1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:09,960 The story you are about to hear is true. 2 00:00:09,960 --> 00:00:21,320 All of the names have been changed to protect the innocent. 3 00:00:21,320 --> 00:00:23,320 You're a detective sergeant. 4 00:00:23,320 --> 00:00:26,280 You're assigned a missing person's detail. 5 00:00:26,280 --> 00:00:29,880 A wealthy businessman in your city drops from sight. 6 00:00:29,880 --> 00:00:31,880 There's no trace of him. 7 00:00:31,880 --> 00:00:34,880 There's no apparent reason for his disappearance. 8 00:00:34,880 --> 00:00:42,880 Your job, find him. 9 00:00:42,880 --> 00:00:46,600 Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime. 10 00:00:46,600 --> 00:00:50,800 For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will 11 00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:55,240 travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official 12 00:00:55,240 --> 00:00:57,120 police files. 13 00:00:57,120 --> 00:01:02,400 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force 14 00:01:02,400 --> 00:01:03,400 in action. 15 00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:07,920 It was Saturday, February 6th. 16 00:01:07,920 --> 00:01:09,560 It was foggy in Los Angeles. 17 00:01:09,560 --> 00:01:11,960 We were working the day watch out of missing persons. 18 00:01:11,960 --> 00:01:13,640 My partner is Ben Romero. 19 00:01:13,640 --> 00:01:15,800 The boss is Thad Brown, chief of detectives. 20 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:16,800 My name's Friday. 21 00:01:16,800 --> 00:01:22,820 I was on the way back from communications and it was 8.15 a.m. when I got to room 67A. 22 00:01:22,820 --> 00:01:23,820 Missing persons. 23 00:01:23,820 --> 00:01:24,820 Hello, Joe. 24 00:01:24,820 --> 00:01:25,820 Oh, hi, Vance. 25 00:01:25,820 --> 00:01:27,520 How you coming on the Jarrett case? 26 00:01:27,520 --> 00:01:28,520 Oh, nothing. 27 00:01:28,520 --> 00:01:29,520 It's a dead end so far. 28 00:01:29,520 --> 00:01:30,520 Yeah, it's a tough one. 29 00:01:30,520 --> 00:01:31,520 You're right. 30 00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:32,520 Joe? 31 00:01:32,520 --> 00:01:33,520 Yeah, Ben. 32 00:01:33,520 --> 00:01:37,520 Just got a call from Evans Harbor Division. 33 00:01:37,520 --> 00:01:38,520 They found Jarrett's car. 34 00:01:38,520 --> 00:01:39,520 Where? 35 00:01:39,520 --> 00:01:40,520 Parked at the end of Pier 6, abandoned. 36 00:01:40,520 --> 00:01:41,520 Found about 7 o'clock this morning. 37 00:01:41,520 --> 00:01:42,520 Yeah, they checked the car over? 38 00:01:42,520 --> 00:01:43,520 Mm-hmm. 39 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:44,520 They found Jarrett's coat in the front seat. 40 00:01:44,520 --> 00:01:45,520 Letter in the pocket. 41 00:01:45,520 --> 00:01:46,520 Yeah. 42 00:01:46,520 --> 00:01:47,520 Suicide note. 43 00:01:47,520 --> 00:01:50,520 John Keith Jarrett was a prominent and prosperous man. 44 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:53,520 He was a well-known civic figure and social activist. 45 00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:57,520 As a young man, he'd inherited a moderately successful business from his father and over 46 00:01:57,520 --> 00:02:00,520 a period of 20 years built it into a million-dollar concern. 47 00:02:00,520 --> 00:02:05,520 He was apparently happily married to an attractive woman and he was the father of two grown children, 48 00:02:05,520 --> 00:02:10,520 a son, Keith, age 26, and a daughter, Evelyn, age 23. 49 00:02:10,520 --> 00:02:15,520 According to his friends, business associates, employees, and advisors, there was no logical 50 00:02:15,520 --> 00:02:17,520 reason for Jarrett taking his own life. 51 00:02:17,520 --> 00:02:22,520 The letter found in the abandoned car on Pier 6 was written by a young man named John 52 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:23,520 Keith. 53 00:02:23,520 --> 00:02:25,520 The car on Pier 6 was brought downtown on a handwriting check. 54 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:28,520 It matched perfectly with the other specimens of Jarrett's writing. 55 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:33,520 There was no sign of the gun which Jarrett was supposed to have carried. 56 00:02:33,520 --> 00:02:34,520 9.35 a.m. 57 00:02:34,520 --> 00:02:39,520 Ben and I drove down to San Pedro, boarded police boat number one, and joined with officers 58 00:02:39,520 --> 00:02:43,520 Brett, Hanby, and Treder in a two-hour search of the area around Pier 6. 59 00:02:43,520 --> 00:02:45,520 We found nothing. 60 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:53,520 11.40 a.m. 61 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:54,520 The launch headed back for the dock. 62 00:02:54,520 --> 00:02:55,520 I can't make it out. 63 00:02:55,520 --> 00:02:56,520 Not a trace. 