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we got ourselves a snap

do that my way Lois don't be crazy this

is good

I'm Seymour Robbins Internal Revenue

Service this whole thing stinks

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he wants my records for the last three

years three years I don't know what my

records are the last week man now that

was a turn of three years

he's only killed ten women well he's

zeroing in on number 11 and McCall I

think it's you why can't you learn not

to make waves because I want to do it

right

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works for me

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well we used

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or just stand-in there

all of a sudden she jerks her head away

and did because she just goes limp in my

arms I thought she was having some kind

of fit or something and I didn't know

until I saw the blood you never heard

the shot no and you didn't see anyone no

no and I know who did it it was that

creep she used to go out with Brad

Wakeley that's the guy who did it he

said you never saw anything I don't need

to I know he did it

you see when she gave him the word that

they were over he he got real crazy he

got real mean he said he was gonna get

her good you don't happen to have an

address on this Wakeley guy do you

I think Cheryl said he lived in silver

like I don't have a street the shot came

from up there on that little captain I

found this NATO round 223 caliber I

could have been some kid sneaked his own

man's rifle out of the house took a pot

shot of the rabbit and a lot of

complaints about kids hunting in these

hills hey I'm telling you it's not some

kid it's this guy Wakeley this wasn't an

accident this guy knew what he was doing

he even cleared away the brush to get a

good line down here the girl that's

about a downhill shot of 300 maybe 350

yards this guy wasn't using your

standard GI weapon he was using a

modified rifle at the scope we got

ourselves a sniper here honey

let me talk with you a minute

look you be damn careful who you say

that to if I read hear or see one word

one word about there being a sniper in

Chandler Park I'm gonna have your liver

along with your badge you got me so what

do want me to do go looking for this

little kid with a BB gun Hey look hunter

we're all in it right up to our noses

huh all of us well why can't you learn

not to make waves cuz I want to do it

right

see if Wakeley was in the service

if you qualified for weapons maybe you

did what is weightings

already on it what the hell are you

doing

yo sergeant Rick hunter yeah well you

doing with my file

I'm Seymour Robbins Internal Revenue

Service well I'm gonna go check on those

files we have some problems with your

income tax returns from 1980 through

1983 in 1989 sucks five years ago oh

cool

what's going on him it's being audited

by the IRS on April the 27th 1980 you

deducted as an unreimbursed business

expense the payment of $10 to Harry

Tennessee what was that for Tennessee

Harry Tennessee

can you see that not hairy Tennessee

harried the nose she's a cocaine addict

he sells drugs for a living

you bought drugs and deducted it as a

business expensive you know not drugs

information information and why didn't

you just use the police department files

or the computer I understand the city

has invested millions of dollars in a

highly sophisticated mainframe system

sometimes you have to get information

very quickly no I don't have time to

come back to my desk and go through my

files such as you're doing or hit the

computer for my information I've got to

get it from the players right on the

street just a second captain they'll

tell you all about this

this is mr. Robin

Seymour TV mr. Robbins is with the IRS

oh so I understand I trust sergeant

hunter here isn't giving you any trouble

regarding his taxes I don't want you to

take it easy on him just because he's a

police officer

oh I wouldn't do that good good you must

all carry our shared a burden just a

moment captain sure is it true that

police officers pay criminals for

information there are some occasions

when that might be necessary yes and the

police department condones it well

perhaps not officially but it's always

been the accepted practice as long as I

can remember you know within very

certain limitations of course you say

that paying police informants is a

matter of accepted policy does that mean

you do it captain well on occasion yeah

but as I said before within very very

narrow parameters and you deducted these

payments to criminals from your income

tax returns under unreimbursed to

business expenses is you

he stuck the captain with that IRS guy

what are you suicidal well I figure if

he hasn't killed me by now right oh by

the way did a very excellent job of

getting all that information on weekly

so quickly well it wasn't like he was

trying to hide he's listed right there

in the foam he even gave his right name

and address when he was pulled over a

ticketed for speeding last month and he

even paid the fine so what you're saying

is this guy is a solid citizen cop I

once worked with right after I got out

of the Academy once told me that a solid

citizen if somebody who hasn't been

caught yet what my old man told me that

when I was four years old all right your

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he's a hell of a shot this guy yeah he's

only got one little problem sheets and

everything cops pedestrians

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nice going hotshot you just killed three

