Friday uses Larson's shoes and clothes to pin him to Helen Corday's murder.
1. Dragnet: Helen Corday centers on Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigating the murder of Helen Corday in Los Angeles.
2. Friday narrates the case as a homicide assignment under Chief Ed Backstrand.
3. The episode asks who could kill a 21-year-old woman with no obvious money or relatives.
4. At the old central jail building, the crime lab matches paint flakes from the victim's head to paint on a steel pipe.
5. The lab also reports type A blood on the pipe and type A blood from Helen Corday.
6. Slides under the comparison microscope show hair from Helen Corday's head and hair found on the pipe.
7. Footprint casts point to size 9 Sport King tennis shoes and a man about 5 feet 10 inches tall.
8. The scene includes a right-hand work glove with blood on it and a missing left glove.
9. Friday and Romero review morgue shots, purse contents, and Helen Corday's ID card.
10. Helen Corday is identified as 33 Naomi Place, age 21.
11. Otto Meyer says Helen was a good worker who earned 26.50 a week.
12. Meyer also says Helen kept her personal life at home and did not talk about men at work.
13. Marie Olsen says Helen took singing lessons from Paul Ostrander and had a few dates with him.
14. Ostrander says he coached Helen for about a year and a half and worries about publicity.
15. Ed Backstrand tells the detectives they have evidence but no clear connection yet.
16. A probable-attack call at 3220 Casino turns out to be a separate domestic violence case.
17. Friday and Romero then spend three days running every possible call through Central Division.
18. An anonymous tip names George Barlow, but the detectives check him and about 10 others with no result.
19. The interrogation style is clipped and exact, with questions built around shoes, alibis, and city records.
20. Listeners who like forensic police procedure and slow pressure will appreciate this episode; listeners who want fast resolution may not.
