Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true.

The names have been changed to protect the innocent.

Drag men.

You're a detective sergeant.

You're assigned to juvenile detail.

Four children in your city have apparently been abandoned by their...

He's a woman abouts.

There's a possibility of foul play.

Your job, investigate.

It was Friday, February 8th.

It was raining in Los Angeles.

We were working the night watch out of juvenile detail.

My partner is Frank Smith.

The boss is Captain Powers.

My name's Friday.

I was on my way back from Juvenile Hall,

and it was 7.46 p.m.

when I got to 1335 Georgia Street, the

office. Joe? Yeah, Irene. You talk to Captain Powers? Yeah. The way it looks, Frank's going to be tied up in court for a couple of days. It's going kind of hard. Gang war, isn't it? Yeah. Seems like everybody in town's climbed on this one, really making a big thing out of it. Uh-huh. Well, a skipper said I was supposed to give you a hand on anything that might come up.

Then you just made it?

Hmm?

Woman in the next office, you better talk. this one really making a big thing out of it. Uh-huh. Donald Skipper said I was supposed to give you a hand on anything that might come up.

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