by Hal Erickson
synopsis
Elderly Bertha Gillespie is reported missing, and Friday (Jack Webb) and Smith (Ben Alexander) are assigned to find her. The two detectives have a handful of intriguing clues to work on: someone had drawn a huge amount of money from Bertha's bank account; her phone bill hasn't been paid in several weeks; and she has accumulated an enormous water bill. Even so, it is only after Bertha's dead body is found that Friday and Smith get their first real lead--courtesy of a most observant youngster named Gordy (Jimmy Karath). This episode was adapted from the Dragnet radio broadcast of January 19, 1954.
