Dragnet: Eric Kelby - Body Buried In Nursery

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And now, 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 detail. A man's wife has suddenly dropped from sight. On the surface it appears only as a routine missing persons case. You

start to investigate. Suspicion grows. There is evidence of possible foul play. Your job, find the woman or find her murderer. Dragnet, the documented trauma 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 transcribed from official police files. From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force in action.

It was Wednesday, September 15th. It was warm in Los Angeles. We were working a day watch out of homicide. My partner's Ben Romero. The boss is Ed Backstrand, chief of detectives. My name's Friday. I was on the way back from lunch, and it was 1256, when I got to room 42, homicide.

Hi, Joe. Boy, and boy. Hi, Ben. How? Hi. I hear you got something for us. Hey, here's a report right here. Gonder by the name Eric Kelby called in the day for yesterday. Said his wife disappeared from their home out in the valley sunday night says he thinks you left him.