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Dragnet - "Big Missing" (Old Time Radio, 1949) · Dragnet | Old Time Radio

• 0:00
  Speaker 1: A worried mother in Fountain Green, Utah, tells Los Angeles
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  Speaker 1: police that her daughter, Juanita Lasky, has stopped writing home.
• 0:08
  Speaker 1: As Christmas approaches, Sergeant Joe Friday and his partner, Ben Romero,
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  Speaker 1: take up the missing persons case, following the few leads
• 0:17
  Speaker 1: at hand in search of an answer for her family.
• 0:21
  Speaker 1: From NBC's early sustaining run of Dragnet, this is Episode 8,
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  Speaker 1: Big Missing, originally broadcast July 28th, 1949. Jack Webb stars
• 0:34
  Speaker 1: as Friday, with Barton Yarbrough as Romero and Raymond Burr
• 0:38
  Speaker 1: as Chief of Detectives Ed Backstrand. Now, back to the
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  Speaker 1: golden age of radio. Ladies and gentlemen, the story you
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  Speaker 1: are about to hear is true. Only the names have
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  Speaker 1: been changed to protect the innocent.
• 1:01
  Speaker 2: NBC brings you Dragnet. You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned
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  Speaker 2: to missing persons detail. You've never heard of Fountain Green, Utah.
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  Speaker 2: You've never heard of Juanita Lasky. Los Angeles is a
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  Speaker 2: big city, 452 square miles, 3,356,969 people.
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  Speaker 3: Your job, find her.
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  Speaker 4: Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime investigated and
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  Speaker 4: solved by the men who unrelentingly stand watch on the
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  Speaker 4: security of your home, your family, and your life. For
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  Speaker 4: the next 30 minutes, in cooperation with the Los Angeles
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  Speaker 4: Police Department, you will travel step by step on the
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  Speaker 4: side of the law to an actual case from official
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  Speaker 4: police files. From beginning to end, from crime to punishment,
• 2:01
  Speaker 4: Dragnet is the story of your police force in action.
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  Speaker 5: It was Monday, December 12th. It was cold in Los Angeles.
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  Speaker 5: We were working the day watch on a missing persons detail.
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  Speaker 5: My partner's Ben Romero. The boss is Ed Backstrand, chief
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  Speaker 5: of detectives. My name's Friday. I was on my way
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  Speaker 5: back from lunch, and it was 12.47 p.m.
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  Speaker 6: When I got to room 67A. Missing persons detail.
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  Speaker 2: 4G.
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  Speaker 3: Federal cafe. Good soup today. What kind? Corn chowder.
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  Speaker 6: It was real good. The place is jammed with Christmas shoppers.
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  Speaker 6: I had to wait.
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  Speaker 3: I haven't even started my shopping yet.
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  Speaker 7: You?
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  Speaker 5: I've got to pick up something for my mother. Prices
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  Speaker 5: are high. I'll send a lot of cards. When will
• 2:49
  Speaker 5: you get married, Joe? Ever try to sell.
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  Speaker 2: A Christmas card to a kid? They've got to have
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  Speaker 2: something with wheels on it. Yes, you're right. Missing persons, Friday.
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  Speaker 8: South and Green, Utah, calling the Los Angeles Police Department.
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  Speaker 8: Bureau of missing persons. My party will speak with anyone
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  Speaker 8: in charge.
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  Speaker 6: This is missing persons, Sergeant Friday.
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  Speaker 2: Mrs.
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  Speaker 8: Lasky, ready with your call to Los Angeles.
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  Speaker 4: Hello?
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  Speaker 3: Hello?
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  Speaker 8: Here's your party.
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  Speaker 2: Go ahead, please.
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  Speaker 8: Operator?
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  Speaker 3: Yes, madam.
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  Speaker 8: Could you please give me the charges for this call?
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  Speaker 8: I'm using my neighbor's phone.
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  Speaker 9: All right, madam.
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  Speaker 8: Please signal when your call is completed.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, yes, yes.
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  Speaker 8: I'll do that.
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  Speaker 10: Go ahead, please.
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  Speaker 2: Hello?
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  Speaker 9: Hello?
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  Speaker 8: Are you missing persons?
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  Speaker 3: Yes, ma'am. Sergeant Friday.
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  Speaker 8: This is Mrs. Hannah Lasky. I'm calling you from Fountain Green, Utah.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, ma'am.
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  Speaker 8: Juanita Lasky.
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  Speaker 11: I haven't heard from her in well over a month,
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  Speaker 11: and I'm terribly worried.
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  Speaker 6: Where was she staying in Los Angeles, Ms.
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  Speaker 3: Lasky?
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  Speaker 11: At the Chelsea Hotel for Women. I have the address.
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  Speaker 11: 941 South Melrose Street. I can't understand it. Ever since
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  Speaker 11: Juanita's been away from home, she's written twice a week regularly.
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  Speaker 3: When's the last time you heard from her?
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  Speaker 8: The last letter I have is due on November 2nd.
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  Speaker 11: You know how it is, Sergeant. We have no relatives
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  Speaker 11: in Los Angeles, and she's trying to find work down.
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  Speaker 8: There, living all alone. I just don't know what to do.
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  Speaker 3: All right, Ms. Lasky.
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  Speaker 5: I'll take her description over the phone and make out
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  Speaker 5: a preliminary report. You'll have to send us a photograph
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  Speaker 5: of your daughter and a letter to the effect that
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  Speaker 5: you want us to trace her.
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  Speaker 8: I'll get the letter and the snapshot off today.
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  Speaker 6: Now, what's your daughter look like? What's her full name?
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  Speaker 8: Juanita Marie Lasky.
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  Speaker 3: L-A-S-K-E-Y. No, no, no, no, no E. All right. Her age, weight,
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  Speaker 3: and height.
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  Speaker 8: July 10th, 128 pounds, and about my height.
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  Speaker 3: Well, how tall are you, Ms. Lasky?
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  Speaker 8: Oh, okay. Five feet, seven inches. She has auburn hair.
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  Speaker 8: It's quite long, and her eyes are green.
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  Speaker 3: Okay, I got it.
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  Speaker 6: Any outstanding scars, birthmarks, anything that might help us identify her?
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  Speaker 8: Oh, what's that?
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  Speaker 5: I say any outstanding scars, birthmarks, anything that might help
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  Speaker 5: us identify her.
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  Speaker 8: No. Well, neither the pretty girl. Nice disposition.
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  Speaker 6: Where can we contact you, Ms.
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  Speaker 3: Lasky?
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  Speaker 11: 122 Brigham Young Street, Fountain Green, Utah. When you find Juanita,
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  Speaker 11: we should have her call me right away.
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  Speaker 8: I'll pay for the call.
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  Speaker 3: We'll do that, Ms. Lasky. What's your number up there?
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  Speaker 8: This is the neighbor's phone. The bullet mail called me.
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  Speaker 8: It's Fountain Green 14R2.
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  Speaker 9: Yeah.
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  Speaker 8: You will try to find her as fast as you can.
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  Speaker 3: We'll go to work on it.
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  Speaker 8: Well, Juanita, all that's been told are the Christmas holidays.
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  Speaker 10: All right?
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  Speaker 3: I wouldn't worry about it, Ms. Lasky.
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  Speaker 6: We'll call you just as soon as we get any
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  Speaker 6: kind of a.
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  Speaker 3: Look on her.
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  Speaker 8: Thank you so much, Sergeant. And if there's any charge,
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  Speaker 8: I'll be glad to pay it.
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  Speaker 6: No charge. If your daughter's in Los Angeles, I think
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  Speaker 6: we can find her.
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  Speaker 11: Oh, if there's anything wrong, you'll let me know right away?
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  Speaker 6: Yes, ma'am.
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  Speaker 8: You're very kind.
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  Speaker 9: Goodbye.
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  Speaker 7: Bye.
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  Speaker 3: What you got, Jill?
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  Speaker 6: Some girl owes her mother a letter.
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  Speaker 3: Come on, Ben.
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  Speaker 5: Just a routine call. We made the usual check, the morgue,
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  Speaker 5: all the hospitals, the county jail. And then we went
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  Speaker 5: through the repeater file. We found a Juanita Lasky in
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  Speaker 5: the files, but the age and description didn't match. We
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  Speaker 5: put that lead in the discard. After the usual paperwork,
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  Speaker 5: the next step was to check her last known residence,
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  Speaker 5: the Chelsea Hotel for Women.
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  Speaker 2: Here it is, Joe. Chelsea Hotel.
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  Speaker 9: Yeah.
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  Speaker 6: 55 rooms all outside. You're home away from home. Now
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  Speaker 6: let's go in.
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  Speaker 9: Chelsea Hotel. Thank you.
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  Speaker 3: Here's the bell.
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  Speaker 9: Yes, sir. May I help you?
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  Speaker 6: We're looking for a Miss Juanita Lasky.
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  Speaker 9: I'll ring her room. Whom shall I say is calling?
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  Speaker 3: Is she in?
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  Speaker 9: I believe so. I just saw her about an hour ago.
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  Speaker 3: Okay. Would you ring her room, please?
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  Speaker 9: Yes, sir. And whom shall I say is calling?
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  Speaker 3: My name's Friday.
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  Speaker 9: All right, Mr. Friday. Just a moment. Do you wish
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  Speaker 9: to speak with her on the phone, or shall I
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  Speaker 9: have her come down?
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  Speaker 3: Ask her to come down if she doesn't mind.
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  Speaker 9: She doesn't seem to answer. That's funny. I'll ring again.
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  Speaker 6: No, sir.
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  Speaker 9: She doesn't seem to be in. Would you like to
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  Speaker 9: leave a message?
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  Speaker 3: Didn't you say you saw her about an hour ago?
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  Speaker 9: Yes, I did. She must have gone out again.
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  Speaker 6: I wonder if we could check the room.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, no.
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  Speaker 9: Gentlemen are not allowed above the main lobby.
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  Speaker 5: I'm sorry, ma'am. We're from the police department. Missing persons.
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  Speaker 5: I'm Sergeant Friday. This is Sergeant Romero. Oh.
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  Speaker 9: You men are from missing persons, did you say?
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  Speaker 3: Yes, ma'am.
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  Speaker 7: Well, I'm sure Juanita's just stepped out for a moment
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  Speaker 7: if you'd care to wait here in the lobby.
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  Speaker 2: We haven't got much time, ma'am. We'd appreciate it if
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  Speaker 2: you'd show us a room. Certainly.
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  Speaker 9: I'll get to the pass, please. That's 215. The elevator's
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  Speaker 9: right this way.
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  Speaker 3: Thank you.
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  Speaker 9: What seems to be the trouble? Some friend of Juanita's missing?
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  Speaker 3: No, ma'am. Juanita.
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  Speaker 9: Juanita? I don't understand.
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  Speaker 3: Her mother's a little worried about her.
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  Speaker 9: Down this way. Here we are. No wonder she didn't
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  Speaker 9: hear the phone. She's in the shower.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, ma'am.
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  Speaker 2: Would you wrap on the bathroom door until we'd like
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  Speaker 2: to talk to her as soon as she's through?
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  Speaker 3: We'll wait out here in the hall.
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  Speaker 9: Certainly.
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  Speaker 3: Juanita?
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  Speaker 9: Juanita? Juanita, there are two gentlemen here to see you.
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  Speaker 8: Juanita?
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  Speaker 9: Juanita? I'm coming in. It's Miss Waters. Sergeant? Yeah? There's
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  Speaker 9: no one in the shower.
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  Speaker 3: It's running, isn't it?
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  Speaker 9: Yes. I see a robe and towel all laid out.
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  Speaker 3: We better take a look around. Turn off the shower,
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  Speaker 3: will you? Yeah. He must have left in a hurry.
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  Speaker 9: Say, here's a fresh change of clothing on the bed.