64 00:02:56,520 --> 00:02:57,520 Well, it might take a little time. 65 00:02:57,520 --> 00:02:59,520 Pretty fair chance that the tide swept the body out of the area. 66 00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:00,520 It's still turned up. 67 00:03:00,520 --> 00:03:02,520 This fog's not helping much. 68 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:03,520 Yeah. 69 00:03:03,520 --> 00:03:05,520 Maybe I'm just onry this morning, Joe. 70 00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:07,520 I sure can't buy this thing the way it stands. 71 00:03:07,520 --> 00:03:09,520 I'll put in with you there. 72 00:03:09,520 --> 00:03:11,520 Jarrett disappears Thursday night after work. 73 00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:13,520 His car doesn't turn up till this morning. 74 00:03:13,520 --> 00:03:17,520 If he made up his mind to jump off the pier, why'd he stall around an extra day and a half? 75 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:18,520 I don't know. 76 00:03:18,520 --> 00:03:19,520 How about Miss Jarrett? 77 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:20,520 When's she due back? 78 00:03:20,520 --> 00:03:23,520 She's flying in late tonight from Sacramento. 79 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:24,520 We can check her in the morning. 80 00:03:24,520 --> 00:03:25,520 Oh. 81 00:03:25,520 --> 00:03:27,520 Now, looks like we're just about in. 82 00:03:27,520 --> 00:03:28,520 Yeah. 83 00:03:28,520 --> 00:03:31,520 Well, the crime lab ought to be through checking the car, huh? 84 00:03:31,520 --> 00:03:33,520 Yeah, just about, yeah. 85 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:36,520 These boys on PD-1 sure can handle this thing, can't they? 86 00:03:36,520 --> 00:03:39,520 Sure can. 87 00:03:39,520 --> 00:03:41,520 Well, I'm going to call in from the phone on the dock. 88 00:03:41,520 --> 00:03:43,520 You want to stand by here a minute? 89 00:03:43,520 --> 00:03:44,520 Okay. 90 00:03:44,520 --> 00:03:45,520 Watch your step, George Leper. 91 00:03:45,520 --> 00:04:03,520 Yeah, all right. 92 00:04:03,520 --> 00:04:08,520 Michigan 5211, please. 93 00:04:08,520 --> 00:04:13,520 All right. 94 00:04:13,520 --> 00:04:16,520 Crime lab, please. 95 00:04:16,520 --> 00:04:17,520 Riley, Joe Friday. 96 00:04:17,520 --> 00:04:19,520 Did you look over that car? 97 00:04:19,520 --> 00:04:20,520 Mm-hmm. 98 00:04:20,520 --> 00:04:21,520 Where? 99 00:04:21,520 --> 00:04:22,520 Oh. 100 00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:24,520 Yeah, we'll check with you. 101 00:04:24,520 --> 00:04:36,520 Right, thanks. 102 00:04:36,520 --> 00:04:38,520 How'd they do, Joe, anything? 103 00:04:38,520 --> 00:04:40,520 Jarrett's gun, the crime lab boys finally found it. 104 00:04:40,520 --> 00:04:41,520 Where? 105 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:42,520 In his car. 106 00:04:42,520 --> 00:04:43,520 It was hidden up under the dashboard. 107 00:04:43,520 --> 00:04:44,520 Yeah? 108 00:04:44,520 --> 00:04:45,520 Gun's been fired recently. 109 00:04:45,520 --> 00:04:46,520 Two empty shells. 110 00:04:46,520 --> 00:04:53,520 How the recovered gun might tie in with Jarrett's disappearance and the suicide note, we had 111 00:04:53,520 --> 00:04:54,520 no idea. 112 00:04:54,520 --> 00:04:58,520 When the car was found abandoned at the end of Pier 6, the obvious guess was that Jarrett 113 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:00,520 had taken his life by drowning. 114 00:05:00,520 --> 00:05:03,520 If that was the case, what accounted for the two shells in his gun? 115 00:05:03,520 --> 00:05:07,520 Why was it carefully hidden under the dashboard of the car after it was used? 116 00:05:07,520 --> 00:05:10,520 Why were the only fingerprints on it those of Jarrett? 117 00:05:10,520 --> 00:05:13,520 Together with Sergeant John Epperson, Ben and I spent the rest of the day interviewing 118 00:05:13,520 --> 00:05:16,520 the friends and business associates of the missing man. 119 00:05:16,520 --> 00:05:17,520 The answers were the same. 120 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:20,520 Not one of them could think of a good reason why Jarrett would take his life. 121 00:05:20,520 --> 00:05:24,520 More than half of them thought that he'd met with some kind of foul play. 122 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:27,520 Late that night, Mrs. Jarrett arrived back in the city. 123 00:05:27,520 --> 00:05:31,520 The next morning, Sunday, Ben and I drove out to the mansion in Bel Air to talk to her. 124 00:05:31,520 --> 00:05:33,520 She was a pale, middle-aged woman. 125 00:05:33,520 --> 00:05:35,520 There was a strong smell of liquor on her breath. 126 00:05:35,520 --> 00:05:37,520 Just fixing these flowers. 127 00:05:37,520 --> 00:05:39,520 Not very good to keep them out of water very long, you know. 128 00:05:39,520 --> 00:05:41,520 Yes, ma'am. You go right ahead with it. 129 00:05:41,520 --> 00:05:43,520 Would you have some brandy as a place of help? 130 00:05:43,520 --> 00:05:44,520 No, thank you. 131 00:05:44,520 --> 00:05:46,520 I think I might stand a little brandy. 132 00:05:46,520 --> 00:05:48,520 Helps sometimes in the morning. 133 00:05:52,520 --> 00:05:54,520 Sergeant, I'd like to have you tell me the truth. 