken away? 459 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:42,000 How about it, Mrs. Salazar? 460 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:46,000 Have a drink, officer, please. 461 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:48,000 For the party. 462 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:52,000 Have a drink, I'll tell you. 463 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:54,000 Tell us what, ma'am? 464 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:56,000 I'm tired. Let me sit down. 465 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:00,000 Here you are. 466 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:02,000 It's for a few minutes. 467 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:04,000 I'll tell you how it happened. 468 00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:06,000 I know you... 469 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:08,000 you understand. 470 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:10,000 Yes, ma'am. 471 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:12,000 It'll be 11 years next month 472 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:14,000 that Frank and I were married. 473 00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:16,000 I don't have to tell you, we want a baby. 474 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:18,000 Frank always wanted a baby. 475 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:20,000 But no more than I did. 476 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:22,000 It's what we live for. 477 00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:24,000 A baby of our own. 478 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:26,000 Yes, ma'am. 479 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:28,000 Boy or girl, we didn't care. 480 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:30,000 But we didn't have one. 481 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:32,000 For 11 years, we didn't have one. 482 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:34,000 But we didn't have one. 483 00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:36,000 For 11 years, we didn't have one. 484 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:38,000 But last April, 485 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:40,000 that's when the doctor told me. 486 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:42,000 He said I was going to have a baby. 487 00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:44,000 He said I was going to have a baby. 488 00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:46,000 Yes, ma'am, I understand. 489 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:48,000 Well, a month before the baby was born, 490 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:50,000 we thought it would be better 491 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:52,000 if I went to my friend's place in Phoenix, 492 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:54,000 our son. 493 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:56,000 For the winter, you know, it would be warmer there. 494 00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:58,000 And Frank thought it would be nicer 495 00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:00,000 for me and the baby. 496 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:02,000 Your husband was still in Los Angeles? 497 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:04,000 Yes, he tried to come to Phoenix, 498 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:06,000 but he had to work, so 499 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:08,000 I had my baby alone. 500 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:10,000 I had my baby alone. 501 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:12,000 It was a boy. 502 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:14,000 My friend was with me. 503 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:16,000 She'll tell you it was a boy. 504 00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:18,000 Yes, ma'am. 505 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:20,000 I kept calling for him to bring my baby. 506 00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:22,000 I kept calling for him to bring my baby. 507 00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:24,000 It was a long time I kept calling. 508 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:26,000 Then they finally came. 509 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:28,000 And the doctor, too. 510 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:30,000 And here's the one that told me. 511 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:32,000 Yes, ma'am. 512 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:34,000 He looked just like his father. 513 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:36,000 I know that. 514 00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:38,000 But they told me he was dead. 515 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:40,000 But they told me he was dead. 516 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:42,000 I don't remember much after that, 517 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:44,000 Sergeant. I got out of the hospital 518 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:46,000 and then I took the plane 519 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:48,000 and I came back here. 520 00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:50,000 It was dark and it was raining. 521 00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:52,000 But I walked around. 522 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:54,000 I walked up and down the streets 523 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:56,000 thinking, what could I tell Frank? 524 00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:58,000 Baby was dead. 525 00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:00,000 That's all I could tell him. 526 00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:02,000 Baby was dead. That's all I could tell him. 527 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:04,000 Then I walked past the hospital. 528 00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:06,000 Then I walked past the hospital. 529 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:08,000 That was Mercy Hospital, no? 530 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:10,000 Yes. And it was raining. 531 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:12,000 And I could see all those babies inside. 532 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:14,000 Warm and in their cribs. 533 00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:16,000 And I wanted just one of them. 534 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:18,000 And I wanted just one of them. 535 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:20,000 Just one. 536 00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:22,000 Just one. 537 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:24,000 For Frank and me. 538 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:26,000 So I went in the side door and I found 539 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:28,000 the nursery. 540 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:30,000 The nurse was gone. 541 00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:32,000 I took him and left. 542 00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:34,000 I took him and left. 543 00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:36,000 My baby. 544 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:38,000 I went to the hotel to keep him out of the rain. 545 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:40,000 I went to the hotel to keep him out of the rain. 546 00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:42,000 And when it cleared a little, I took him home. 547 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:44,000 I took him home to Frank. 548 00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:46,000 I took my baby home. 549 00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:48,000 I took my baby home. 550 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:52,000 That's why you want my baby, isn't it? 551 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:54,000 Because I took him? 552 00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:56,000 Because my baby died and I took him? 553 00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:58,000 Because my baby died and I took him? 554 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:02,000 Everything will be alright, Miss Salazar. 555 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:04,000 I think we can straighten it out. 556 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:08,000 Roberta? 557 00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:10,000 You talked to the officers? 558 00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:12,000 Frank, what do you want me to say? 559 00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:14,000 Frank, what do you want me to say? 560 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:16,000 It'll be alright, officers. 561 00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:18,000 Won't everything be alright? 562 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:20,000 Yes, sir. I think we can work it out. 563 00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:22,000 What could I tell you, Frank? 564 00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:24,000 What could I tell you, Frank? 565 00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:26,000 What was there to say to you? 566 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:28,000 It's alright, honey. 567 00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:30,000 It's alright. 568 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:32,000 I'll go out and tell the people now. 569 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:34,000 I'll go out and tell the people now. 570 00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:36,000 And what can you say? 571 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:38,000 What can you tell them? 572 00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:40,000 The party's over. 573 00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:42,000 It was just a mistake. 574 00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:48,000 The story you have just heard was true. 575 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:50,000 Only the names were changed 576 00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:52,000 to protect the innocent. 577 00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:54,000 In a moment, the results of the trial. 578 00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:56,000 Now here is our star, Jack Webb. 579 00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:58,000 Thank you. 580 00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:00,000 Last week I asked you to write me 581 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:02,000 if your cigarette dealer was out of Fatimas. 582 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:04,000 You did, and we've done something about it. 583 00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:06,000 Now if any more of you find a dealer 584 00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:08,000 fresh out of Fatimas, 585 00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:10,000 send me his name and address. 586 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:12,000 We'll take care of that, too. 587 00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:14,000 Write me, Jack Webb, 588 00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:16,000 Post Office Box 951, 589 00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:18,000 Hollywood 28. 590 00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:20,000 And Mr. Dealer, 591 00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:22,000 don't wait another day. 592 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:24,000 Step up your Fatima order for Thanksgiving 593 00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:26,000 and the coming holidays. 594 00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:28,000 Get in on the increasing demand for Fatima. 595 00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:30,000 The quality long cigarette. 596 00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:38,000 Roberta Salazar was examined by six psychiatrists 597 00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:40,000 and was ordered to be placed 598 00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:42,000 in a state mental institution for treatment. 599 00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:44,900 The 600 00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:48,000 You have just heard Dragnet, 601 00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:50,000 a series of authentic cases portions transcribed 602 00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:52,000 from official files. 603 00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:54,000 Technical advice comes from the Office of Chief of Police 604 00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:56,000 W.H. Parker, 605 00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:58,000 Los Angeles Police Department. 606 00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:02,000 Coming up, We the People, 607 00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:04,000 then Screen Director's Playhouse 608 00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:12,000 on NBC.