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  Speaker 3: Where's the closet, ma'am? This door?
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  Speaker 9: Yes, that's right.
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  Speaker 3: Closet, closet, closet. There's a couple of pieces of luggage
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  Speaker 3: in there.
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  Speaker 9: This isn't like one, Eater. Funny, isn't it?
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  Speaker 2: You say you saw her about an hour ago.
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  Speaker 9: Yes, I did.
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  Speaker 3: Coming in or going out?
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  Speaker 9: Coming in, I thought.
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  Speaker 3: You have room service here?
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  Speaker 9: Yes, we have a coffee shop downstairs.
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  Speaker 3: The tray of food here on the table hasn't been touched.
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  Speaker 3: Coffee's still warm. Shut that radio off, will you, Ben? Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Could she have gotten out of the building without you
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  Speaker 3: seeing her?
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  Speaker 9: No, we don't have a rear entrance.
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  Speaker 2: I'm sure you didn't see her go out the front
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  Speaker 2: door just before we got here.
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  Speaker 9: No. No, I did not.
• 9:41
  Speaker 3: How about her mail? Has she been picking it up lately?
• 9:43
  Speaker 9: I think so. We can check that down at the desk.
• 9:46
  Speaker 3: Yeah, here's some letters. Postmark Utah. Return address. Mrs. H. Laskin.
• 9:50
  Speaker 3: Good morning. Let me see that.
• 9:53
  Speaker 5: This is one of your telephone message forms?
• 9:55
  Speaker 9: Let me see. Yes, yes, that's right.
• 9:57
  Speaker 3: It says long distance call operator 25. in Green, Utah.
• 10:00
  Speaker 3: According to this slip, this call was received at 125 today.
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  Speaker 9: May I see that, sir?
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  Speaker 3: Certainly.
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  Speaker 9: Yes, that said, Ms.
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  Speaker 3: Writing, Mrs.
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  Speaker 9: Tollison took that call. She relieves me for lunch.
• 10:11
  Speaker 3: Well, do you know whether she returned this call?
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  Speaker 9: Well, if she did, there'll be a record down at
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  Speaker 9: the desk.
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  Speaker 3: Uh-huh.
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  Speaker 6: Now, you're positive that you saw Juanita Lasky an hour ago?
• 10:19
  Speaker 9: Yes, I'm sure. Just about an hour ago.
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  Speaker 6: Five feet, seven, 128 pounds, green eyes, red hair.
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  Speaker 3: Red hair?
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  Speaker 9: Oh, no. Juanita's a blonde.
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  Speaker 5: Her mother told us that Juanita Lasky had red hair.
• 10:32
  Speaker 3: Now, we weren't too surprised.
• 10:33
  Speaker 6: A lot of women change the color of their hair.
• 10:35
  Speaker 5: It would make identification a little more difficult, but not impossible.
• 10:40
  Speaker 5: We checked down at the desk. Juanita Lasky had picked
• 10:42
  Speaker 5: up all her mail, but she had not answered that
• 10:44
  Speaker 5: long-distance phone call to Fountain Green's. The next step was
• 10:48
  Speaker 5: to question some of the people in the Chelsea Hotel
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  Speaker 5: who knew Juanita.
• 10:51
  Speaker 6: We tried room 217. Yeah, oh, Gloria.
• 10:58
  Speaker 9: These men are police officers. They want to ask you
• 11:00
  Speaker 9: some questions. Oh, yes. Is it all right for them to... Yes, yes,
• 11:05
  Speaker 9: of course. This is an exception. Won't you come in?
• 11:08
  Speaker 3: Thank you. What's your name, miss?
• 11:10
  Speaker 9: Gloria Edgerton.
• 11:12
  Speaker 3: You know Juanita Lasky?
• 11:13
  Speaker 9: Yes, I know her. She has a room right next
• 11:15
  Speaker 9: door to me.
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  Speaker 3: Have you seen her today?
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  Speaker 9: No, I haven't. I've been out doing my Christmas shopping.
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  Speaker 3: Why? We were trying to locate her, Miss Edgerton.
• 11:23
  Speaker 9: Wasn't she in her room? I thought I heard her
• 11:25
  Speaker 9: shower going.
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  Speaker 6: Yeah, she did, but she wasn't in there. When was
• 11:27
  Speaker 6: the last time you saw her?
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  Speaker 9: Last night at dinner. We always eat dinner together.
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  Speaker 2: Did she say anything that might lead you to believe
• 11:33
  Speaker 2: that she was going anywhere today? No.
• 11:36
  Speaker 9: She said she might do some Christmas shopping today, so
• 11:38
  Speaker 9: I suggested she go with me. She agreed. She said
• 11:41
  Speaker 9: she'd meet me this morning.
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  Speaker 3: Did she?
• 11:43
  Speaker 9: No, she didn't.
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  Speaker 7: I just assumed that maybe she was sleeping in, so
• 11:46
  Speaker 7: I went on alone. Are you sure she hasn't just
• 11:49
  Speaker 7: sat down?
• 11:50
  Speaker 9: We don't know.
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  Speaker 3: You're just going down to the corner.
• 11:53
  Speaker 2: It's a little unusual to leave the shower running, the
• 11:55
  Speaker 2: radio on, and let your lunch get cold.
• 11:57
  Speaker 9: Did she do that?
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  Speaker 3: How long has Juanita had blonde hair?
• 12:01
  Speaker 7: Well, ever since I've known her, about six months. We
• 12:03
  Speaker 7: moved in here together. We work at the same place.
• 12:05
  Speaker 3: Where's that, Miss Edgerton?
• 12:07
  Speaker 9: At the Cogit building. We're elevator operators.
• 12:09
  Speaker 3: I see. Who's your immediate superior down there?
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  Speaker 9: Darlene Camp. She's cheap starter.
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  Speaker 3: You got that, ma'am?
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  Speaker 2: Mm-hmm.
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  Speaker 6: She have many dates?
• 12:17
  Speaker 9: No, not too many. Juanita likes to go steady.