134 00:05:54,520 --> 00:05:56,520 What do you think has happened to my husband? 135 00:05:56,520 --> 00:05:58,520 Well, that's just what we're trying to find out, Mrs. Jarrett. 136 00:05:58,520 --> 00:06:01,520 All we have to go on is that letter that we found in his car. 137 00:06:01,520 --> 00:06:04,520 Oh. I can't believe there's anything in that. 138 00:06:04,520 --> 00:06:06,520 Jack and I have been married 31 years. 139 00:06:06,520 --> 00:06:08,520 He'd never take his own life. I know him that well. 140 00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:11,520 The letter was in his handwriting, ma'am. We've confirmed that. 141 00:06:11,520 --> 00:06:14,520 That's why I say it's so confusing. 142 00:06:15,520 --> 00:06:18,520 Look. Not a gorgeous rose. 143 00:06:18,520 --> 00:06:20,520 Will Scarlet, they call it. 144 00:06:20,520 --> 00:06:22,520 It's gorgeous. 145 00:06:23,520 --> 00:06:25,520 Yes. 146 00:06:25,520 --> 00:06:28,520 Would it be possible for us to talk to your son and daughter, Mrs. Jarrett? 147 00:06:28,520 --> 00:06:30,520 It's just a routine investigation. 148 00:06:30,520 --> 00:06:35,520 Well, I'd rather not have Keith or Evelyn brought into this, if you don't mind. 149 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:37,520 Are you sure you wouldn't care for some brandy? 150 00:06:37,520 --> 00:06:38,520 No, thank you. Thank you. 151 00:06:38,520 --> 00:06:41,520 I don't mean to sound arbitrary, ma'am, but this case isn't exactly trivial. 152 00:06:41,520 --> 00:06:44,520 And I'm afraid that your son and daughter will have to be brought into it sooner or later. 153 00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:47,520 Oh, no? Can't be helped, I guess. 154 00:06:47,520 --> 00:06:49,520 If you like, I'll give you their addresses. 155 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:52,520 Keith lives in Hollywood, and my daughter Evelyn has an apartment near Malibu. 156 00:06:52,520 --> 00:06:54,520 He's the one married? 157 00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:57,520 No, she's single now. Evelyn's been divorced. 158 00:06:57,520 --> 00:07:02,520 Any trouble between you and your husband? I mean, any recent arguments? 159 00:07:03,520 --> 00:07:04,520 Yeah. 160 00:07:04,520 --> 00:07:07,520 Not recent, no. We didn't get along too well, that's all. 161 00:07:07,520 --> 00:07:11,520 Well, you don't think any family trouble could account for Mr. Jarrett's disappearance, huh? 162 00:07:11,520 --> 00:07:13,520 I don't think so. 163 00:07:13,520 --> 00:07:15,520 Jack and I rarely argued. We didn't get along, that's all. 164 00:07:15,520 --> 00:07:19,520 It was no worse last week than it was ten years ago. 165 00:07:19,520 --> 00:07:21,520 Oh, he has his work. 166 00:07:21,520 --> 00:07:23,520 I have my interests. 167 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:26,520 Worked out as well as a lot of marriages, I guess. 168 00:07:26,520 --> 00:07:28,520 I'd better get on with these flowers. 169 00:07:28,520 --> 00:07:34,520 No offense intended, ma'am, but you don't seem too disturbed by what's happened. Suicide note and all? 170 00:07:34,520 --> 00:07:37,520 No. Yes, I don't. 171 00:07:37,520 --> 00:07:41,520 You don't think this marriage trouble that you mentioned a little while ago could lead to your husband's suicide? 172 00:07:41,520 --> 00:07:43,520 Oh, it didn't mean that much to Jack. 173 00:07:43,520 --> 00:07:46,520 Good or bad, his family never meant that much to him. 174 00:07:46,520 --> 00:07:47,520 Huh? 175 00:07:47,520 --> 00:07:53,520 It was always the company business making money. We never worked together. 176 00:07:53,520 --> 00:07:59,520 Jack didn't care about having a real family. Didn't mean that much to him. He wrecked everything I ever wanted. 177 00:07:59,520 --> 00:08:01,520 I don't bore you with a story. 178 00:08:01,520 --> 00:08:04,520 Do you know of any business troubles that might have upset him? 179 00:08:04,520 --> 00:08:08,520 No. Jack never discussed business with me. 180 00:08:08,520 --> 00:08:11,520 He had his own interests, the children had their own interests. 181 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:13,520 I guess I have mine. 182 00:08:13,520 --> 00:08:14,520 Ma'am. 183 00:08:14,520 --> 00:08:18,520 I drink, Sergeant. It's something to do. 184 00:08:18,520 --> 00:08:22,520 I drink every day in the week. I drink quite a bit. 185 00:08:22,520 --> 00:08:24,520 It's only been since the children left. 186 00:08:24,520 --> 00:08:28,520 I blame them. Jack didn't care. 187 00:08:28,520 --> 00:08:31,520 I guess I don't care myself anymore. We never were a family. 188 00:08:31,520 --> 00:08:34,520 Do you know if your husband's seen your son or daughter recently? 189 00:08:34,520 --> 00:08:37,520 He never visits them. He never had anything in common with them. 190 00:08:37,520 --> 00:08:41,520 You still don't think that this trouble has any connection with what might have happened to Mr. Jerrida? 