Dragnet: The Big Death

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A socially prominent citizen is plotting to kill his wife. He tells you his plans for the murder. He hires you to do the killing. Your job. Stop him. When you compare Fatima with other long cigarettes, the difference is quality.

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Dragnet, 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, Dragnet is the story of your police force in action. It was Monday, February 17th. It was raining in Los Angeles. We were working the day watch out of homicide detail.

My partner's Ben Romero. The boss is Thad Brown, Chief of Detectives. My name's Friday. It was 4.18 p.m. when we got to room 26, Chief of Detectives office. Come on in, man. Have a seat.