• 12:19
  Speaker 3: Who was her steady boyfriend?
• 12:21
  Speaker 9: Paul Matthews. He works in the Cogit building, too. He's
• 12:24
  Speaker 9: in the dental lab for Dr.
• 12:25
  Speaker 2: Welty.
• 12:26
  Speaker 9: Sixth floor.
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  Speaker 3: Well, is there anything else that you'd like to add
• 12:29
  Speaker 3: that might help us find her?
• 12:30
  Speaker 9: Well, are you sure she's lost?
• 12:33
  Speaker 5: The Flaggett Building is in the heart of downtown Los Angeles.
• 12:38
  Speaker 6: It's a business and professional building.
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  Speaker 5: The cornerstone says, erected in 1924, and it stands 12
• 12:44
  Speaker 5: stories high.
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  Speaker 3: The main entrance is on Hill Street.
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  Speaker 2: Are you Darlene Camp? Yes.
• 12:57
  Speaker 9: Just a moment, please. Going up. All right, Dora. Can
• 13:01
  Speaker 9: I help you?
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  Speaker 3: I'm Sergeant Friday, Police Department. This is Sergeant Romero.
• 13:04
  Speaker 9: Yes, sir.
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  Speaker 3: Won't either Lasky work for you?
• 13:06
  Speaker 9: Yes, she does. She's one of my operators.
• 13:08
  Speaker 3: When's the last time you saw her?
• 13:09
  Speaker 9: Anything wrong?
• 13:10
  Speaker 2: No, no.
• 13:11
  Speaker 3: We're just trying to locate her.
• 13:12
  Speaker 9: You just missed her by 45 minutes. All right, Sylvia.
• 13:15
  Speaker 9: She was in to pick up a check.
• 13:16
  Speaker 3: Do you know where she cashes the check?
• 13:19
  Speaker 9: Most of the girls cash them down at the bank
• 13:20
  Speaker 9: on the corner. There's only one around here over on 8th.
• 13:23
  Speaker 6: You say about 45 minutes ago?
• 13:25
  Speaker 9: Yes, that's right.
• 13:26
  Speaker 3: Thanks very much, Miss Camp. Come on, Ben.
• 13:29
  Speaker 9: Going up. All right, Marion.
• 13:32
  Speaker 3: Bank's not far from here. It is kind of funny,
• 13:35
  Speaker 3: isn't it? What's that? Her room, the shower, the radio,
• 13:39
  Speaker 3: that lunch. Sure pulled out in a hurry. What do
• 13:42
  Speaker 3: you think? I don't know what to figure. It's a
• 13:45
  Speaker 3: new one on me. She's alive. We know that.
• 13:47
  Speaker 5: She was 45 minutes ago, anyway.
• 13:51
  Speaker 3: Christmas is here. Santa Claus and his chimney.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Uh-oh.
• 13:55
  Speaker 2: Uh-oh.
• 13:56
  Speaker 3: I beg your pardon, sir. That's all right. Merry Christmas.
• 13:58
  Speaker 3: Same to you. Here we are, Jim. Guess we better
• 14:03
  Speaker 3: check with the manager, huh? You the manager?
• 14:08
  Speaker 10: I'm the assistant manager.
• 14:10
  Speaker 3: Can I help you? Police department. Yes, sir. I'd like
• 14:12
  Speaker 3: to find out if a check has been cast here
• 14:13
  Speaker 3: within the hour.
• 14:14
  Speaker 6: Yes, sir.
• 14:15
  Speaker 2: And what's the party's name?
• 14:16
  Speaker 6: Lasky, Juanita, payroll check, blanket building.
• 14:18
  Speaker 3: Yes, sir. I know Miss Lasky. If you'll step behind
• 14:21
  Speaker 3: the counter, I'll get the check. Thank you. If you'll
• 14:26
  Speaker 3: just wait right here. Okay, thanks. I wonder why she
• 14:30
  Speaker 3: stopped writing to her mother. That's a good question. When
• 14:32
  Speaker 3: we find her, we'll ask her. I wonder if anything
• 14:34
  Speaker 3: was wrong where she worked. No, it didn't seem to be.
• 14:37
  Speaker 6: We'll check back there when we finish here.
• 14:39
  Speaker 3: Yeah. That boyfriend, Paul Matthews, too. Yeah. Oh, here's our man. Yes, sir.
• 14:45
  Speaker 3: Here's the canceled check. I okayed it. You sure it's
• 14:48
  Speaker 3: the same girl?
• 14:49
  Speaker 10: Blonde girl.
• 14:50
  Speaker 2: Elevator operator in the Claggett building.
• 14:52
  Speaker 3: Was she alone?
• 14:53
  Speaker 6: I think so.
• 14:54
  Speaker 3: Did she appear normal?
• 14:56
  Speaker 2: No.
• 14:57
  Speaker 3: No, she didn't seem to be as friendly as she
• 14:59
  Speaker 3: usually is.
• 15:00
  Speaker 2: Does she have an account here?
• 15:01
  Speaker 3: She did have a small savings account here.
• 15:03
  Speaker 2: But she closed it out about a month ago.
• 15:05
  Speaker 3: I see. Here's our card. If you should happen to
• 15:07
  Speaker 3: see her again, give us a call. I'll do that.
• 15:09
  Speaker 3: Thank you very much. Entirely welcome. Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas.
• 15:17
  Speaker 3: We went back to the Claggett building.
• 15:19
  Speaker 5: Ben called the Chelsea Hotel from the phone booth in
• 15:21
  Speaker 5: the lobby of the building... Miss Waters, the manager, was
• 15:24
  Speaker 5: keeping a sharp lookout, but Juanita Lasky had not been
• 15:27
  Speaker 5: heard from.
• 15:29
  Speaker 6: Paul Matthews worked in a dental lab for a Dr.
• 15:31
  Speaker 3: Weldy. His office was number 637.
• 15:32
  Speaker 5: Yes, gentlemen, may I help you?
• 15:40
  Speaker 3: We'd like to see Paul Matthews.
