is a 1949 episode of the radio series Dragnet. It was first broadcast on August 11, 1949.The episode begins with the discovery of the body of a young woman in a vacant lot. Detectives Joe Friday and Frank Smith are assigned to the case. They soon determine that the woman was strangled to death.Friday and Smith interview the victim's friends and family, but they are unable to identify any suspects. They also check with local police departments, but no one has reported a missing person who matches the victim's description.The detectives then decide to focus on the vacant lot where the body was found. They canvass the area and interview potential witnesses. They also search the lot for clues.Finally, the detectives get a break in the case. They learn that a man named Robert Harris was seen in the vacant lot on the day of the murder. Harris is a known drifter with a criminal record.Friday and Smith track down Harris and bring him in for questioning. Harris initially denies any involvement in the murder, but he eventually confesses. He tells the detectives that he strangled the woman after she refused to have sex with him.Harris is arrested and charged with murder. He is convicted and sentenced to death.Note: This episode is also known by the following titles:
