1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:11,680 Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. 2 00:00:11,680 --> 00:00:14,400 The names have been changed to protect the innocent. 3 00:00:14,400 --> 00:00:15,400 Dragnet. 4 00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:25,520 You're a detective sergeant. 5 00:00:25,520 --> 00:00:27,080 You're assigned a juvenile detail. 6 00:00:27,080 --> 00:00:30,880 A 13 year old girl has disappeared from her home. 7 00:00:30,880 --> 00:00:33,440 There's reason to suspect foul play. 8 00:00:33,440 --> 00:00:36,440 Your job, investigate. 9 00:00:36,440 --> 00:00:41,640 It was Saturday, April 17th. 10 00:00:41,640 --> 00:00:42,640 Was cold in Los Angeles. 11 00:00:42,640 --> 00:00:45,040 We were working the night watch out of juvenile detail. 12 00:00:45,040 --> 00:00:46,040 My partner is Frank Smith. 13 00:00:46,040 --> 00:00:47,040 The boss is Captain Powers. 14 00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:48,040 My name's Dragny. 15 00:00:48,040 --> 00:00:51,760 I was on my way back from the fourth floor and it was 11 52 p.m. when I got down to the 16 00:00:51,760 --> 00:00:52,760 main floor. 17 00:00:52,760 --> 00:00:53,760 Squad room. 18 00:00:53,760 --> 00:00:54,760 That's you, John? 19 00:00:54,760 --> 00:00:55,760 Yeah. 20 00:00:55,760 --> 00:00:56,760 How'd it go? 21 00:00:56,760 --> 00:00:57,760 Oh, not too good. 22 00:00:57,760 --> 00:00:58,760 Did he say anything? 23 00:00:58,760 --> 00:00:59,760 No. 24 00:00:59,760 --> 00:01:01,640 He says we got him for the job, but it's gonna end there. 25 00:01:01,640 --> 00:01:03,000 He's playing the big man now. 26 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:04,880 He says he's not gonna name that other kid. 27 00:01:04,880 --> 00:01:05,880 Yeah. 28 00:01:05,880 --> 00:01:06,880 I'll let him sweat it out tonight. 29 00:01:06,880 --> 00:01:08,360 He'll feel different in the morning, maybe. 30 00:01:08,360 --> 00:01:09,360 I hope you're right. 31 00:01:09,360 --> 00:01:10,360 Anything come in? 32 00:01:10,360 --> 00:01:11,360 Uh-uh. 33 00:01:11,360 --> 00:01:14,360 As soon as I finish up this log, we can shove off if you want to. 34 00:01:14,360 --> 00:01:15,360 All right. 35 00:01:15,360 --> 00:01:16,360 You going right home? 36 00:01:16,360 --> 00:01:17,360 Hmm? 37 00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:18,360 I say you're going right home. 38 00:01:18,360 --> 00:01:20,360 Well, I thought maybe I'd go by the city hall. 39 00:01:20,360 --> 00:01:22,360 I'd like to see Danny Galindo for a minute. 40 00:01:22,360 --> 00:01:23,360 Uh-huh. 41 00:01:23,360 --> 00:01:24,360 What are you gonna eat then? 42 00:01:24,360 --> 00:01:25,360 Yeah, I'll probably grab something. 43 00:01:25,360 --> 00:01:26,360 You want to go? 44 00:01:26,360 --> 00:01:27,360 Yeah, I'll go. 45 00:01:27,360 --> 00:01:28,360 Well, I'm kind of hungry. 46 00:01:28,360 --> 00:01:29,360 I don't like the way she's up. 47 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:31,120 She sleeps kind of light, you know. 48 00:01:31,120 --> 00:01:33,560 She always wakes up when I get to rattling around the kitchen. 49 00:01:33,560 --> 00:01:34,560 Yeah. 50 00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:36,760 Maybe stop and have a poached egg and some corned beef hash. 51 00:01:36,760 --> 00:01:39,280 How's that sound to you? 52 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:41,240 Like a poached egg and some corned beef hash. 53 00:01:41,240 --> 00:01:42,240 I'm not kidding. 54 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:43,240 I'm hungry. 55 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:44,240 Are you about finished there? 56 00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:45,240 Yeah. 57 00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:46,240 I want to see Danny before he leaves. 58 00:01:46,240 --> 00:01:47,240 What is it, something special? 59 00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:50,120 No, I heard that he had a set of golf clubs for sale. 60 00:01:50,120 --> 00:01:51,120 I thought maybe I'd look at them. 61 00:01:51,120 --> 00:01:53,120 Are you gonna start playing golf? 62 00:01:53,120 --> 00:01:54,120 No. 63 00:01:54,120 --> 00:01:55,680 I just thought maybe I'd take a look at them. 64 00:01:55,680 --> 00:01:56,680 I got it. 65 00:01:56,680 --> 00:01:57,680 You have a notification Friday. 66 00:01:57,680 --> 00:01:58,680 Yes, ma'am, that's right. 67 00:01:58,680 --> 00:01:59,680 What's that address? 68 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:00,680 All right, no. 69 00:02:00,680 --> 00:02:01,680 No, we'll find it. 70 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:02,680 Well, try not to worry. 71 00:02:02,680 --> 00:02:03,680 We'll be right there. 72 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:04,680 Yes, ma'am. 73 00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:05,680 Goodbye. 74 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:06,680 Now that food of yours is gonna have to wait. 75 00:02:06,680 --> 00:02:07,680 What? 76 00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:08,680 13-year-old kid's missing. 77 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:09,680 Probably at a neighbor's. 78 00:02:09,680 --> 00:02:10,680 Her mother thinks she's been kidnapped. 79 00:02:10,680 --> 00:02:11,680 Frank and I left the office immediately and we drove out to the address I'd been given 80 00:02:11,680 --> 00:02:12,680 on the phone. 81 00:02:12,680 --> 00:02:15,680 The caller had told me that her 13-year-old daughter was missing from the house. 82 00:02:15,680 --> 00:02:16,680 I'm sorry, Frank. 83 00:02:16,680 --> 00:02:17,680 I'm sorry. 84 00:02:17,680 --> 00:02:18,680 I'm sorry. 85 00:02:18,680 --> 00:02:19,680 I'm sorry. 86 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:20,680 I'm sorry. 87 00:02:20,680 --> 00:02:21,680 I'm sorry. 88 00:02:21,680 --> 00:02:22,680 I'm sorry. 89 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:23,680 I'm sorry. 90 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:26,440 Frank waited while I went up to the front door and after a few minutes he joined me. 91 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:29,680 We were admitted to the house by a tall man in his early forties who identified himself 92 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:31,680 as the missing girl's father, Gilbert Moran. 93 00:02:31,680 --> 00:02:34,680 He asked us to come into the den of the house where he gave us the story. 94 00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:35,680 My wife's with the doctor. 95 00:02:35,680 --> 00:02:38,680 She went all to pieces when it finally hit her. 96 00:02:38,680 --> 00:02:39,680 Yes, sir. 97 00:02:39,680 --> 00:02:42,680 Now, if you check with the girl's father, he's not going to be able to find her. 98 00:02:42,680 --> 00:02:45,680 He's going to have to find her. 99 00:02:45,680 --> 00:02:47,680 Well, Frank, I'm sorry. 