• 15:41
  Speaker 2: I'm Paul Matthews. We're from Missing Persons Police Department. Sergeant Friday,
• 15:45
  Speaker 2: I'm Sergeant Merrill.
• 15:46
  Speaker 3: Yes, sir. Do you know a Juanita Lasky? Yes, sir.
• 15:49
  Speaker 3: When's the last time you saw her?
• 15:51
  Speaker 2: Saturday night. We went to a show. Is there something wrong?
• 15:54
  Speaker 2: We're trying to locate her. Do you see a lot
• 15:56
  Speaker 2: of each other?
• 15:56
  Speaker 3: Yes, we do.
• 15:57
  Speaker 9: I don't understand.
• 15:57
  Speaker 2: Lasky disappeared from the hotel a couple hours ago.
• 16:00
  Speaker 3: Thought maybe you might know where she is.
• 16:02
  Speaker 2: No, I don't. Today's a day off. Maybe she's out shopping.
• 16:05
  Speaker 2: Has Juanita done anything wrong?
• 16:07
  Speaker 6: No, it's just that her mother hasn't heard from her
• 16:09
  Speaker 6: for quite some time.
• 16:10
  Speaker 2: I can explain that. Juanita's an elevator operator here in
• 16:13
  Speaker 2: the building. That's how I met her. They don't make
• 16:16
  Speaker 2: much money, you know.
• 16:16
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 16:17
  Speaker 2: She was having a hard time making ends meet. She
• 16:20
  Speaker 2: sends money home to her mother every month or so,
• 16:22
  Speaker 2: and besides that, she's got to pay rent and buy clothes,
• 16:24
  Speaker 2: and it is pretty rough. She seem dishonored over all this? No,
• 16:29
  Speaker 2: I wouldn't say that, but she was kind of unhappy
• 16:31
  Speaker 2: about not getting a raise.
• 16:32
  Speaker 3: Do you have any outside job?
• 16:34
  Speaker 2: No, sir, she didn't.
• 16:36
  Speaker 3: What kind of a girl is she? What do you mean?
• 16:38
  Speaker 2: Cheerful, good natured. Oh, sure, fine girl. We get along swell, I...
• 16:42
  Speaker 2: I still don't get it. Well, maybe there's nothing to it.
• 16:44
  Speaker 2: Just a routine check. I hope she's all right. When
• 16:47
  Speaker 2: did all this come up?
• 16:47
  Speaker 6: A couple of hours ago. We might have to check
• 16:49
  Speaker 6: back with you.
• 16:50
  Speaker 2: If I can help.
• 16:53
  Speaker 3: Okay. Thanks for the information.
• 16:54
  Speaker 2: Here's our card. If you hear from her, why give
• 16:57
  Speaker 2: us a ring? You don't suppose anything's happened to her?
• 16:59
  Speaker 3: That's what we're trying to find out. Goodbye, Mr. Matthews.
• 17:07
  Speaker 5: When we got back to Central Division, we had a
• 17:09
  Speaker 5: full description of one Eagle Lasky teletype to all outlying
• 17:11
  Speaker 5: stations in the metropolitan area of Los Angeles. We also
• 17:14
  Speaker 5: put out an APB. We double-checked the repeater file and
• 17:18
  Speaker 5: the wanderer file. We made out a full report on
• 17:20
  Speaker 5: our findings to date. During the next eight days, we
• 17:23
  Speaker 5: located a missing husband for a wife in Memphis, Tennessee.
• 17:26
  Speaker 5: We picked up a runaway boy missing from his home
• 17:28
  Speaker 5: in Reno, Nevada, and a 79-year-old veteran of the Spanish-American
• 17:32
  Speaker 5: War who left his home in Bakersfield, California because he
• 17:35
  Speaker 5: didn't like his daughter-in-law's cooking. But Juanita Lassie was still
• 17:39
  Speaker 5: a mystery. For eight days, we checked and rechecked all
• 17:42
  Speaker 5: her known friends and habits. We went back over the
• 17:44
  Speaker 5: course a dozen times, but no trace. It was almost
• 17:49
  Speaker 5: as if she had ceased to exist that day in
• 17:50
  Speaker 5: the Chelsea Hotel. The letter and photograph from her mother
• 17:54
  Speaker 5: had arrived, and we circulated it to cities all over
• 17:56
  Speaker 5: the country. Her mother wrote that during the war, Juanita
• 17:59
  Speaker 5: was a whack corporal. We put a tracer through to
• 18:01
  Speaker 5: the War Department. That way, we'd have another photo and
• 18:04
  Speaker 5: a full set of fingerprints.
• 18:06
  Speaker 3: Well, where do you want to start today? I'll get it.
• 18:11
  Speaker 3: Missing persons, Friday.
• 18:13
  Speaker 10: Joe, this is Spencer over in the morgue.
• 18:14
  Speaker 3: Yeah, Archie.
• 18:15
  Speaker 10: You still looking for that girl? What's her name? Ramona Lasky?
• 18:19
  Speaker 3: Juanita, yeah.
• 18:20
  Speaker 10: Just had one brought in. Looks like your girl to me.
• 18:26
  Speaker 5: The city morgue is located in the basement of the
• 18:28
  Speaker 5: Hall of Justice on West Temple Street, across the street
• 18:31
  Speaker 5: from the city hall. A lot of missing persons cases
• 18:34
  Speaker 5: end right here. Archie Spencer met us at the door.
• 18:38
  Speaker 10: Hi, Joe.
• 18:38
  Speaker 2: How's the wife been?
• 18:39
  Speaker 3: Oh, fine, Archie. Over here, Joe. Cooler 23. Give me
• 18:46
  Speaker 3: a hand, huh? You bet. That's her, isn't it? When's
• 18:52
  Speaker 3: she gonna be posted?
• 18:53
  Speaker 2: Soon as your fingerprint man gets here. That's Ramona Lasky,
• 18:56
  Speaker 2: isn't it?
• 18:57
  Speaker 3: Juanita. Juanita, I mean.
• 19:00
  Speaker 2: No.
• 19:01
  Speaker 3: No, that's not her, Archie. You sure? Yeah.
• 19:05
  Speaker 2: I was almost positive. Sure looks like this picture at
• 19:08
  Speaker 2: the bulletin. Yeah, yeah, she looks a lot like the picture,
• 19:10
  Speaker 2: but it's not one he'll ask you. Five foot seven,
• 19:13
  Speaker 2: green eyes, blonde hair, about 130. How close can you get?
• 19:19
  Speaker 3: Look at the face.
• 19:21
  Speaker 2: You sure that's not her?
• 19:22
  Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm sure. Look at her hair, the root.
• 19:26
  Speaker 9: Yeah.
• 19:27
  Speaker 3: They're blonde all the way down. They ought to be dark.
• 19:29
  Speaker 3: Our girl's a bleached blonde. Yeah, I see what you mean.
• 19:31
  Speaker 5: Look at her right hand, index and middle fingers. Heavy
• 19:34
  Speaker 5: nicotine stains. Our girl didn't smoke, Ikey.
• 19:36
  Speaker 3: Yeah, I see what you mean.
• 19:39
  Speaker 2: Well, guess I was wrong. That's not Ramona.
• 19:44
  Speaker 3: Juanita, come on, Ben.
• 19:51
  Speaker 5: That afternoon, we got another phone call from Fountain Green, Utah.
• 19:54
  Speaker 3: Juanita Lasky's mother.
• 19:56
  Speaker 5: We told her we hadn't found any trace of her daughter.
• 19:57
  Speaker 3: It was a hard job.
• 20:00
  Speaker 5: We had answered calls like this before, but maybe it
• 20:02
  Speaker 5: was just the season of the year. Somehow, we felt
• 20:05
  Speaker 5: that we had to find Juanita Lasky by Christmas. We
• 20:08
  Speaker 5: covered every angle we could think of. we kept close
• 20:11
  Speaker 5: watch on all incoming reports. We stayed in close contact
• 20:14
  Speaker 5: with her friends and Miss Waters at the Chelsea Hotel.
• 20:17
  Speaker 5: Regardless of the name on the incoming reports, we checked
• 20:19
  Speaker 5: every set of fingerprints against those.
• 20:21
  Speaker 3: We had received on Juanita Lasky from the War Department. Still,
• 20:24
  Speaker 3: no trace.
• 20:26
  Speaker 6: December 23rd, we checked in for work at 8.30 a.m.
• 20:28
  Speaker 5: Chief Ed Backstrand wanted to see.
• 20:34
  Speaker 3: Us. Got a little something on the Lasky girl. Might
• 20:36
  Speaker 3: help you. What is it, Kevin?
• 20:37
  Speaker 2: A man by the name of Willard Harris.
• 20:39
  Speaker 3: Owns a bar out in Pomona. Phoned in this morning.
• 20:41
  Speaker 6: Yeah?
• 20:42
  Speaker 2: Found a woman's handbag left in the bar. Driver's license
• 20:45
  Speaker 2: made out to Winnie the Lasky. Why'd you think to
• 20:47
  Speaker 2: call that? He's got a television set in his bar.
• 20:50
  Speaker 2: Saw the Lasky girl's picture on Sergeant Rosenquist's broadcast last night.
• 20:54
  Speaker 3: How about the girl?
• 20:55
  Speaker 2: Says he can't place her. You better hop out and
• 20:58
  Speaker 2: pick up that purse.
• 20:59
  Speaker 5: Willard Harris owned the Mission Trail Bar. Was in the
• 21:05
  Speaker 5: bus terminal on the heart of Pomona. The Christmas traffic
• 21:08
  Speaker 5: was heavy all the way out Garvey Boulevard.
• 21:11
  Speaker 3: It was 10.45 when we pulled up in front of
• 21:12
  Speaker 3: the bar.
• 21:13
  Speaker 5: Willard Harris was inside taking a liquor inventory when we
• 21:16
  Speaker 5: walked in.
• 21:17
  Speaker 3: How do you do? You, Mr.
• 21:18
  Speaker 10: Harris?
• 21:19
  Speaker 3: Yeah, that's right. You fellas with General Liquors?
• 21:22
  Speaker 6: Los Angeles Police Department. My name's Friday. This is Sergeant Romero.
• 21:25
  Speaker 2: Oh, say, glad to know you boys. Yeah, I called
• 21:28
  Speaker 2: Los Angeles this morning.
• 21:30
  Speaker 3: We came right out.
• 21:31
  Speaker 2: Say, how about a little eye-opener? Got some fine Irish whiskey?
• 21:35
  Speaker 3: No, thanks, Mr.
• 21:36
  Speaker 7: Harrison.
• 21:37
  Speaker 3: How about your partner there? No, thank you. All right, boys.
• 21:41
  Speaker 3: Guess you want that purse, huh? Yes, please. Yeah. Here
• 21:44
  Speaker 3: you are.
• 21:46
  Speaker 2: Just as I found it. I opened it up to
• 21:48
  Speaker 2: get the owner's name, but that's all. It didn't touch
• 21:50
  Speaker 2: a thing.
• 21:50
  Speaker 3: Okay. Thanks, Mr.
• 21:52
  Speaker 2: Harris.
• 21:52
  Speaker 3: You said that you didn't remember seeing the woman who
• 21:54
  Speaker 3: left this.
• 21:54
  Speaker 9: No, I don't.
• 21:56
  Speaker 2: Herb works with me here. He might have seen her,
• 21:58
  Speaker 2: but he didn't. I asked him the night we found it.
• 22:01
  Speaker 2: How long ago did you find it, Bert? Oh, about a.
• 22:03
  Speaker 3: Part of two weeks.
• 22:04
  Speaker 2: No, a little closer to a week.
• 22:06
  Speaker 9: Yeah.
• 22:06
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 22:07
  Speaker 3: Yeah, about eight days ago. I usually hold something like
• 22:10
  Speaker 3: this for 30 days. That's the law, you know. Yeah.
• 22:13
  Speaker 2: But I saw that photo on the television on that
• 22:16
  Speaker 2: missing persons program.
• 22:18
  Speaker 3: That's how come I called you, boys. Well, thanks very much, Mr. Harris.
• 22:21
  Speaker 3: That's all, boys. It's cold out this morning. Sure you
• 22:25
  Speaker 3: don't want a little nick? No, thanks, Mr.
• 22:27
  Speaker 2: Harris.
• 22:27
  Speaker 3: Goodbye.
• 22:31
  Speaker 5: We checked the personnel at the bus terminal, but none
• 22:33
  Speaker 5: of them seemed to recognize Juanita Lasky's photograph. We checked
• 22:36
  Speaker 5: the contents of her purse, but we found nothing unusual.
• 22:39
  Speaker 5: Four one-dollar bills.
• 22:40
  Speaker 3: And some change in the normal things women carry.
• 22:43
  Speaker 5: Since there was money in the bag, we felt sure
• 22:45
  Speaker 5: that Juanita Lasky had lost the purse herself. That meant
• 22:48
  Speaker 5: that she was alive eight days ago, two days after
• 22:50
  Speaker 5: she walked out of the Chelsea Hotel. We checked Chelsea Hotel.
• 22:54
  Speaker 5: We checked Chelsea Hotel. We checked Chelsea Hotel. We checked
• 22:58
  Speaker 5: Chelsea Hotel. We checked Kelsey Hilger's license home print. That's
• 23:01
  Speaker 5: the only print carried on a California driver's license. It
• 23:04
  Speaker 5: matched the same print on the War Department record. It
• 23:06
  Speaker 5: didn't prove anything except that all the evidence tied in
• 23:09
  Speaker 5: and belonged to the girl we were looking for, Juanita Lasky.
• 23:12
  Speaker 5: The next morning, December 24th, we checked in for work
• 23:15
  Speaker 5: at 8.30.
• 23:15
  Speaker 3: Morning, Ben. All right, Joe, here's the daily reports. You
• 23:19
  Speaker 3: want to check them? There's a mess of them. Let's
• 23:21
  Speaker 3: get at them. You look through any of them yet? No,
• 23:22
  Speaker 3: not yet. I figured I'd wait for you. All right,
• 23:24
  Speaker 3: I'll take half, huh? Hmm. Got any shopping done?
• 23:27
  Speaker 6: No.
• 23:27
  Speaker 9: You?
• 23:27
  Speaker 3: No, Tom. Lunch, I almost did. Mm-hmm. Found some nice cards.
• 23:32
  Speaker 2: You sure to send me one? Yeah, I'll hand it
• 23:34
  Speaker 2: to you in the morning. Let's trade shaving lotions like
• 23:36
  Speaker 2: we did last year.
• 23:37
  Speaker 3: Can I get any?
• 23:38
  Speaker 2: You can get some. My kid's got a bottle all
• 23:41
  Speaker 2: picked out for him. It's called South Pole for that
• 23:43
  Speaker 2: pool thing.
• 23:44
  Speaker 9: Yeah.
• 23:44
  Speaker 3: Just like him. Yeah. Just like him. Yeah. Just like him.
• 23:49
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 23:49
  Speaker 3: Just like him. Yeah. Just like him. Yeah. Just like him.
• 23:55
  Speaker 3: He's only a kid. He's only a kid. Better than
• 23:58
  Speaker 3: he gets old. What are you going to do?
• 24:01
  Speaker 2: How's that, buddy?
• 24:02
  Speaker 3: On the last case. Thanks, Holmes. Oh, Ben, listen to this. Yeah?
• 24:07
  Speaker 3: Bureau of Criminal Investigation, Sacramento. Here's a kickback on our APB. Yeah,
• 24:11
  Speaker 3: what's it say?
• 24:12
  Speaker 5: Uh, reading your APB, number 43 on 12-12-48. Our records
• 24:16
  Speaker 5: disclose that Juanita Lasky applied for a position.
• 24:19
  Speaker 3: Of civilian clerk at Marchfield, California, U.S. Army Air Base,
• 24:21
  Speaker 3: using alias Gene Davis. How about the thing, the French classification? Yeah,
• 24:24
  Speaker 3: let me find it. Yeah, FPC.
• 24:27
  Speaker 5: Key 19, primary 32 over 32, inner over outer, final
• 24:31
  Speaker 5: 15 over 17.
• 24:32
  Speaker 3: French check out, that's her girl, June.
• 24:38
  Speaker 5: The Sacramento report stated that Jean Davis had applied for
• 24:40
  Speaker 5: government work at Marchfield, California. Well, a couple of things
• 24:44
  Speaker 5: dropped into place. Her purse had been found in Pomona.
• 24:47
  Speaker 5: That's right on the main highway from Los Angeles to Riverside.
• 24:50
  Speaker 5: And the application for a job at the Army Air
• 24:52
  Speaker 5: Base a few miles beyond Riverside. We put through a
• 24:55
  Speaker 5: long-distance phone call, and they told us that Jean Davis
• 24:58
  Speaker 5: was employed there as a civilian clerk, but failed to
• 25:00
  Speaker 5: show up for work that morning.
• 25:02
  Speaker 2: It seems like we run fresh out of lucky every trip,
• 25:04
  Speaker 2: doesn't it?
• 25:05
  Speaker 3: We get so close, and then she's gone again.
• 25:08
  Speaker 2: What do you think she's on the go for? If
• 25:10
  Speaker 2: I could figure that, I could find her.
• 25:12
  Speaker 3: I'll get it. Missing persons Friday. Yeah?
• 25:19
  Speaker 5: We'll be right over. We didn't find her, but she's
• 25:23
  Speaker 5: been found. Juanita Lasky just walked into the Chelsea Hotel.
• 25:29
  Speaker 5: We went over to the Chelsea Hotel.
• 25:31
  Speaker 3: Technically, our job was completed now.