policemen two innocent bystanders and a

woman interface hell I should have kept

their heads down well maybe you ought to

pull yours out Wiggly now pick up your

brass the rest you guys police the area

pick up anything that's not growing

Robert Whitley who's asking sergeant

hunter and sergeant McCall with homicide

so what do you want with me talk to us

about Sheryl Greene she's a lying

double-dealing little tramp just like

the rest of you yeah well she's

different she's dead

I should little curious about how she

died

maybe you already knows why don't you

talk to your soldier

hey this man's got a lot of work today

why don't you leave him alone I were the

police that woman was shot to death

Wakely hold it kid don't say a word

you're charging him and wood oh how are

you an attorney wants you but out he's

in my outfit and I'm gonna take care of

it that recipe kid you don't have to say

anything without a lawyer you know that

don't you

sergeant you're complicating matters

well I just wanted a kid to know what's

in the book wanna go by the book okay we

found this man in possession of a weapon

of the same caliber that was used to

kill his ex-girlfriend Cheryl green and

this cartridge was fired from that

weapon that still don't prove that he

did no you're right it doesn't prove

that but it's evidence now look we can

take you downtown we can hold you for 48

hours on suspicion while we have the lab

check this out the rifle anything else

we want to turn up that's the way you

want to run it Wakely don't let him know

your kid I haven't seen Cheryl since we

broke up I hadn't talked to her I hadn't

seen or anything okay

well the guys she used to go with said

he took this thing pretty hard you even

threatened her life

don't wait a minute here this guy didn't

know what he's talking about it right

now you know when a guy is crazy about a

dame spends all his money on her and

they stay together for years and all of

a sudden out of the blue she says I'm

leaving you for somebody else makes you

mad hurt you sometimes to say things

that you don't really mean now who the

hell's going with this girl you were him

why don't you let him talk no that's

right that's right and went down just

that way Sarge is right you still live

with that Silver Lake address do you

yeah that's right still work with him on

our construction tell yeah yeah yeah get

that feeling they make a big move won't

you give me a call

hey hey hold up just think you ought to

know it's that kid over there ain't no

lousy draft dodger the join the guard

just to stay out of Nam that kids had a

real rough war that's not gonna buy him

anything you should know that by now

oh when we get back to the precinct why

don't you run Wakely again and see if he

can come up with any type of psychiatric

history i oughtta runnin what's the

matter with you you allergic to files

all of a sudden no I want to run by the

National Guard Armory for a minute look

all right I don't want to go back to

precinct just yet not well that an IRS

blood-sucking creature is still there

he's out to drain me dry

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yeah it's Bob Wiggly the best shot on

the team maybe in the state

you think wake Nev have any trouble

hitting a man-sized target save 3 350

yards one of these no no I didn't get

anything one of these by accident but

now with a target rifle he cheats your

eyes out of that range he's about the

best I've ever seen

why he's even been in Balter Bulger was

top gunner Pendleton in 57 58 these

target rifles each man supply zone now

the regiment supplies them it's a

regular issue sniper rifle we modify

them some competition you keep around

here sure now

nurse you think I might have a look away

please can't see why not

I don't suppose you got a warrant

well like you get a warrant well you see

around here we do everything by the

numbers if you want to see these rifles

or anything else in here you better go

get yourself a piece of paper I'll be

back

would you get so picky about the rules

Dennis you got enough lot of work to do

Lois don't you just get

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single shot to the head probably from

that Knoll up there I can't tell yet

what the caliber bullet but it looks

like a 223 but I'll let you know when I

dig it up

okay thanks appreciate it okay well you

pulled another one right out of your hat

hunter Wakeley have a psychiatric

history

yeah they admitted him to a hospital six

months was he violent

now he's diagnosed as a cute depression

or something like that they said he got

over in six months yeah that's what they

said they probably kicked him out of it

because they needed the extra bed anyway

we gotta go see this guy I can't pay him

another visit talking McCall hey listen

even come on back to the precinct now if

you want you know was it dip from the

IRS gone no but uh I think it's found

juicier pickings than you who's that

who's got his eye on Smitty and is just

about ready to sink his teeth right into

the captain's neck no kidding that's

great Oh God

I checked with him in our construction

they said Wakeley didn't show up for

work today he'd called him sick

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hey open up boys

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bedrooms clean clue wives anyway I don't