100 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:48,680 I'm sorry. 101 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:49,680 We'll be right there. 102 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:50,680 I'm sorry. 103 00:02:50,680 --> 00:02:53,680 He went all to pieces when it finally hit her. 104 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:54,680 Yes, sir. 105 00:02:54,680 --> 00:02:55,680 Now, if you check with the girl's friends... 106 00:02:55,680 --> 00:02:56,680 Yes, sir. 107 00:02:56,680 --> 00:02:57,680 Gladys called them all. 108 00:02:57,680 --> 00:02:58,680 None of them have seen her. 109 00:02:58,680 --> 00:02:59,680 How about the neighbors? 110 00:02:59,680 --> 00:03:00,680 Oh, we've talked to them, too. 111 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:01,680 They just can't tell us anything. 112 00:03:01,680 --> 00:03:02,680 You've got to find her. 113 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:03,680 Yes, sir. 114 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:04,680 We'll do our best, Mr. Moran. 115 00:03:04,680 --> 00:03:05,680 Now, you want to start at the beginning and tell us what happened? 116 00:03:05,680 --> 00:03:06,680 Yeah. 117 00:03:06,680 --> 00:03:07,680 Do you want a cigarette? 118 00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:08,680 No, you go ahead. 119 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:09,680 I have one here. 120 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:10,680 How about you? 121 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:11,680 Oh, I have one, sir. 122 00:03:11,680 --> 00:03:12,680 Here's a match. 123 00:03:12,680 --> 00:03:13,680 Thank you. 124 00:03:13,680 --> 00:03:14,680 Joe? 125 00:03:14,680 --> 00:03:15,680 Yeah, thank you. 126 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:16,680 All right, sir. 127 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:17,680 Do you want to tell us what happened? 128 00:03:17,680 --> 00:03:20,680 Well, Gladys and I went to a show tonight down on the boulevard. 129 00:03:20,680 --> 00:03:22,680 We left Bunny here doing her homework. 130 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:23,680 Bunny? 131 00:03:23,680 --> 00:03:24,680 That's your daughter? 132 00:03:24,680 --> 00:03:25,680 Yes, sir. 133 00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:27,680 Her name's really Lucille, but the kids at grammar school tagged her Bunny, and she's 134 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:28,680 been called that ever since. 135 00:03:28,680 --> 00:03:29,680 Uh-huh. 136 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:30,680 What time did you get here? 137 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:32,680 Must have been about 11.40, somewhere near there. 138 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:35,680 Did you notice that your daughter was gone right away? 139 00:03:35,680 --> 00:03:36,680 No, sir. 140 00:03:36,680 --> 00:03:37,680 Not at first. 141 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:39,680 I locked up, and then Gladys and I went upstairs. 142 00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:41,680 We checked Bunny's room, and she was gone. 143 00:03:41,680 --> 00:03:42,680 I see. 144 00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:44,680 Gladys talked to the thing all kinds of things. 145 00:03:44,680 --> 00:03:46,680 I checked with her, and she was gone. 146 00:03:46,680 --> 00:03:47,680 Uh-huh. 147 00:03:47,680 --> 00:03:48,680 I tried to calm her down. 148 00:03:48,680 --> 00:03:50,680 We got Bunny's telephone book and started to call her friends. 149 00:03:50,680 --> 00:03:51,680 We know most of them. 150 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:52,680 They hadn't seen her. 151 00:03:52,680 --> 00:03:55,680 Finally, I thought it'd be wrong to wait any longer, and we called you. 152 00:03:55,680 --> 00:03:56,680 All right, sir. 153 00:03:56,680 --> 00:03:58,680 Now, do you want to give us a description of your girl? 154 00:03:58,680 --> 00:03:59,680 Would you wait just a minute? 155 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:01,680 I'd like to talk to the doctor and see if Gladys is all right. 156 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:02,680 Yes, sir. 157 00:04:02,680 --> 00:04:03,680 You go right ahead. 158 00:04:03,680 --> 00:04:04,680 She was terribly upset. 159 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:05,680 Yes, sir. 160 00:04:05,680 --> 00:04:06,680 We understand. 161 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:07,680 What do you think? 162 00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:08,680 I don't know. 163 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:09,680 Big house, nice neighborhood. 164 00:04:09,680 --> 00:04:12,680 Looks like he's pretty well fixed, doesn't he? 165 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:13,680 Yeah. 166 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:14,680 Nothing about a car. 167 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:16,680 Yeah. 168 00:04:16,680 --> 00:04:17,680 Nothing about a contact yet. 169 00:04:17,680 --> 00:04:20,680 Well, the girl's only been gone a couple hours. 170 00:04:20,680 --> 00:04:21,680 The doctor's giving her a sedative. 171 00:04:21,680 --> 00:04:22,680 She's still pretty much upset. 172 00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:23,680 Yes, sir. 173 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:24,680 Now, what if you give us that description? 174 00:04:24,680 --> 00:04:27,680 Well, she's 13 and about right for her age. 175 00:04:27,680 --> 00:04:28,680 Well, how do you mean, sir? 176 00:04:28,680 --> 00:04:30,680 She's about 4'8", weighs around 80 pounds. 177 00:04:30,680 --> 00:04:31,680 What color is her hair? 178 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:32,680 Dark blonde. 179 00:04:32,680 --> 00:04:36,680 She was always after her mother to let her use one of those rinses to make it lighter. 180 00:04:36,680 --> 00:04:37,680 Gladys said she should wait. 181 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:38,680 I see. 182 00:04:38,680 --> 00:04:39,680 How about her eyes? 183 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:40,680 Sort of brown, light. 184 00:04:40,680 --> 00:04:44,680 We used to tell her that she had honey colored eyes, a sort of golden brown, real long eyelashes. 185 00:04:44,680 --> 00:04:46,680 Now, can you remember what she was wearing? 186 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:48,680 Let me think. 187 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:51,680 Well, as I remember, sir, she had on a pair of clam diggers, sir. 188 00:04:51,680 --> 00:04:52,680 Clam diggers, short slacks. 