Dragnet: Brick-Bat Slayer

Here's another in NBC's Great Parade of New Shows. 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 a homicide. A mad killer is loose in the city. In every instance he leaves the murder weapon behind. There are no fingerprints. No clues to the killer's identity. Your job? Get him. Dragnet, the documented drama of 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 Tuesday, June 3rd, was warm in Los Angeles. We were working the day watch out of homicide. My partner's Ben Romero. The boss is Ed Backstrand, chief of detectives. My name's Friday. I was off duty reporting back in on an emergency call.

It was 3.57 a.m. when I got to the basement of the city hall, the carpool. Let's go, Friday. Sorry to call you back in, couldn't be helped. Alright, Ben. Okay, skipper. What's up, Ben? Double murder.

When? I don't know. Found out about it 40 minutes ago. You got any ideas? Roughly same MO. Was that 6413, nor which given? No, 6430. What do you mean the same MO? The same guy.

Brick bad killer. How many does this make? Counting tonight? Four. We got anything at all? Smudged fingerprint, we can't even classify. Sounds like a smart operator. We gotta get him. We have to shake down the city from one end to the other.