Dragnet: The Roseland Roof Murders

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Smoke Fatima. Drignette, the documented drama of an actual crime. 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, Drignette is the story of your police force in action. It was Saturday, July 21st, was hot in Los Angeles. We were working the night watch out of robbery detail.

My partner's Ben Romero, the boss is Thad Brown, Chief of Detectives, my name's Friday. I was on the way back from the record bureau and it was 6.55pm when I got to Room 27A. Robbery detail.