191 00:08:41,520 --> 00:08:47,520 Maybe. I don't think so. Doesn't seem to matter that much to me. 192 00:08:47,520 --> 00:08:48,520 How do you mean? 193 00:08:48,520 --> 00:08:52,520 Doesn't matter, Sergeant. I don't hate Jack. I don't love him. 194 00:08:52,520 --> 00:08:54,520 I just don't care. That's all. 195 00:08:54,520 --> 00:09:05,520 Before we left the Bel Air Mansion, we got the addresses of the son and daughter in Silver Miss Jerrida's room. No leads. 196 00:09:05,520 --> 00:09:09,520 One p.m. Ben and I drove down to Malibu to interview the daughter, Evelyn Jerrida. 197 00:09:09,520 --> 00:09:14,520 She lived in a small, modernistic cottage bordering on the beach. She was attractive and well-dressed. 198 00:09:14,520 --> 00:09:18,520 At the age of 23, she'd been twice married and twice divorced. 199 00:09:18,520 --> 00:09:24,520 She sat on the sofa filing her fingernails while we talked to her. 200 00:09:24,520 --> 00:09:28,520 I don't mean to be rude, Sergeant. I have a date at 2.30. I don't want to be late. 201 00:09:28,520 --> 00:09:32,520 We'll try to make it as quick as possible, Mr. Ernie. We talked to your mother this morning. 202 00:09:32,520 --> 00:09:36,520 She told us you haven't seen too much of your father the last two years. 203 00:09:36,520 --> 00:09:39,520 Yes, that's right. None of us were ever really close to him. 204 00:09:39,520 --> 00:09:42,520 When's the last time that you saw your father, Miss Jerrida? 205 00:09:42,520 --> 00:09:46,520 Well, up until last Thursday night. I hadn't seen him for about five months, I guess. 206 00:09:46,520 --> 00:09:48,520 Oh, you saw your father last Thursday night, was it? 207 00:09:48,520 --> 00:09:53,520 Yes. He called me that afternoon and said he wanted to have dinner with me and my brother, Keith. 208 00:09:53,520 --> 00:09:54,520 Did you have dinner with him? 209 00:09:54,520 --> 00:09:59,520 Yes. A little Spanish place out on Millrose. Keith was late, as usual. 210 00:09:59,520 --> 00:10:03,520 Wasn't that pretty unusual for your father, having known your brother get together with him for dinner? 211 00:10:03,520 --> 00:10:07,520 It didn't happen very often. Mother probably told you about that. 212 00:10:07,520 --> 00:10:11,520 Well, how did he seem that night? Did you notice anything unusual about him? 213 00:10:11,520 --> 00:10:16,520 No, he was pretty much the same as always. He asked Keith and me how we were getting along, if we needed any money. 214 00:10:16,520 --> 00:10:20,520 He didn't mention anything about leaving the city, going on a trip, maybe? 215 00:10:20,520 --> 00:10:24,520 No, he didn't. We had dinner, a few drinks, then I left. 216 00:10:24,520 --> 00:10:26,520 What time was that, Miss Jerrida? 217 00:10:26,520 --> 00:10:33,520 A little after midnight, I think. Keith and my father stayed on. They said they were going to have a few more drinks. 218 00:10:33,520 --> 00:10:34,520 I see. 219 00:10:34,520 --> 00:10:36,520 Care to say that? 220 00:10:36,520 --> 00:10:40,520 No, thank you very much. Here you are, Dad. 221 00:10:40,520 --> 00:10:42,520 Thank you. 222 00:10:42,520 --> 00:10:47,520 How was your father when you left him, Miss Jerrida? Pretty good moving? 223 00:10:47,520 --> 00:10:51,520 Oh, he and Keith were arguing, as usual. After a few drinks, they always argue. 224 00:10:51,520 --> 00:10:52,520 Anything serious? 225 00:10:52,520 --> 00:10:56,520 I don't know. Keith had some debts. He wanted Dad to pay them off. 226 00:10:56,520 --> 00:10:58,520 There's one thing I'd like to ask you, Sergeant. 227 00:10:58,520 --> 00:10:59,520 Yeah? 228 00:10:59,520 --> 00:11:05,520 I read the story in the paper, that gun you found in my father's car. Was it an inflated revolver, a.32? 229 00:11:05,520 --> 00:11:07,520 Yes, that's right. There were two shells fired. 230 00:11:07,520 --> 00:11:14,520 Funny. Dad hasn't had that gun for a year. The reason I know is because after my divorce, I moved into this place alone. 231 00:11:14,520 --> 00:11:18,520 I thought it'd be a good idea to have a gun around, so I asked my father for his. 232 00:11:18,520 --> 00:11:19,520 Yeah? 233 00:11:19,520 --> 00:11:22,520 He told me he'd given it away already. He didn't have any more use for it. 234 00:11:22,520 --> 00:11:24,520 Who'd he give it to, you know? 235 00:11:24,520 --> 00:11:27,520 He told me he gave it to my brother, Keith. That was almost a year ago. 236 00:11:27,520 --> 00:11:28,520 Well? 237 00:11:28,520 --> 00:11:32,520 It must be a mistake. Keith had the gun. How could they find it in my father's car? 238 00:11:32,520 --> 00:11:34,520 Well, maybe Keith can tell us. 239 00:11:38,520 --> 00:11:46,520 As soon as we left Evelyn's yard, we drove to a public phone booth, and Ben put in a call to the Green Castle Apartments in Beverly Hills, where Keith Jarrett was living. 240 00:11:46,520 --> 00:11:49,520 There was no answer. Ben called the manager of the apartment. 241 00:11:49,520 --> 00:11:51,520 Yes, sir. How's that? 242 00:11:51,520 --> 00:11:53,520 When did you say? 243 00:11:53,520 --> 00:11:56,520 I say, all right, thank you. Bye. 244 00:11:57,520 --> 00:11:58,520 Maybe we've got something. 