189 00:04:52,680 --> 00:04:54,680 Hit her about right here, short. 190 00:04:54,680 --> 00:04:55,680 I see, uh-huh. 191 00:04:55,680 --> 00:04:56,680 What color? 192 00:04:56,680 --> 00:04:57,680 Denim, sort of light blue. 193 00:04:57,680 --> 00:04:58,680 I see. 194 00:04:58,680 --> 00:04:59,680 You know, white blouse. 195 00:04:59,680 --> 00:05:00,680 Sort of like a man shirt. 196 00:05:00,680 --> 00:05:01,680 How about shoes? 197 00:05:01,680 --> 00:05:04,680 Well, I think they were, uh... 198 00:05:04,680 --> 00:05:06,680 Gosh, I'm sorry, sir, I just can't remember. 199 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:10,680 Now, is it possible she might have changed her clothes before she left? 200 00:05:10,680 --> 00:05:11,680 She didn't leave, Sergeant. 201 00:05:11,680 --> 00:05:12,680 She was taken out of here. 202 00:05:12,680 --> 00:05:13,680 I'm sure it wasn't her idea. 203 00:05:13,680 --> 00:05:14,680 Oh, I'm sure we understand. 204 00:05:14,680 --> 00:05:17,680 Is there anything else about your daughter that would make it easier for us to identify? 205 00:05:17,680 --> 00:05:18,680 I can't think of anything. 206 00:05:18,680 --> 00:05:19,680 All right. 207 00:05:19,680 --> 00:05:21,680 Frank, what if you call us in, please? 208 00:05:21,680 --> 00:05:22,680 Yeah. 209 00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:23,680 May I use your phone, Mr. Moran? 210 00:05:23,680 --> 00:05:24,680 Certainly. 211 00:05:24,680 --> 00:05:25,680 Where is it, please? 212 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:26,680 Right through that door. 213 00:05:26,680 --> 00:05:27,680 There's an alcove in the hall. 214 00:05:27,680 --> 00:05:28,680 All right. 215 00:05:28,680 --> 00:05:29,680 The light switch is on the right, just behind the door. 216 00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:30,680 Thanks, sir. 217 00:05:30,680 --> 00:05:31,680 Say, wait a minute. 218 00:05:31,680 --> 00:05:32,680 Yes, sir? 219 00:05:32,680 --> 00:05:33,680 I forgot about Skippy. 220 00:05:33,680 --> 00:05:34,680 Who is that? 221 00:05:34,680 --> 00:05:35,680 Skippy, the dog, Bunny's dog. 222 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:36,680 Who? 223 00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:37,680 Is that right? 224 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:38,680 He must be with Bunny. 225 00:05:38,680 --> 00:05:39,680 First time I thought of him. 226 00:05:39,680 --> 00:05:40,680 He's usually right with her all the time. 227 00:05:40,680 --> 00:05:41,920 I haven't seen him since we got home. 228 00:05:41,920 --> 00:05:42,920 What kind of an animal is he? 229 00:05:42,920 --> 00:05:44,920 Golden cocker, about four years old. 230 00:05:44,920 --> 00:05:45,920 Bunny got him for a ninth birthday. 231 00:05:45,920 --> 00:05:46,920 I see. 232 00:05:46,920 --> 00:05:47,920 Better call on him, too, huh? 233 00:05:47,920 --> 00:05:48,920 Yeah. 234 00:05:48,920 --> 00:05:50,920 Now, what if I could see her room? 235 00:05:50,920 --> 00:05:51,920 Oh, sure. 236 00:05:51,920 --> 00:05:52,920 It's upstairs. 237 00:05:52,920 --> 00:05:53,920 This way? 238 00:05:53,920 --> 00:05:54,920 Mm-hmm. 239 00:05:54,920 --> 00:05:56,920 I hope you're not going to be angry, Mr. Moran. 240 00:05:56,920 --> 00:05:57,920 What? 241 00:05:57,920 --> 00:06:00,920 Has there been any trouble here in your home that might have affected the girl? 242 00:06:00,920 --> 00:06:01,920 What do you mean? 243 00:06:01,920 --> 00:06:02,920 Well, let me argue, Mr. Segrim. 244 00:06:02,920 --> 00:06:03,920 It's anything that might have upset her. 245 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:04,920 No. 246 00:06:04,920 --> 00:06:05,920 Upstairs? 247 00:06:05,920 --> 00:06:06,920 Yes. 248 00:06:06,920 --> 00:06:07,920 How about boyfriends? 249 00:06:07,920 --> 00:06:10,920 You mean, does Bunny have any? 250 00:06:10,920 --> 00:06:11,920 That's right. 251 00:06:11,920 --> 00:06:13,360 Oh, there are a couple of kids in her class. 252 00:06:13,360 --> 00:06:14,600 He has over once in a while. 253 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:16,080 She's not allowed any nighttime dates. 254 00:06:16,080 --> 00:06:17,080 I see. 255 00:06:17,080 --> 00:06:20,600 Once in a while on a weekend, we go to a show and take one of the kids with us. 256 00:06:20,600 --> 00:06:23,360 Is there any one boy that she sees more than the others? 257 00:06:23,360 --> 00:06:24,360 No, no. 258 00:06:24,360 --> 00:06:26,600 Gladys and I both think she's too young for that. 259 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:29,600 It's down this way, son. 260 00:06:29,600 --> 00:06:31,320 All right. 261 00:06:31,320 --> 00:06:34,880 This is her room. 262 00:06:34,880 --> 00:06:37,000 When we left, she was sitting right there at the desk. 263 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:39,160 You can see how there's paper scattered all over. 264 00:06:39,160 --> 00:06:40,160 Yeah. 265 00:06:40,160 --> 00:06:42,440 Looks a little like it was a struggle, doesn't it? 266 00:06:42,440 --> 00:06:43,440 Mm-hmm. 267 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:45,320 She wouldn't do a thing like this if you just walked out. 268 00:06:45,320 --> 00:06:46,320 No, sir. 269 00:06:46,320 --> 00:06:49,040 What does this door lead over here? 270 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:51,480 Outside to a walk that runs around the house. 271 00:06:51,480 --> 00:06:52,480 Walk? 272 00:06:52,480 --> 00:06:54,360 Was it this way when you came home? 273 00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:55,360 Oh, yes, sir. 274 00:06:55,360 --> 00:06:57,200 I didn't touch a thing as soon as I realized she was gone. 275 00:06:57,200 --> 00:06:58,680 The radio was still on, wasn't it? 276 00:06:58,680 --> 00:07:00,160 I told you, I didn't touch a thing. 277 00:07:00,160 --> 00:07:01,160 I see. 278 00:07:01,160 --> 00:07:02,160 She's been kidnapped, Sergeant. 279 00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:03,160 Somebody took her out of this house. 280 00:07:03,160 --> 00:07:04,160 Wait a minute, Mr. Moran. 281 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:05,160 What is it where you found her? 282 00:07:05,160 --> 00:07:06,160 Something under the bed here, doesn't it? 283 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:07,160 It's her dog, Skippy. 284 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:08,160 Yeah. 285 00:07:08,160 --> 00:07:21,720 Looks like he's been beaten to death, doesn't it? 286 00:07:21,720 --> 00:07:24,960 Frank called the office and the description of the missing girl was broadcast. 287 00:07:24,960 --> 00:07:28,000 Captain Warren Stilson was contacted and he sent a crew of men out to the house to go 288 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:30,200 over the room for physical evidence. 