• 25:33
  Speaker 5: Juanita Lasky had been found.
• 25:36
  Speaker 6: We went over to make out a routine report.
• 25:38
  Speaker 5: The streets were pretty jammed with last-minute Christmas shoppers, so
• 25:41
  Speaker 5: we walked the last block to the.
• 25:45
  Speaker 11: Hotel.
• 25:50
  Speaker 3: What's your guest, Joe? Let's ask her. Come on, let's
• 25:52
  Speaker 3: go in. That looks like her over by the desk there.
• 25:59
  Speaker 6: Yeah, pretty well memorized, that face.
• 26:00
  Speaker 7: Sergeant!
• 26:00
  Speaker 2: Sergeant!
• 26:02
  Speaker 9: This is Juan Lasky, Sergeant Siding, Sergeant Romero, Juanita.
• 26:06
  Speaker 3: How do you do, Miss Lasky?
• 26:07
  Speaker 9: How do you do? I'm sorry. I'm terribly sorry. Miss
• 26:11
  Speaker 9: Waters told me.
• 26:12
  Speaker 3: Do you mind telling me? Where have you been?
• 26:15
  Speaker 9: Sergeant, I don't know. These last 12 days have been
• 26:17
  Speaker 9: a complete loss to me. Miss Waters told me what happened.
• 26:20
  Speaker 9: I went over to see my doctor. He said I
• 26:23
  Speaker 9: had temporary amnesia. I have to have treatment.
• 26:25
  Speaker 3: I see. What's your doctor's name, Miss Lasky?
• 26:27
  Speaker 9: Dr. Rudner over on Crenshaw.
• 26:29
  Speaker 3: Well, we're glad you're okay. Kind of had us going
• 26:32
  Speaker 3: there for a while. Sorry. Can I use your phone,
• 26:34
  Speaker 3: Miss Waters?
• 26:35
  Speaker 9: Oh, certainly. Help yourself.
• 26:36
  Speaker 3: Thank you.
• 26:43
  Speaker 7: Long distance?
• 26:44
  Speaker 5: I'd like to place a person-to-person call to Mrs. Hannah Lasky,
• 26:48
  Speaker 5: Fountain Green, Utah. That number is 14R2.
• 26:50
  Speaker 3: Fountain Green, Utah, 14R2. That's right.
• 26:54
  Speaker 9: Your name and number, please.
• 26:56
  Speaker 6: Joe Friday, and this is? Hempstead, 8594.
• 27:00
  Speaker 8: Thank you. Rate operator. Fountain Green, Utah. Route and night
• 27:07
  Speaker 8: person rate from Los Angeles. TC, Mount Pleasant, Salt Lake,
• 27:12
  Speaker 8: night person, 140. Through Salt Lake.
• 27:19
  Speaker 10: Salt Lake.
• 27:20
  Speaker 8: Mount Pleasant. Mount Pleasant.
• 27:24
  Speaker 10: Fountain Green.
• 27:25
  Speaker 3: Salt Lake.
• 27:28
  Speaker 9: Mountain Green.
• 27:29
  Speaker 8: Mountain Green, 14R2. Mrs. Hannah Lasky, Los Angeles, California, calling.
• 27:34
  Speaker 9: Thank you.
• 27:37
  Speaker 8: Ringing operator.
• 27:42
  Speaker 2: Hello?
• 27:42
  Speaker 9: Mrs.
• 27:43
  Speaker 8: Hannah Lasky, please. Los Angeles, California, calling.
• 27:46
  Speaker 2: Oh, yes, yes. Hang on.
• 27:48
  Speaker 8: I'll get her. Waiting on your party, sir.
• 27:51
  Speaker 3: Thanks. Getting through all right, Jim?
• 27:54
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 27:54
  Speaker 3: Lucky. Christmas Eve. Yeah.
• 27:56
  Speaker 2: Hello?
• 27:56
  Speaker 10: Hello?
• 27:58
  Speaker 3: Hello, Ms.
• 27:58
  Speaker 9: Lasky?
• 27:58
  Speaker 10: Yes?
• 27:59
  Speaker 3: Just a minute, Ms. Lasky. Juanita? Yes? You're wanted on
• 28:04
  Speaker 3: the phone.
• 28:05
  Speaker 9: Oh, who is it?
• 28:07
  Speaker 3: Just say hello. She'll take it from there. Let's go, Ben.
• 28:11
  Speaker 2: Hello?
• 28:13
  Speaker 6: Yes?
• 28:15
  Speaker 9: Hello, Mother. Come on, Ben. Yes, I'm all right.
• 28:19
  Speaker 8: Mother, it's so good to hear your voice.
• 28:27
  Speaker 3: See you tomorrow, Joe. Merry Christmas. Yeah, it is, isn't.
• 28:34
  Speaker 2: It? The story you have just heard is true. Only
• 28:44
  Speaker 2: the names were changed to protect the innocent.
• 28:47
  Speaker 4: Upon further examination by competent medical authorities, Juanita Lasky was
• 28:51
  Speaker 4: found to be suffering from periodic spells of amnesia. She
• 28:55
  Speaker 4: was given treatment and a complete cure was effective. You
• 29:03
  Speaker 4: have just heard the eighth in a new series of
• 29:05
  Speaker 4: authentic cases from official files. Technical advice for Dragnet is
• 29:09
  Speaker 4: furnished by the Los Angeles Police Department.
• 29:14
  Speaker 2: Tonight's program is dedicated to Corporal Grady A. Beecham of
• 29:18
  Speaker 2: the 9th Precinct Metropolitan Police Force, Washington, D.C., who, on
• 29:24
  Speaker 2: the night of December 2nd, 1948, gave his life so
• 29:29
  Speaker 2: that yours might be more secure.
• 29:37
  Speaker 3: Dragnet came to you from Los Angeles.
• 29:41
  Speaker 4: This is NBC, the national broadcasting company.
• 29:53
  Speaker 1: Dragnet, Episode 8, Big Missing, has reached its close. Follow
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