245 00:11:58,520 --> 00:11:59,520 What, sir? 246 00:11:59,520 --> 00:12:02,520 Jarrett's son doesn't live there anymore. The manager says he moved in a hurry. 247 00:12:02,520 --> 00:12:03,520 Yeah, when? 248 00:12:03,520 --> 00:12:04,520 Thursday night. 249 00:12:04,520 --> 00:12:06,520 You are listening to Dragnet. 250 00:12:10,520 --> 00:12:17,520 Sunday, February 7th, 4 p.m. Ben and I drove to the apartment vacated by Keith Jarrett and checked it over. No leads. 251 00:12:17,520 --> 00:12:22,520 We called Mrs. Jarrett and her daughter Evelyn. They had no idea of Keith's whereabouts. 252 00:12:22,520 --> 00:12:25,520 Mrs. Jarrett suggested that we call a fashionable tennis club. 253 00:12:25,520 --> 00:12:26,520 Yes, sir. 254 00:12:26,520 --> 00:12:27,520 And what did you say? 255 00:12:27,520 --> 00:12:36,520 We called Mrs. Jarrett and her daughter Evelyn. They had no idea of Keith's whereabouts. Mrs. Jarrett suggested that we call a fashionable tennis club out in Hollywood, to which his son belonged. 256 00:12:36,520 --> 00:12:46,520 There they told us that Keith Jarrett was scheduled to play in a tournament match on their courts the following morning. Monday, February 8th, 1030 a.m. We checked in at the tennis club. 257 00:12:46,520 --> 00:12:49,520 Mr. Jarrett, is this the apartment? 258 00:12:49,520 --> 00:12:55,520 No, I talked to the manager of the desk. He said Keith Jarrett is around here someplace. He's having a boy paging and send him over to her. 259 00:12:55,520 --> 00:12:58,520 Okay. I wonder if this is where he moved after he left the apartment. 260 00:12:58,520 --> 00:13:04,520 No, I talked to the clerk of the desk. They don't have living quarters here. And that's sure a beautiful stretch along. 261 00:13:04,520 --> 00:13:05,520 Yeah. 262 00:13:05,520 --> 00:13:08,520 I wonder if they have any trouble with Gopher. 263 00:13:08,520 --> 00:13:14,520 Nice shot. 264 00:13:14,520 --> 00:13:15,520 Mr. Jarrett, is your gentleman looking for me? 265 00:13:15,520 --> 00:13:18,520 Oh, yeah. Police officers, Jarrett, would like to talk to you for a few minutes if you don't mind. 266 00:13:18,520 --> 00:13:24,520 Oh, not at all. A match coming up. Yeah, I got time. What can I do for you? 267 00:13:24,520 --> 00:13:28,520 It's about your father, Jarrett. We've been assigned to the case. Thought you might be able to help us out. 268 00:13:28,520 --> 00:13:34,520 Oh, yeah. I'll tell you anything I know. Figure suicide. Kind of unusual. We haven't spent much time to figure it out. 269 00:13:34,520 --> 00:13:39,520 The last couple of years, my father and I didn't get along too well. 270 00:13:39,520 --> 00:13:41,520 How do you seem to be Thursday night? All right? 271 00:13:41,520 --> 00:13:45,520 Yeah, pretty much the same as always. We ate, had a few drinks. That was about the size of it. 272 00:13:45,520 --> 00:13:47,520 What time did you leave the restaurant, do you remember? 273 00:13:47,520 --> 00:13:49,520 Oh, one, one thirty, I guess. 274 00:13:49,520 --> 00:13:51,520 Did your father leave with you? 275 00:13:51,520 --> 00:13:54,520 Yeah, that's right. We drove to my place for nightcap, talked a little, and then he left. 276 00:13:54,520 --> 00:13:56,520 What did you talk about with him? 277 00:13:56,520 --> 00:14:01,520 Same old thing. He tried to argue me into taking a job with a company. He's been trying to sell me out for years. 278 00:14:01,520 --> 00:14:05,520 I never could see it. 279 00:14:05,520 --> 00:14:07,520 What kind of work do you do now, Jarrett? 280 00:14:07,520 --> 00:14:08,520 Tennis. 281 00:14:08,520 --> 00:14:09,520 How's that? 282 00:14:09,520 --> 00:14:15,520 I play tennis. All of the tournaments. I like it pretty well. My father never could see it. He calls his tennis funds. 283 00:14:15,520 --> 00:14:19,520 I see. You don't have a regular job that you work at? 284 00:14:19,520 --> 00:14:28,520 No, that's what we always argue about. I like tennis, though. I figure if you've got the money and you don't have to work, you might as well be doing something else. 285 00:14:28,520 --> 00:14:30,520 Hey, you found a scare for sticking your nose in? 286 00:14:30,520 --> 00:14:31,520 No, thank you. 287 00:14:31,520 --> 00:14:35,520 Excuse me. 288 00:14:35,520 --> 00:14:43,520 You know, I've been doing pretty well since I shrank from my backhand. I'm seated fourth in this tournament. 289 00:14:43,520 --> 00:14:46,520 That's so. 290 00:14:46,520 --> 00:14:52,520 Pretty good life, all in all. A lot of fresh air. I've seen girls around, been to lots of people. 291 00:14:52,520 --> 00:14:54,520 You still live in town, Jarrett? 292 00:14:54,520 --> 00:14:56,520 My friend and I rent a place in Hollywood. Just moved there. 293 00:14:56,520 --> 00:14:57,520 When'd you move? 294 00:14:57,520 --> 00:14:58,520 Sometime last week. Why? 295 00:14:58,520 --> 00:14:59,520 Thursday night? 296 00:14:59,520 --> 00:15:03,520 Yeah, that's right. Thursday night. Is that supposed to mean something? 297 00:15:03,520 --> 00:15:05,520 You left pretty much in a hurry, didn't you? 298 00:15:05,520 --> 00:15:06,520 I guess so, yeah. 299 00:15:06,520 --> 00:15:07,520 Mind telling us why? 300 00:15:07,520 --> 00:15:10,520 Look, let's go back in the lounge. 301 00:15:10,520 --> 00:15:11,520 Okay. 302 00:15:11,520 --> 00:15:18,520 I'm still lying, sir. 303 00:15:18,520 --> 00:15:20,520 A little more privacy, no use advertising. 304 00:15:20,520 --> 00:15:21,520 What's that? 305 00:15:21,520 --> 00:15:27,520 I got quite a few bills around town that need paying. I tried to get my father to cover them when I saw them. Thursday night. 306 00:15:27,520 --> 00:15:34,520 He turned me down, so I figured the best thing to do was move. I'd lose some of the bill collectors for a while anyway. 307 00:15:34,520 --> 00:15:36,520 Do you usually notify your family when you move? 308 00:15:36,520 --> 00:15:41,520 Well, I'm going to let them know. I haven't gotten around to it yet. I don't think I get it, all these questions. 309 00:15:41,520 --> 00:15:47,520 Just routines, Jarrett. We understand that your father gave you a gun about a year ago, a.32 revolver, nickel plated? 310 00:15:47,520 --> 00:15:48,520 Yeah, that's right. 311 00:15:48,520 --> 00:15:50,520 Well, if you had the gun, how come it was found in your father's car? 312 00:15:50,520 --> 00:15:54,520 Because he asked me for it back. Well, it must have been months, six weeks ago. 313 00:15:54,520 --> 00:15:56,520 You say why he wanted it back? 314 00:15:56,520 --> 00:16:02,520 No, I didn't ask him. I dropped it off one day when I was going by his office. You can check with his secretary. 315 00:16:02,520 --> 00:16:07,520 Mr. Butler, sir, if you don't mind, I'm going to run. I've got that doubles match coming up. 316 00:16:07,520 --> 00:16:11,520 Just one more question, Jarrett. Can you think of a good reason why your father would want to take his own life? 317 00:16:11,520 --> 00:16:12,520 Just one. 318 00:16:12,520 --> 00:16:13,520 Yeah? 319 00:16:13,520 --> 00:16:14,520 You met my mother? 320 00:16:14,520 --> 00:16:25,520 During the next three weeks, besides checking on dozens of other missing persons' calls, we continued pushing the search for John Keith Jarrett. 321 00:16:25,520 --> 00:16:28,520 One by one, we eliminated the possibilities. 322 00:16:28,520 --> 00:16:34,520 Jarrett's personal physician told us that after a recent examination, he considered his patient to be in sound physical and mental health. 323 00:16:34,520 --> 00:16:40,520 We rechecked Jarrett's business rating. His company was in excellent financial condition. His bank statements were gone over. 324 00:16:40,520 --> 00:16:48,520 Nothing showed there. We talked to Jarrett's lawyer. He could think of nothing to account for his client's disappearance or possible suicide. 325 00:16:48,520 --> 00:16:50,520 We went back and retraced our steps. 326 00:16:50,520 --> 00:16:55,520 Outside of the gun found in Jarrett's car, which tied in with nothing, there was no hint of fucking involved. 327 00:16:55,520 --> 00:17:05,520 Two months went by. We kept pressing the search. We got nowhere. Thursday, April 11th, I had lunch at the Federal Cafe, and then I took our car, 80K, to the police garage for servicing. 328 00:17:05,520 --> 00:17:08,520 1.15 p.m. I checked back in at the office. 329 00:17:11,520 --> 00:17:12,520 John. 330 00:17:12,520 --> 00:17:13,520 Hi. 331 00:17:13,520 --> 00:17:14,520 Got something. 332 00:17:14,520 --> 00:17:15,520 Yeah? 333 00:17:15,520 --> 00:17:18,520 A Jarrett case. This cake bag just came through from Washington. 334 00:17:18,520 --> 00:17:19,520 Let me see it. 335 00:17:19,520 --> 00:17:20,520 Yeah, look here. 336 00:17:20,520 --> 00:17:24,520 Here you go. Walter John Mitchell, Port Santa Tomas. 337 00:17:24,520 --> 00:17:25,520 Santa Tomas. 338 00:17:25,520 --> 00:17:28,520 Yeah, we've been there. A little fishing town north of San Diego. 339 00:17:28,520 --> 00:17:30,520 Oh, yeah, sure, sure. 340 00:17:30,520 --> 00:17:35,520 Walter Mitchell, small boat operator, applied for a Coast Guard pass, March 18th. 341 00:17:35,520 --> 00:17:42,520 Let me see. Check the fingerprints on Mitchell's application. Found to be the same as fingerprints on missing persons' bulletin. Well, how about that? 342 00:17:42,520 --> 00:17:45,520 Yes, we made it. John Jarrett, Walter Mitchell. 343 00:17:45,520 --> 00:17:46,520 Same man, huh? 344 00:17:46,520 --> 00:17:59,520 2.00 p.m. Then I checked out of the office, got in the car, and drove down the coast to Port Santa Tomas, a small fishing town with a population of 250. 345 00:17:59,520 --> 00:18:08,520 On his application for a Coast Guard pass, the man who signed himself Walter John Mitchell listed his address as Pier 2, Birth Number 11. 346 00:18:08,520 --> 00:18:12,520 When we checked there, the berth was empty. We talked to one of the villagers fishing from the pier. 347 00:18:12,520 --> 00:18:20,520 He pointed to a fishing craft lying halfway out in the bay and identified it as the Blanche S, Mitchell's boat. Said he was having engine trouble. 348 00:18:20,520 --> 00:18:24,520 The man told us that he had a small boat that he'd rent out for $2. We took him up on it. 349 00:18:30,520 --> 00:18:34,520 Sure hot down here. I think I'll get rid of this coat. 350 00:18:34,520 --> 00:18:35,520 Yeah, it's a good idea. 351 00:18:35,520 --> 00:18:36,520 Yep. 352 00:18:36,520 --> 00:18:38,520 I'll give you a hand there, Capace. 