289 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:33,880 The telephone company was contacted and arrangements were made for an extension phone to be placed 290 00:07:33,880 --> 00:07:36,480 in the same room as the existing instrument. 291 00:07:36,480 --> 00:07:40,100 In this manner, if the kidnapper should attempt to make contact with Moran, we could relay 292 00:07:40,100 --> 00:07:42,400 instructions to him easily. 293 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:45,400 All of these preparations, however, were made with the thought that the house might be under 294 00:07:45,400 --> 00:07:48,760 surveillance by the person or persons who had taken the child. 295 00:07:48,760 --> 00:07:52,080 A team of men from Georgia Street juvenile was sent out to the house and a 24-hour watch 296 00:07:52,080 --> 00:07:53,080 was set up. 297 00:07:53,080 --> 00:07:56,720 Frank and I began to talk to the neighbors and friends of the Morans. 298 00:07:56,720 --> 00:07:59,560 None of them could shed any light on the missing teenager. 299 00:07:59,560 --> 00:08:03,000 By four minutes to six on Sunday morning, there still had been no attempt at communication 300 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:04,660 by the kidnappers. 301 00:08:04,660 --> 00:08:07,680 By this time, the girl's description had been given out to all officers in the city who 302 00:08:07,680 --> 00:08:10,160 might come in contact with her. 303 00:08:10,160 --> 00:08:13,360 Although when we talked with the neighbors, we'd ask them to keep the inquiries in strict 304 00:08:13,360 --> 00:08:16,440 disconfidence, one of them had gotten in touch with a local newspaper. 305 00:08:16,440 --> 00:08:20,920 And before we had a chance to stop at the news of Bunny Moran's disappearance was out. 306 00:08:20,920 --> 00:08:24,320 The other papers in the city picked up the news and by noon on Sunday, special editions 307 00:08:24,320 --> 00:08:25,920 were on the streets. 308 00:08:25,920 --> 00:08:27,240 One forty p.m. 309 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:29,280 Still no word from the girls abductors. 310 00:08:29,280 --> 00:08:31,520 Her friends were re-questioned without results. 311 00:08:31,520 --> 00:08:34,920 All of the people who knew her or who had any dealings with her were interrogated. 312 00:08:34,920 --> 00:08:36,280 Still no leads. 313 00:08:36,280 --> 00:08:40,200 The examination by members of the crime lab turned up no usable evidence. 314 00:08:40,200 --> 00:08:43,720 They established that the dog had been killed with a metal book end. 315 00:08:43,720 --> 00:08:47,160 The Federal Bureau of Investigation was contacted and they assigned a team of agents to work 316 00:08:47,160 --> 00:08:48,440 with us. 317 00:08:48,440 --> 00:08:52,400 By six twenty p.m., Mrs. Moran was in a state of complete collapse. 318 00:08:52,400 --> 00:08:55,480 The entire city and the state were looking for a thirteen-year-old daughter. 319 00:08:55,480 --> 00:08:58,000 A roundup of all known deviants was started. 320 00:08:58,000 --> 00:08:59,000 Ten thirty eight p.m. 321 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:01,920 Frank and I got back to the office. 322 00:09:01,920 --> 00:09:02,920 I'll check the book. 323 00:09:02,920 --> 00:09:03,920 All right. 324 00:09:03,920 --> 00:09:04,920 Did you skip her in? 325 00:09:04,920 --> 00:09:05,920 No, I don't think so. 326 00:09:05,920 --> 00:09:09,600 Our group said he went over to City Hall meeting with Chief Brown and Lorman. 327 00:09:09,600 --> 00:09:12,280 Anything in the book? 328 00:09:12,280 --> 00:09:13,280 I mean, let's see. 329 00:09:13,280 --> 00:09:15,280 He has a couple of calls. 330 00:09:15,280 --> 00:09:16,720 Nothing that can't wait, though. 331 00:09:16,720 --> 00:09:21,120 Well, you better call Fay, hadn't you, and tell her where you are. 332 00:09:21,120 --> 00:09:24,120 Yeah, I guess so. 333 00:09:24,120 --> 00:09:27,720 I want to tag by late with Prince before we go out to the house. 334 00:09:27,720 --> 00:09:28,720 Yeah. 335 00:09:28,720 --> 00:09:29,720 You checked with the FBI? 336 00:09:29,720 --> 00:09:30,720 Yeah. 337 00:09:30,720 --> 00:09:32,000 They got the description of all of the border points. 338 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:33,720 None of the guards remember seeing the girl. 339 00:09:33,720 --> 00:09:35,720 I figure she's still in the state then. 340 00:09:35,720 --> 00:09:36,720 Oh, hi, honey. 341 00:09:36,720 --> 00:09:37,720 That's me. 342 00:09:37,720 --> 00:09:38,720 I know. 343 00:09:38,720 --> 00:09:41,720 Well, I didn't get a chance. 344 00:09:41,720 --> 00:09:45,720 Well, I figured you'd read it. 345 00:09:45,720 --> 00:09:48,720 You know, no. 346 00:09:48,720 --> 00:09:49,720 Oh, OK. 347 00:09:49,720 --> 00:09:50,720 Pretty beat. 348 00:09:50,720 --> 00:09:51,720 Yeah, Joe is too. 349 00:09:51,720 --> 00:09:52,720 No, nothing yet. 350 00:09:52,720 --> 00:09:53,720 What's that? 351 00:09:53,720 --> 00:09:57,720 Oh, you know I can't talk about that, honey. 352 00:09:57,720 --> 00:09:58,720 Yeah. 353 00:09:58,720 --> 00:10:01,720 Yeah, well, don't worry. 354 00:10:01,720 --> 00:10:03,720 No, a little headache, yeah. 355 00:10:03,720 --> 00:10:05,720 I'll take some action. 356 00:10:05,720 --> 00:10:07,720 Look, I'll call you first chance I get. 357 00:10:07,720 --> 00:10:08,720 Yeah. 358 00:10:08,720 --> 00:10:10,720 OK, good-bye, then. 359 00:10:10,720 --> 00:10:11,720 Worried, huh? 360 00:10:11,720 --> 00:10:13,720 Yeah, she always is when I'm late. 361 00:10:13,720 --> 00:10:14,720 Let's go, huh? 362 00:10:14,720 --> 00:10:16,720 Yeah, let's go. 363 00:10:16,720 --> 00:10:19,720 I get it. 364 00:10:19,720 --> 00:10:21,720 General Division, Friday. 365 00:10:21,720 --> 00:10:23,720 How long ago? 366 00:10:23,720 --> 00:10:25,720 Where? 367 00:10:25,720 --> 00:10:27,720 Right, we'll wait here. 368 00:10:27,720 --> 00:10:28,720 Yeah, no, I'll call him. 369 00:10:28,720 --> 00:10:29,720 He's over with Chief Brown. 370 00:10:29,720 --> 00:10:30,720 We'll wait. 371 00:10:30,720 --> 00:10:31,720 Yeah, bye. 372 00:10:31,720 --> 00:10:32,720 What do you got? 373 00:10:32,720 --> 00:10:33,720 Kidnapper made contact. 374 00:10:33,720 --> 00:10:34,720 A note? 375 00:10:34,720 --> 00:10:35,720 Uh-uh. 376 00:10:35,720 --> 00:10:36,720 He called and wanted to talk to Moran. 377 00:10:36,720 --> 00:10:38,720 Drugist heard him make the call and notified Hollywood Division. 378 00:10:38,720 --> 00:10:39,720 Yeah. 379 00:10:39,720 --> 00:10:40,720 He's in custody now. 380 00:10:40,720 --> 00:10:48,720 Frank and I waited until the suspect was brought into the office for questioning. 381 00:10:48,720 --> 00:10:52,720 He'd been apprehended in the drug store while he was on the phone talking to Mr. Moran. 