Dragnet: Missing Persons - Juanita Lasky

Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent. NBC brings you, dragnet! You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to missing persons detail.

You've never heard of Fountaine Green, Utah. You've never heard of Juanita Lasky. Los Angeles is a big city, 452 square miles, 3,356,969 people. Your job. Find her. Dragnet, the document to draw up an actual crime investigated and solved by the men who unrelentingly stand watch on the security of your home, your family and your life.

For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case from official police files. From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, dragnet is the story of your police force in action.

It was Monday, December 12th. It was cold in Los Angeles. We were working the day watch out of missing persons' detail. My partner is Ben Romero. The boss is Ed Backstrand, Chief of Detectives. My name is Friday.

I was on my way back from lunch and it was 12.47 p.m. when I got to room 67A. Missing persons detail. Lord Gee! Federal Cafe. Good soup today. What kind? Corn chowder. It was real good.

Places jammed with Christmas shoppers. I had to wait. I haven't even started my shop and yet. You? I gotta pick up something for my mother. Prices are high. I'll send a lot of cards. Will you get married, Joe?

Ever try to sell a Christmas card to a kid, they got to have something with wheels on it. Yeah, this should right. Missing persons, Friday. Falcon Green, Utah, calling the Los Angeles Police Department. We are all missing persons.