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 homicide detail.

A howling dog causes a man to check his neighbor's house.

He finds the brutally beaten body of an elderly woman.

She's been killed by person or persons unknown.

Your job? Investigate.

It was Tuesday, June 10th. It was warm in Los Angeles. We were working tonight. Watch out a homicide detail. My partner's Frank Smith. The boss is Captain Warman. My name's Friday. I was only way back in from the alley, and it was 7.26 p.m. when I got to 9782 Green Oak Drive. Front door.

Do you find anything? No. There's no sign of anybody out back. Do you call a crime lab? Yeah, I thought to Lee's on the way. That's good. Call Hollywood Division, too. They're going to send out some more men to help us. That's an outside chance might come up with something. Yeah. Whoever did it sure must have been wild gel i don't think i ever saw killing as brutal as this one that's pretty rough

must have hit her a couple of dozen times. Look at there. See, the wristwatch is broken. Looks like she might have raised her arm to try and stop some of the blows. Yeah. Crystal smashed up pretty bad, it's hard to read. It looks like 304, doesn't it?

Uh-huh.

It must have been the time. From what the neighbor says, that'd have to be this afternoon. Yeah. Do you find anything that looks like a murder weapon? Nothing out in the open. Thought it'd be better if the crime lab checked the place first. How about the other room? They're as bad as the one out front? Yeah. Stuff's all scattered around, drawer, pulled out, contents thrown all over.

Whoever it was, sure wanted us think it was robbery.

Well, let's check the neighbor. as bad as it went out front yeah stuff's all scattered around drawer pulled out contents thrown all over

whoever it was sure wanted us think it was robbery well let's check the neighbor yeah he's cross

street said he wanted to go home and take something to help quiet him down must have been quite a

shock to the old guy yeah you want to tell brian and phillips grow will be yeah

phillips is out and back i saw him when i came in i'll talk to brian all right ask him let us know

when lee gets you yeah all right come on here thank you mr broody yeah over here want to turn the lights on i don't Thank you. Mr. Brody?

Yeah, over here.

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