353 00:18:38,520 --> 00:18:39,520 Okay. 354 00:18:39,520 --> 00:18:42,520 Watch your long pull. 355 00:18:46,520 --> 00:18:48,520 Want me to take over for a while? 356 00:18:48,520 --> 00:18:50,520 No, we're almost there now. 357 00:18:55,520 --> 00:18:57,520 Yeah, easy now. We're coming alongside you. 358 00:18:57,520 --> 00:18:59,520 Yeah, all right. 359 00:18:59,520 --> 00:19:01,520 That ought to do it. 360 00:19:04,520 --> 00:19:07,520 Mr. Mitchell? Walter Mitchell? 361 00:19:07,520 --> 00:19:10,520 Yeah, yeah, coming. Who is it? 362 00:19:10,520 --> 00:19:13,520 Police officer, sir. Like talk to you if you have a minute. 363 00:19:13,520 --> 00:19:17,520 Oh, all right. I'm on board. Hold it steady there. 364 00:19:17,520 --> 00:19:20,520 All right, I got it. Go ahead, Ben. 365 00:19:20,520 --> 00:19:22,520 Yeah, all right. 366 00:19:22,520 --> 00:19:24,520 You better grab hold of my hand. 367 00:19:24,520 --> 00:19:26,520 Yeah, all right. Thank you. 368 00:19:26,520 --> 00:19:28,520 Tie up and climb aboard. 369 00:19:28,520 --> 00:19:30,520 Yes, sir. 370 00:19:31,520 --> 00:19:32,520 Thank you. 371 00:19:32,520 --> 00:19:34,520 Am I not sure what officer is here? 372 00:19:34,520 --> 00:19:36,520 Thank you. 373 00:19:36,520 --> 00:19:39,520 My name is Romero, sir. This is my partner, Sergeant Friday. 374 00:19:39,520 --> 00:19:40,520 How do you do? 375 00:19:40,520 --> 00:19:41,520 How do you do, sir? 376 00:19:41,520 --> 00:19:44,520 Here we are. You can sit on that hat cover if you like. 377 00:19:44,520 --> 00:19:46,520 Clean. Scrapped it down myself this morning. 378 00:19:46,520 --> 00:19:48,520 No, that's fine. Thank you, sir. 379 00:19:48,520 --> 00:19:51,520 Beautiful day, isn't it? Nice warm sun. Look at that. 380 00:19:51,520 --> 00:19:54,520 All is clear as crystal. Good life out here, officer. 381 00:19:54,520 --> 00:19:57,520 Yes, sir. I guess you have pretty good hunch why we're here. 382 00:19:57,520 --> 00:19:59,520 Well, I don't know. I'd like to have you tell me. 383 00:19:59,520 --> 00:20:02,520 Well, your real name's Jared, isn't it? John Keith Jared? 384 00:20:02,520 --> 00:20:04,520 Yeah, I thought so. I've been halfway expecting it. 385 00:20:04,520 --> 00:20:06,520 Tell me, how'd you find it? 386 00:20:06,520 --> 00:20:09,520 Your application for a Coast Guard pass. Check the fingerprint on it. 387 00:20:09,520 --> 00:20:12,520 Well, yeah, but you didn't have anything to compare them with, did you? 388 00:20:12,520 --> 00:20:15,520 Well, when you applied for that permit to carry a gun, we got a set of your prints. 389 00:20:15,520 --> 00:20:17,520 They went out with the missing persons bulletin on you. 390 00:20:17,520 --> 00:20:19,520 Oh, yeah, I forgot. 391 00:20:19,520 --> 00:20:22,520 Washington mashed up the prints and sent the information along that. 392 00:20:22,520 --> 00:20:24,520 Yeah, that's all right. Sure handed to you fellas. 393 00:20:24,520 --> 00:20:26,520 I thought I was pretty smart covering up. 394 00:20:26,520 --> 00:20:30,520 Well, how about it, Mr. Jared? I mean, taking off like you did, don't you? 395 00:20:30,520 --> 00:20:32,520 Figure to maybe have a little explaining to do? 396 00:20:32,520 --> 00:20:34,520 I can imagine I do. You smoke? 397 00:20:34,520 --> 00:20:36,520 Oh, thank you. Yes, sir, I'd like one. 398 00:20:36,520 --> 00:20:38,520 Here, I've got a match right here. 399 00:20:38,520 --> 00:20:42,520 Well, no need to tell you. You've had a lot of people worrying over you. 400 00:20:42,520 --> 00:20:45,520 I don't think there are too many. My secretary, maybe, right? 401 00:20:45,520 --> 00:20:47,520 Yes, sir. 402 00:20:47,520 --> 00:20:52,520 Look, I realize you men know your business. I know I don't have to remind you, but I'd just like to make it clear. 403 00:20:52,520 --> 00:20:53,520 What's that? 404 00:20:53,520 --> 00:20:55,520 I know a little bit of the law, and I want you to stand at ease. 405 00:20:55,520 --> 00:21:00,520 If you should tell anyone where I am, I'd consider it an invasion of my personal rights, okay? 406 00:21:00,520 --> 00:21:02,520 Any way you want it. 407 00:21:02,520 --> 00:21:08,520 Maybe you can't figure out my disappearing the way I did, but I think you know that legally I've done nothing wrong. 408 00:21:08,520 --> 00:21:12,520 I've respected the rights of the law, and now I want the law to respect my rights. 409 00:21:12,520 --> 00:21:14,520 Yes, sir, it's fine with us, Mr. Jared, but just one thing. 410 00:21:14,520 --> 00:21:15,520 Yes, sir? 411 00:21:15,520 --> 00:21:21,520 We've chased down quite a few blind alleys on this thing, that false suicide, the two-stage, the gun, the letter. 412 00:21:21,520 --> 00:21:23,520 Do you think that maybe that earns us an explanation? 