382 00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:55,720 A radio card picked him up and driven him over to Georgia Street Juvenile. 383 00:10:55,720 --> 00:10:58,720 We called Captain Powers at the city hall and he immediately came to the office. 384 00:10:58,720 --> 00:11:01,720 At 10 56 p.m., the suspect arrived. 385 00:11:01,720 --> 00:11:03,720 He was taken to the office of the night watch commander for questioning. 386 00:11:03,720 --> 00:11:05,720 All right, what's your name? 387 00:11:05,720 --> 00:11:06,720 You're the cop you tell me. 388 00:11:06,720 --> 00:11:07,720 Take everything out of your pockets. 389 00:11:07,720 --> 00:11:09,720 What is this, a shakedown? 390 00:11:09,720 --> 00:11:11,720 Don't you hear good? 391 00:11:11,720 --> 00:11:13,720 All right. 392 00:11:13,720 --> 00:11:14,720 There's my wallet. 393 00:11:14,720 --> 00:11:15,720 Any money in it? 394 00:11:15,720 --> 00:11:16,720 Couple bucks. 395 00:11:16,720 --> 00:11:17,720 Take it out. 396 00:11:17,720 --> 00:11:18,720 What are you doing, playing a lucky dollar contest? 397 00:11:18,720 --> 00:11:19,720 Take the money in your hand. 398 00:11:19,720 --> 00:11:20,720 Just put the wallet on the table. 399 00:11:20,720 --> 00:11:21,720 Get the other pockets out. 400 00:11:21,720 --> 00:11:22,720 Nothing in them. 401 00:11:22,720 --> 00:11:24,720 Let us worry about that. 402 00:11:24,720 --> 00:11:25,720 All right. 403 00:11:25,720 --> 00:11:26,720 Change. 404 00:11:26,720 --> 00:11:28,720 Here's a comb. 405 00:11:28,720 --> 00:11:29,720 Handkerchief. 406 00:11:29,720 --> 00:11:30,720 Clean, too. 407 00:11:30,720 --> 00:11:31,720 Matches. 408 00:11:31,720 --> 00:11:32,720 Cigarettes. 409 00:11:32,720 --> 00:11:35,720 Here's a pen and pencil set. 410 00:11:35,720 --> 00:11:37,720 Couple more pennies. 411 00:11:37,720 --> 00:11:38,720 That's it. 412 00:11:38,720 --> 00:11:39,720 Want to check it, Joe? 413 00:11:39,720 --> 00:11:40,720 Yeah. 414 00:11:40,720 --> 00:11:42,720 This is your wallet. 415 00:11:42,720 --> 00:11:43,720 It was in my pocket. 416 00:11:43,720 --> 00:11:44,720 I asked if it was yours. 417 00:11:44,720 --> 00:11:45,720 Yeah. 418 00:11:45,720 --> 00:11:46,720 Driver's license here. 419 00:11:46,720 --> 00:11:47,720 Is this your true name? 420 00:11:47,720 --> 00:11:50,720 Better read it so you can have it in the record. 421 00:11:50,720 --> 00:11:51,720 Mark Lawrence Lansdale. 422 00:11:51,720 --> 00:11:52,720 Is that your true name? 423 00:11:52,720 --> 00:11:53,720 That's what it says. 424 00:11:53,720 --> 00:11:55,720 You still live at the same address? 425 00:11:55,720 --> 00:11:56,720 Yeah. 426 00:11:56,720 --> 00:11:57,720 I'm going to ask you one question, Lansdale. 427 00:11:57,720 --> 00:11:58,720 I want the right answer. 428 00:11:58,720 --> 00:12:01,720 What do I get if I come up with a winner? 429 00:12:01,720 --> 00:12:02,720 Where's the Moran girl? 430 00:12:02,720 --> 00:12:04,720 I know what you're talking about. 431 00:12:04,720 --> 00:12:05,720 Then you better find out. 432 00:12:05,720 --> 00:12:06,720 13-year-old kid's missing. 433 00:12:06,720 --> 00:12:09,720 You called her parents and asked for $50,000 for her return. 434 00:12:09,720 --> 00:12:10,720 Now where's the girl? 435 00:12:10,720 --> 00:12:12,720 I thought you arrested the guys for using the needle. 436 00:12:12,720 --> 00:12:13,720 Answer the question, mister. 437 00:12:13,720 --> 00:12:15,720 If I had it, you'd get it. 438 00:12:15,720 --> 00:12:16,720 All right, mister. 439 00:12:16,720 --> 00:12:17,720 I'm going to ask you once more. 440 00:12:17,720 --> 00:12:18,720 Where's the girl? 441 00:12:18,720 --> 00:12:20,720 I don't know what you're talking about. 442 00:12:20,720 --> 00:12:22,720 You think you're pretty big, don't you? 443 00:12:22,720 --> 00:12:23,720 I'll answer that one for you. 444 00:12:23,720 --> 00:12:24,720 You do that, will you? 445 00:12:24,720 --> 00:12:26,720 You say this girl's been kidnapped. 446 00:12:26,720 --> 00:12:27,720 Am I right? 447 00:12:27,720 --> 00:12:28,720 This is your party. 448 00:12:28,720 --> 00:12:32,720 You say you can prove that I made a call asking for $50,000. 449 00:12:32,720 --> 00:12:34,720 So far I'm on the right track. 450 00:12:34,720 --> 00:12:35,720 All right. 451 00:12:35,720 --> 00:12:39,720 Then it figures that if you're so sure I got something to do with it, 452 00:12:39,720 --> 00:12:41,720 if I'm here, the girl's in trouble, don't it? 453 00:12:41,720 --> 00:12:42,720 Go ahead. 454 00:12:42,720 --> 00:12:45,720 If I don't turn up, something bad's likely to happen to her. 455 00:12:45,720 --> 00:12:46,720 True? 456 00:12:46,720 --> 00:12:48,720 You're still on. 457 00:12:48,720 --> 00:12:51,720 Well, if it's like I say that I don't know anything about it, 458 00:12:51,720 --> 00:12:53,720 then you're going to have to turn me loose anyway. 459 00:12:53,720 --> 00:12:54,720 I got nothing to worry about, cop. 460 00:12:54,720 --> 00:12:57,720 You keep me here and your prized kids and I will end up in a ditch. 461 00:12:57,720 --> 00:13:01,720 You let me go and maybe you got a chance to get in the bank. 462 00:13:01,720 --> 00:13:03,720 I'm going to spell it out for you, Landso. 463 00:13:03,720 --> 00:13:04,720 And you listen good. 464 00:13:04,720 --> 00:13:06,720 There's nothing getting you out of here, nothing. 465 00:13:06,720 --> 00:13:09,720 I got two kids of my own and I know how those parents feel. 466 00:13:09,720 --> 00:13:10,720 I'm on their side. 467 00:13:10,720 --> 00:13:12,720 If anything happens to that girl, you won't forget it for the rest of your life. 468 00:13:12,720 --> 00:13:15,720 And if I've got anything to say about it, that won't be very long. 469 00:13:15,720 --> 00:13:17,720 I'll pull every string I know to see that I get to take you to the joint 470 00:13:17,720 --> 00:13:19,720 and strap you in the chair myself. 471 00:13:19,720 --> 00:13:23,720 If you harm that kid in any way, you won't live long enough to regret it. 472 00:13:23,720 --> 00:13:25,720 Big man with a badge. 473 00:13:25,720 --> 00:13:29,720 I got it. 474 00:13:29,720 --> 00:13:30,720 Juvenile Friday. 475 00:13:30,720 --> 00:13:32,720 It's right here. 476 00:13:32,720 --> 00:13:33,720 Where? 477 00:13:33,720 --> 00:13:35,720 All right, I'll tell them. 478 00:13:35,720 --> 00:13:36,720 Wrong? 479 00:13:36,720 --> 00:13:38,720 All right, fine, bye. 480 00:13:38,720 --> 00:13:39,720 The Hollywood station, Skipper. 481 00:13:39,720 --> 00:13:40,720 Yeah? 482 00:13:40,720 --> 00:13:41,720 They found the girl. 483 00:13:41,720 --> 00:13:48,720 The call had come from the Hollywood police station telling us that the Moran girl had been found. 484 00:13:48,720 --> 00:13:52,720 We contacted Lieutenant Hartgrove and had Mark Lansdale held for further questioning. 485 00:13:52,720 --> 00:13:55,720 Frank, Captain Powers, and I left the office and drove to the Courtney Terrace address 486 00:13:55,720 --> 00:13:57,720 where the girl had been taken. 487 00:13:57,720 --> 00:14:00,720 When we got there, there was a uniformed officer standing by the front door. 488 00:14:00,720 --> 00:14:04,720 We went in and found Mr. and Mrs. Moran with their daughter, Bunny, waiting for us. 489 00:14:04,720 --> 00:14:06,720 The girl appeared to be all right. 490 00:14:06,720 --> 00:14:07,720 Her face was dirty and scratched. 491 00:14:07,720 --> 00:14:09,720 Her clothing was torn, but she appeared to be in good health. 492 00:14:09,720 --> 00:14:12,720 Are you hungry, dear? Would you like a bowl of soup or something? 493 00:14:12,720 --> 00:14:13,720 That's not too much trouble. 494 00:14:13,720 --> 00:14:16,720 Not at all, honey. I'll get it right away. 495 00:14:16,720 --> 00:14:18,720 Now you stop when you get tired. 496 00:14:18,720 --> 00:14:22,720 I will, Mother. 497 00:14:22,720 --> 00:14:25,720 You want to go ahead, Bunny? 498 00:14:25,720 --> 00:14:26,720 Yes. 499 00:14:26,720 --> 00:14:28,720 Where do you want me to begin? 500 00:14:28,720 --> 00:14:30,720 What happened on Saturday night? 501 00:14:30,720 --> 00:14:33,720 Daddy and Mother went to a show. I was upstairs doing my homework. 502 00:14:33,720 --> 00:14:34,720 I see. 503 00:14:34,720 --> 00:14:37,720 I guess I was up there a half an hour, maybe more. 504 00:14:37,720 --> 00:14:39,720 It seems like that long. 505 00:14:39,720 --> 00:14:41,720 It's hard to tell when you're doing work, you know. 506 00:14:41,720 --> 00:14:42,720 Yeah. 507 00:14:42,720 --> 00:14:45,720 Anyway, the first thing I knew, it was somebody at the front door. 508 00:14:45,720 --> 00:14:47,720 I heard the bell went downstairs. 509 00:14:47,720 --> 00:14:49,720 There were two men there. 510 00:14:49,720 --> 00:14:50,720 I see. 511 00:14:50,720 --> 00:14:52,720 They asked if my mother and father were home. 512 00:14:52,720 --> 00:14:54,720 I told them, no, that they'd gone out. 513 00:14:54,720 --> 00:14:55,720 Mm-hmm. 514 00:14:55,720 --> 00:14:58,720 And then they told me that they knew that all the time. 515 00:14:58,720 --> 00:15:02,720 Said there'd been some kind of an accident, and I should go with them right away. 516 00:15:02,720 --> 00:15:03,720 Said it was an emergency. 517 00:15:03,720 --> 00:15:04,720 And you went with them, did you? 518 00:15:04,720 --> 00:15:05,720 Yeah. 519 00:15:05,720 --> 00:15:08,720 I went upstairs to my room to get a coat. 520 00:15:08,720 --> 00:15:10,720 I wanted to make sure Skippy was all right. 521 00:15:10,720 --> 00:15:11,720 Yeah. 522 00:15:11,720 --> 00:15:13,720 One of them went with me. 523 00:15:13,720 --> 00:15:14,720 I was getting my coat. 524 00:15:14,720 --> 00:15:19,720 I remembered that sometimes kidnappers tell people there's been an accident so they can take them away. 525 00:15:19,720 --> 00:15:20,720 You know how they do. 526 00:15:20,720 --> 00:15:21,720 That was good thinking, Bunny. 527 00:15:21,720 --> 00:15:22,720 Would you go ahead, please, Miss? 528 00:15:22,720 --> 00:15:26,720 I asked the man who followed me where Mom and Dad were, what hospital. 529 00:15:26,720 --> 00:15:27,720 Mm-hmm. 530 00:15:27,720 --> 00:15:28,720 He said they were in a hospital. 531 00:15:28,720 --> 00:15:31,720 They'd been taken to some kind of an emergency place. 532 00:15:31,720 --> 00:15:33,720 He said that they were not in a hospital? 533 00:15:33,720 --> 00:15:35,720 No, he said they'd been taken to some sort of emergency place. 534 00:15:35,720 --> 00:15:37,720 Oh, he said, all right, go ahead, please. 535 00:15:37,720 --> 00:15:41,720 Well, when I asked him for the name of the place, he wouldn't tell me. 536 00:15:41,720 --> 00:15:44,720 He just said I should hurry up, that my folks had been hurt pretty bad. 537 00:15:44,720 --> 00:15:45,720 That was a dirty lie. 538 00:15:45,720 --> 00:15:48,720 Anyway, I told him I wouldn't go, and he grabbed me. 539 00:15:48,720 --> 00:15:49,720 He said he was going to take me. 540 00:15:49,720 --> 00:15:51,720 He should like to get my hands on him. 541 00:15:51,720 --> 00:15:53,720 Was the other man downstairs all this time? 542 00:15:53,720 --> 00:15:54,720 Well, I guess so. 543 00:15:54,720 --> 00:15:55,720 I didn't see him. 544 00:15:55,720 --> 00:15:57,720 All right, go ahead, Miss, please. 545 00:15:57,720 --> 00:15:58,720 Here's your soup, Honey. 546 00:15:58,720 --> 00:16:00,720 Now drink it while it's still hot. 547 00:16:00,720 --> 00:16:01,720 Oh, kind. 548 00:16:01,720 --> 00:16:02,720 It's black bean, just like you like it. 549 00:16:02,720 --> 00:16:05,720 Go on now, while it's hot. 550 00:16:05,720 --> 00:16:07,720 There were some nice crackers there, too. 551 00:16:07,720 --> 00:16:12,720 Thanks, Mother. 552 00:16:12,720 --> 00:16:13,720 Mmm, it's good. 553 00:16:13,720 --> 00:16:15,720 I'm hungry. 554 00:16:15,720 --> 00:16:16,720 It's all right. 555 00:16:16,720 --> 00:16:17,720 Go ahead, Miss, please. 556 00:16:17,720 --> 00:16:19,720 Can't you let her eat? 557 00:16:19,720 --> 00:16:21,720 Poor child, after what she's been through. 558 00:16:21,720 --> 00:16:22,720 There's another man out, Mrs. Moran. 559 00:16:22,720 --> 00:16:23,720 We've got to find him. 560 00:16:23,720 --> 00:16:24,720 He's right, Gladys. 561 00:16:24,720 --> 00:16:27,720 Well, you go ahead and eat while you're talking. 562 00:16:27,720 --> 00:16:28,720 Yes, Mother. 563 00:16:28,720 --> 00:16:30,720 And not too fast. 564 00:16:30,720 --> 00:16:32,720 All right. 565 00:16:32,720 --> 00:16:34,720 Please go ahead, Miss. 566 00:16:34,720 --> 00:16:38,720 Well, when he grabbed me, Skippy, that's my dog, he got sore. 567 00:16:38,720 --> 00:16:41,720 Got real mad when he saw the man grab me, and he jumped at the man, tried to bite him. 568 00:16:41,720 --> 00:16:42,720 I see. 569 00:16:42,720 --> 00:16:45,720 The man hit Skippy, grabbed him and hit him a lot. 570 00:16:45,720 --> 00:16:47,720 I guess he killed him, I don't know. 571 00:16:47,720 --> 00:16:48,720 What happened then? 572 00:16:48,720 --> 00:16:50,720 Well, he took me out the car. 573 00:16:50,720 --> 00:16:52,720 It was parked outside in front of the house. 574 00:16:52,720 --> 00:16:55,720 Did he get a good look at the car? 575 00:16:55,720 --> 00:16:56,720 Mm-hmm. 576 00:16:56,720 --> 00:16:57,720 He can give us a description of it, then. 577 00:16:57,720 --> 00:16:59,720 Yeah, I can tell you all about it. 578 00:16:59,720 --> 00:17:00,720 All right, where'd the men take you? 579 00:17:00,720 --> 00:17:02,720 Well, they drove for a long time. 580 00:17:02,720 --> 00:17:04,720 I think it's up in the hill someplace, up in Laurel Canyon. 581 00:17:04,720 --> 00:17:05,720 Mm-hmm. 582 00:17:05,720 --> 00:17:08,720 There's this kind of a house there, tar paper. 583 00:17:08,720 --> 00:17:11,720 Looks like the buildings they had when they were building the freeway. 584 00:17:11,720 --> 00:17:14,720 Tar paper shacks, like the, you know, they keep the blueprints in. 585 00:17:14,720 --> 00:17:15,720 Mm-hmm. 586 00:17:15,720 --> 00:17:17,720 One of those didn't even have a floor, just dirt. 587 00:17:17,720 --> 00:17:19,720 They put me in there and left me. 588 00:17:19,720 --> 00:17:21,720 I heard them lock the door when they went away. 589 00:17:21,720 --> 00:17:22,720 I see. 590 00:17:22,720 --> 00:17:24,720 I didn't know what to do. 591 00:17:24,720 --> 00:17:26,720 I sat there for a little while and tried to think what to do. 592 00:17:26,720 --> 00:17:28,720 Did they have you tied in any way? 593 00:17:28,720 --> 00:17:30,720 Yeah, they had ropes around my hands and around my feet. 594 00:17:30,720 --> 00:17:31,720 Mm-hmm. 595 00:17:31,720 --> 00:17:33,720 I fell asleep after a while. 596 00:17:33,720 --> 00:17:35,720 Cried for a while and then fell asleep. 597 00:17:35,720 --> 00:17:37,720 Oh, my poor baby. 598 00:17:37,720 --> 00:17:39,720 I guess it was morning when I woke up. 599 00:17:39,720 --> 00:17:41,720 I couldn't tell too good because there wasn't any window in the shack, 600 00:17:41,720 --> 00:17:43,720 just the walls and no floor. 601 00:17:43,720 --> 00:17:44,720 Mm-hmm. 602 00:17:44,720 --> 00:17:48,720 First, when I woke up, I didn't know where I was and I remembered. 603 00:17:48,720 --> 00:17:50,720 Did either of the men come back at all? 604 00:17:50,720 --> 00:17:54,720 No, I sat there for a while and then I tried to think of some way I could get away. 605 00:17:54,720 --> 00:17:55,720 Yeah. 606 00:17:55,720 --> 00:17:58,720 There was a whiskey bottle on the floor and I kicked it until I broke it. 607 00:17:58,720 --> 00:18:01,720 Then I took one of the pieces and cut the ropes on my hand. 608 00:18:01,720 --> 00:18:04,720 I untied my feet and then just went around the shack, 609 00:18:04,720 --> 00:18:07,720 kicking the walls until I found a place that wasn't strong. 610 00:18:07,720 --> 00:18:09,720 I found one and I crawled through. 611 00:18:09,720 --> 00:18:10,720 Mm-hmm. What did you do then? 612 00:18:10,720 --> 00:18:11,720 I started to walk. 613 00:18:11,720 --> 00:18:14,720 It was pretty late by that time and I started to walk down the road. 614 00:18:14,720 --> 00:18:16,720 I was looking for a house. 615 00:18:16,720 --> 00:18:18,720 I got to a street and walked along it for a while. 616 00:18:18,720 --> 00:18:22,720 There weren't many cars, but a truck came along and a driver stopped and gave me a lift. 617 00:18:22,720 --> 00:18:25,720 Drove me to Laurel and Hollywood Boulevard and then let me out. 618 00:18:25,720 --> 00:18:26,720 Yeah. 619 00:18:26,720 --> 00:18:27,720 After that, I walked home. 620 00:18:27,720 --> 00:18:29,720 You were real brave, honey. 621 00:18:29,720 --> 00:18:30,720 I was pretty scared. 622 00:18:30,720 --> 00:18:33,720 There were a lot of times I didn't know what to do. 623 00:18:33,720 --> 00:18:36,720 You just bet there were, baby, but you did good. You're safe now. 624 00:18:36,720 --> 00:18:38,720 Can you describe the two men for us, do you think? 625 00:18:38,720 --> 00:18:39,720 I guess so. 626 00:18:39,720 --> 00:18:42,720 One of them was dark, kind of short, looked like... 627 00:18:42,720 --> 00:18:44,720 Oh, what's his name? 628 00:18:44,720 --> 00:18:47,720 You see him on television all the time, real moon-looking. 629 00:18:47,720 --> 00:18:49,720 I'll think of his name. 630 00:18:49,720 --> 00:18:50,720 I looked exactly like him. 631 00:18:50,720 --> 00:18:52,720 What about the other one? 632 00:18:52,720 --> 00:18:57,720 He wasn't very big either, kind of brown hair, thin, had blue eyes, watery blue eyes. 633 00:18:57,720 --> 00:18:59,720 Were those the only two men you saw? 634 00:18:59,720 --> 00:19:01,720 Yeah, just the two. 635 00:19:01,720 --> 00:19:04,720 Did they talk about anybody else being in on the kidnapping with them, do you remember? 636 00:19:04,720 --> 00:19:06,720 Not that I could hear. 637 00:19:06,720 --> 00:19:07,720 You're sure about that, are you? 638 00:19:07,720 --> 00:19:08,720 Yes. 639 00:19:08,720 --> 00:19:10,720 Sergeant, what's so important about that? 640 00:19:10,720 --> 00:19:12,720 Well, sir, we've got a man in custody, the one who calls you. 641 00:19:12,720 --> 00:19:13,720 Yes. 642 00:19:13,720 --> 00:19:15,720 Neither one of these descriptions match him. 643 00:19:15,720 --> 00:19:19,720 We continue to talk to the Moran girl. 644 00:19:19,720 --> 00:19:22,720 We got a complete description of both men involved and of the car they used. 645 00:19:22,720 --> 00:19:24,720 Local and APBs were gotten out on them. 646 00:19:24,720 --> 00:19:29,720 The fact that the descriptions varied and did not match the suspect we had in custody meant very little. 647 00:19:29,720 --> 00:19:33,720 A witness or a victim under stress might easily be mistaken. 648 00:19:33,720 --> 00:19:36,720 We talked with a family doctor and he told us that after a good night's sleep, 649 00:19:36,720 --> 00:19:38,720 the girl would be able to cooperate with us completely. 650 00:19:38,720 --> 00:19:43,720 The following morning, Monday, April 19th, a special show-up was arranged at the main jail. 651 00:19:43,720 --> 00:19:46,720 Our suspect was placed in a line with other men in custody. 652 00:19:46,720 --> 00:19:49,720 Bunny Moran failed to identify him. 653 00:19:49,720 --> 00:19:51,720 Frank and I took her over to the city hall and had her look through mugshots 654 00:19:51,720 --> 00:19:55,720 that had been pulled from packages as a result of a run by the stats office. 655 00:19:55,720 --> 00:19:57,720 She was unable to point out a suspect. 656 00:19:57,720 --> 00:20:01,720 1.40 p.m. We asked her if she could show us the shack where she'd been held captive. 657 00:20:01,720 --> 00:20:02,720 She said she could. 658 00:20:02,720 --> 00:20:05,720 We called her parents and told them where we were going and then we left the office. 659 00:20:05,720 --> 00:20:09,720 We picked up a policewoman and drove out the freeway to Sunset Boulevard and turned off. 660 00:20:09,720 --> 00:20:12,720 When we got to Laurel Canyon Boulevard, we drove past Lookout Mountain Avenue 661 00:20:12,720 --> 00:20:14,720 and then we turned left onto a dirt road. 662 00:20:14,720 --> 00:20:16,720 We drove for about a mile and a half. 663 00:20:16,720 --> 00:20:19,720 There was no sign of any type of building. 664 00:20:19,720 --> 00:20:21,720 It's right up ahead around the next corner. 665 00:20:21,720 --> 00:20:23,720 You sure you're on the right road? 666 00:20:23,720 --> 00:20:26,720 Yeah, I remember walking down this one. That's right. 667 00:20:26,720 --> 00:20:29,720 Hey, that's as far as we can go. Dead end. 668 00:20:29,720 --> 00:20:32,720 Maybe I did make a mistake. Maybe I did. 669 00:20:32,720 --> 00:20:35,720 I was sure it was along here, but maybe I was wrong. 