by Hal Erickson
synopsis
Working out of Homicide, Friday (Jack Webb) and Jacobs (Barney Phillips) investigate the murder of Josephine Stevens, who was killed by a shotgun blast while sitting up in bed. The only witness to the crime is Mrs. Stevens' 7-year-old son, who though lying in the same bed with his mother was completely unhurt. Can it be that this horrific crime was committed by the victim's estranged husband--or is their another "player" involved? This episode is based on a Dragnet radio script originally heard on May 17, 1951.