413 00:21:23,520 --> 00:21:29,520 I'm sorry about the legwork, believe me. You can hear the story if you want, a short version alone. Which one? 414 00:21:29,520 --> 00:21:31,520 Any way you want to tell it. 415 00:21:31,520 --> 00:21:33,520 You met my family, have you? 416 00:21:33,520 --> 00:21:34,520 Yeah, we have. 417 00:21:34,520 --> 00:21:35,520 My wife? 418 00:21:35,520 --> 00:21:36,520 Yes, sir. 419 00:21:36,520 --> 00:21:37,520 My son, Keith? 420 00:21:37,520 --> 00:21:38,520 Yeah. 421 00:21:38,520 --> 00:21:39,520 My daughter? 422 00:21:39,520 --> 00:21:40,520 Yes, sir. 423 00:21:40,520 --> 00:21:46,520 Well, you know what they're like. My wife's been an alcoholic for eight years. Why be polite? She's a drunk. My son's a tennis bum. There's no other word for that. My daughter? 424 00:21:46,520 --> 00:21:47,520 Yes, sir. 425 00:21:47,520 --> 00:21:57,520 You know it as well as I do. Two divorces, different boyfriend every week. You might as well be walking the street. I work hard for my family, Sergeant. I was proud of them once. 426 00:21:57,520 --> 00:22:00,520 What would you do if they turned out the way they had? 427 00:22:00,520 --> 00:22:03,520 I don't think I could say, Mr. Jarrett, I don't know your family that well. 428 00:22:03,520 --> 00:22:12,520 There's a good reason you don't, Sergeant. I paid a lot of money to keep them off the front page, one jam after another. Scandal, ten years of it, covering up for them. 429 00:22:12,520 --> 00:22:20,520 I got tired of it. Did tired. Maybe I'm just getting old. You mean care for a cold bottle of beer? 430 00:22:20,520 --> 00:22:21,520 No, sir. 431 00:22:21,520 --> 00:22:38,520 Well, there's nothing more to tell, officers. I worked most of my life for my family. I've had three vacations in 20 years. I tried to do everything I could for them. They're rotting apart, Sergeant, all three of them. I didn't want to stand around and watch them rot. That's why I left. 432 00:22:38,520 --> 00:22:39,520 I see. 433 00:22:39,520 --> 00:22:42,520 They each have their own trust fund. They'll be taken care of. 434 00:22:42,520 --> 00:22:48,520 Yes, sir. Well, I guess it's none of my business, Mr. Jarrett, but do you think that you might have been to blame, maybe? Your children, I mean. 435 00:22:48,520 --> 00:23:01,520 I don't know, maybe. If I made the mistakes, I guess I'll pay for them. Not much from changing your life when you're 52 years old. It gets lonely sometimes. Pretty lonely. 436 00:23:01,520 --> 00:23:03,520 What are you going to do now? You know? 437 00:23:03,520 --> 00:23:17,520 You sail around, I guess. Take the Blanche S down to Mexico, all around, do some fishing. It's lonely sometimes. I'll get used to it. Say, you men wouldn't like to stay on board for dinner, would you? I'm even learning to cook. 438 00:23:17,520 --> 00:23:21,520 No, thank you, Mr. Jarrett. I guess we better start getting back on, Joe. 439 00:23:21,520 --> 00:23:22,520 Yeah. 440 00:23:22,520 --> 00:23:23,520 Yes, we have. 441 00:23:23,520 --> 00:23:30,520 Well, thanks very much for dropping by, officer. Sorry about that extra legwork I caused you. Oh, for here. 442 00:23:30,520 --> 00:23:31,520 What's this? 443 00:23:31,520 --> 00:23:33,520 Two dollars for the rent of the road. 444 00:23:33,520 --> 00:23:34,520 Glad to meet you, Jarrett. Good to you. 445 00:23:34,520 --> 00:23:36,520 Same to you, Fry. Goodbye. 446 00:23:36,520 --> 00:23:37,520 Goodbye, Mr. Jarrett. 447 00:23:37,520 --> 00:23:38,520 Watch your step there. 448 00:23:38,520 --> 00:23:40,520 Yes, sir. We got it all right, eh? 449 00:23:40,520 --> 00:23:45,520 Okay, Joe, come ahead. 450 00:23:45,520 --> 00:23:47,520 All right. Passed off your line, boy. 451 00:23:47,520 --> 00:23:50,520 Okay, thanks, Mr. Mitchell. Goodbye. 452 00:23:50,520 --> 00:23:52,520 Goodbye. Good luck, gentlemen. 453 00:23:52,520 --> 00:24:02,520 Good luck to you. 454 00:24:02,520 --> 00:24:05,520 Nice fellow, that Mr. Mitchell. 455 00:24:05,520 --> 00:24:06,520 Yeah. 456 00:24:06,520 --> 00:24:08,520 Strange one, huh, Joe? 457 00:24:08,520 --> 00:24:12,520 Oh, I don't know. He seems pretty happy. Must have been pretty rough on him. 458 00:24:12,520 --> 00:24:14,520 Yeah. 459 00:24:14,520 --> 00:24:25,520 What's it prove? It's no crime to get lost. 460 00:24:25,520 --> 00:24:31,520 The story you have just heard was true. Only the names were changed to protect the innocent. 461 00:24:31,520 --> 00:24:37,520 On April 19th, a final report was filed by officers investigating the disappearance of John Keith Jarrett. 462 00:24:37,520 --> 00:24:48,520 In a moment, the results of that report. 463 00:24:48,520 --> 00:24:56,520 After a complete investigation by officers into the case, it was found that John Keith Jarrett had acted within his rights. 464 00:24:56,520 --> 00:25:03,520 Legally, for the officers to disclose his whereabouts would have constituted an invasion of privacy. 465 00:25:03,520 --> 00:25:23,520 Three years ago, unknown to his family or friends, John Jarrett died and was buried anonymously. 466 00:25:23,520 --> 00:25:28,520 You have just heard Dragnet, the series of authentic cases from official files. 467 00:25:28,520 --> 00:25:43,520 Technical advice for Dragnet comes from the Office of Chief of Police W.H. Parker, Los Angeles Police Department.