670 00:20:35,720 --> 00:20:39,720 It might have been the next road up. You know, the one past where we turned off? 671 00:20:39,720 --> 00:20:41,720 Uh-huh. You want to turn around, Frank? 672 00:20:41,720 --> 00:20:44,720 Yeah. 673 00:20:44,720 --> 00:20:47,720 I'm sure I'm sorry about it. That's all right, Miss. 674 00:20:47,720 --> 00:20:49,720 Guess it seems like a wild goose chase, huh? 675 00:20:49,720 --> 00:20:51,720 No. I sure hope not. 676 00:20:51,720 --> 00:20:53,720 I know where it is. I just got mixed up. 677 00:20:53,720 --> 00:20:56,720 All right. We'll find it. I'm sure we will. 678 00:20:56,720 --> 00:20:59,720 Can't just disappear, can it? No, not likely. 679 00:20:59,720 --> 00:21:03,720 Here's someplace. You'll see. Yeah, we'll see. 680 00:21:03,720 --> 00:21:08,720 We went back to Laurel Canyon Boulevard and drove up all of the dirt roads in the vicinity. 681 00:21:08,720 --> 00:21:12,720 We didn't find the shack. Each time, Bunny Moran would offer some excuse. 682 00:21:12,720 --> 00:21:15,720 Finally, we asked her to describe the truck that had picked her up. 683 00:21:15,720 --> 00:21:18,720 She gave us a description that would fit two or three hundred vehicles in the city. 684 00:21:18,720 --> 00:21:21,720 She was unable to tell us the name of the driver who'd stopped. 685 00:21:21,720 --> 00:21:24,720 We took her back to the office and asked her to go over the story again. 686 00:21:24,720 --> 00:21:27,720 When she finished, Frank left to get Captain Powers. 687 00:21:27,720 --> 00:21:29,720 All right, you want to tell us now? What do you mean? 688 00:21:29,720 --> 00:21:31,720 The real story, the way it really happened. 689 00:21:31,720 --> 00:21:33,720 Might be easier if you told us first, don't you think? 690 00:21:33,720 --> 00:21:37,720 I told you there isn't any more to tell. I told you all how it happened. 691 00:21:37,720 --> 00:21:39,720 Why are you lying? 692 00:21:40,720 --> 00:21:43,720 I'm not lying. There's no way it happened. 693 00:21:43,720 --> 00:21:47,720 Now look, there are half a dozen places where the story you just told us doesn't fit with what you said last night. 694 00:21:47,720 --> 00:21:50,720 I was tired last night. Maybe I didn't remember. 695 00:21:50,720 --> 00:21:53,720 That's kind of hard to buy. Too many things that don't check out, Miss. 696 00:21:53,720 --> 00:21:56,720 The story about your dog, the fact that you can't find the shack. 697 00:21:56,720 --> 00:21:59,720 You don't know who the driver of the truck was. There are a lot of things that don't check out. 698 00:21:59,720 --> 00:22:02,720 You don't know who the driver of the truck was. There are a lot of things. 699 00:22:02,720 --> 00:22:05,720 I forgot. That's all. I made a mistake. Didn't you ever make a mistake? 700 00:22:05,720 --> 00:22:10,720 A lot of them. But last night you said only one of the men went upstairs with you, isn't that right? 701 00:22:10,720 --> 00:22:12,720 I don't remember. 702 00:22:12,720 --> 00:22:14,720 You seem pretty sure about it then. 703 00:22:14,720 --> 00:22:16,720 And I guess that's what I said. 704 00:22:16,720 --> 00:22:18,720 Only one of the men went with you, huh? 705 00:22:18,720 --> 00:22:20,720 That's what I said, yes. 706 00:22:20,720 --> 00:22:24,720 Well, and why, when you told the story just now, did you say that both of them went with you? 707 00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:29,720 I don't know. I don't know. You gave me all mixed up. 708 00:22:30,720 --> 00:22:32,720 Did you kill your dog? 709 00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:36,720 Did you? 710 00:22:36,720 --> 00:22:37,720 Yes. 711 00:22:37,720 --> 00:22:39,720 Why? 712 00:22:39,720 --> 00:22:41,720 I had to. 713 00:22:41,720 --> 00:22:43,720 To make the story sound real life. 714 00:22:43,720 --> 00:22:46,720 I didn't want to, but I had to. 715 00:22:46,720 --> 00:22:49,720 Why did you do it at all, Miss? 716 00:22:49,720 --> 00:22:52,720 So they wouldn't mind. That's the reason. 717 00:22:52,720 --> 00:22:55,720 What do you mean, so who wouldn't mind? 718 00:22:56,720 --> 00:22:59,720 You'll think it's silly. You won't think it's a good reason. 719 00:22:59,720 --> 00:23:02,720 Why don't you tell me anyway, huh? 720 00:23:03,720 --> 00:23:04,720 Because I was failing. 721 00:23:04,720 --> 00:23:05,720 What? 722 00:23:05,720 --> 00:23:10,720 I flunked at school. I flunked and I didn't want my folks to know. 723 00:23:10,720 --> 00:23:13,720 They'd be real mad. Real mad. 724 00:23:13,720 --> 00:23:16,720 So you figured this kidnaped thing out, huh? Played it that way. 725 00:23:16,720 --> 00:23:18,720 Yes. 726 00:23:18,720 --> 00:23:23,720 I thought that if something bad happened to me, they'd be so glad to have me back. 727 00:23:23,720 --> 00:23:25,720 It wouldn't matter about my flunking. 728 00:23:25,720 --> 00:23:28,720 The whole thing was a lie from the beginning to end, huh? 729 00:23:28,720 --> 00:23:31,720 Yes. All of it. 730 00:23:31,720 --> 00:23:33,720 All right, next time we better get going. 731 00:23:33,720 --> 00:23:34,720 Where? 732 00:23:34,720 --> 00:23:36,720 I'm going to take you home. 733 00:23:36,720 --> 00:23:38,720 You going to tell my folks about it? 734 00:23:38,720 --> 00:23:40,720 We haven't got much choice, have we? 735 00:23:40,720 --> 00:23:43,720 They'll be mad. Madder than they've ever been. 736 00:23:43,720 --> 00:23:44,720 Well, I guess they will. 737 00:23:44,720 --> 00:23:47,720 Well, I tell them. What'll I say? 738 00:23:47,720 --> 00:23:49,720 I'll tell you. Why don't you try something different? 739 00:23:49,720 --> 00:23:51,720 Tell them the truth. 740 00:23:59,720 --> 00:24:04,720 Presented at the meeting were Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Moran and their daughter Lucille. 741 00:24:04,720 --> 00:24:06,720 It was decided that no criminal complaint be issued, 742 00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:09,720 and the girl was released to the custody of her parents 743 00:24:09,720 --> 00:24:12,720 with the understanding that she be given psychiatric help. 744 00:24:12,720 --> 00:24:15,720 Further investigation showed Mark Parkwell Lansdale 745 00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:20,720 was wanted by authorities in Sacramento to answer a burglary charge. 746 00:24:20,720 --> 00:24:21,720 He was released to them. 747 00:24:21,720 --> 00:24:25,720 Dragnet, the story of your police force in action 748 00:24:25,720 --> 00:24:53,720 is a presentation of the United States Armed Forces Radio Service. 749 00:24:55,720 --> 00:25:00,720 The United States Armed Forces Radio Service 750 00:25:00,720 --> 00:25:06,720 is a production of the United States Armed Forces Radio Service 751 00:25:06,720 --> 00:25:14,720 and the United States Air Force. 752 00:25:14,720 --> 00:25:24,720 The United States Armed Forces Radio Service 753 00:25:24,720 --> 00:25:47,720 is a production of the United States Armed Forces Radio Service