think this place has been dusted in two

months

having that chair with you you know it's

one thing him killing the first

girlfriend but why would he kill a

second we don't know he killed you one

of them yet well be a real good reason

to hang yourself oh we can't prove that

either you didn't leave a note did he

hunter half the suicides don't leave any

notes this whole thing stinks you got

someone to chin where's my bag

well after you're done looking at the

library would you give me my bag please

take a look at this you got dust here

and dust here yeah they got dust

everywhere the guy was a lousy

housekeeper oh wait a minute there's no

dust right here though

newspaper clippings blonde shot dead

park set and grill slain in Chandler

Park Park police denied connection that

figures

parks sniper strikes again Chandler Park

victim number eight we got a photograph

here of a probably a victim and he's a

phone number an address and a name on

the back of it looks like maybe we got

our sniper no way CLE couldn't have

anything to do with these killings this

goes all the way back to 1958 he was a

kid then you're right and the phone

number on the back of this photograph

back in 1958 the prefixes were names not

phone numbers like if where I came from

it was it was Madison and then you Dow

MA and then the phone number right well

this is a current phone number

well what are you saying that uh Wakely

suddenly found a bunch of old newspaper

clippings decided to become a copycat

killer yeah I could have worked that way

our captain will believe that story that

means you won't like I said McCall this

whole thing stinks

looks like the place well good it's

gonna do us I don't know everything is a

learning experience

excuse me ma'am leave a word list please

I'm Sergeant Hunter this is sergeant

McCall we're looking for a woman by the

name of iris Buford wouldn't happen to

know where would you things you don't

care about anybody date

we're sorry ma'am was uh was she your

daughter my daughter I don't have a

daughter

it's me 25 years ago

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would you guys like a beer no thanks if

I had your willpower maybe I'd still

look like that picture did you dig it up

man named Robert Wakeley had it we found

it among some old clippings that he had

on the Chandler Park sniper case back in

1958

you know about that do you miss Beaufort

I know about it

it was married to him Dennis Balder the

classic example captain the guy was

crazy jealous he thought his wife was

cheating on him with every guy in tennis

so it gets a rifle Falls and wife the

channel or Parkman takes a shot at it it

precedes to kill 800 women who were so

alike three sisters $287 what's that

woman fine to spend money on this time

little balls his wife

oh my way boys she can spend money they

oppose his wife thought he took a shot

at her why didn't you turn him in she

did she said no got those wars Justin

what was that I said she did but nobody

believed her loopy woman pickled in

booze thinks she was married to the

Chandler Parkes night for 25 years ago

she's still batting a thousand look the

autopsy on weekly shows a contusion

behind his left ear which is consistent

with a blow to the head by a blunt

object so what

so the Emmy says that's because the guy

was unconscious before he was hanged

which means he was murdered no which

means that you're wasting my time again

hunter you know while you two were

playing clever detectives

sergeant to Bulaga picked up wake please

rifle with the armory to the do

ballistics I suppose you're gonna tell

us now that the bullets matched you got

him a call both those girls were killed

by the same gun and none of them yeah

the same gun but not by Wakeley what

balls are had access to those rifles 24

hours a day a hunter read my lips

this case is solved and you got nothing

else to do with I got one more

suggestion for you you better pray that

that guy from the IRS that bloodsucker

doesn't find anything wrong with my past

returns and penalize me for him because

if he does it's gonna come out of your

hide I get out of here and do something

productive

ah sergeant hunter did you come up with

those hairy the nose receipts yeah yeah

we're working on that uh well no great

rush I think I'm gonna be here much

longer than I expect

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the station here in Los Angeles from

February of 1957 through December of

1958 and at the same time frame in which

the Chandler Park sniper was active so

we're about three million other people

but when he got transferred to killing

stopped there hasn't been one girl

killed in that Park since you left until

now and guess who's back in town

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all I'm asking for is true officers on

foot to squad cars to back me up what is

this so you people telling me I don't

know how to set up a net no we are not

telling you you don't know how to set up

a net all I'm telling you is I've worked

on this case from the very beginning I

know how this guy operates this is

killing it also happens to be my

precinct sergeant so why don't you just

go back to your own bailiwick and leave

me to run mine

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I'm sorry mister I thought you were

already go home kid hurry

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but damn fool head oh that was him

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tell them that we have been pursued this

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Oh Lois it's still too slow knock

another second off in between them

whatever you want where's your sidekicks

you get another playmate she's out tying

up some loose ends

yeah I bet it's a very nice setup here

balls her yeah I set this up myself care

to take a whirl

yeah would what kind of gun you want you

want m16 or who's anything you like well

if it's all right with you I just should

use my own you know how this works just

aim at the bad guys that's right

get ready all right wait love cut it

loose you got it oh by the way your

buddy Wakely didn't commit suicide

what are you giving me the truth

somebody cold-cocked him and then tried

to hang him when he was unconscious

tried to make it look like a suicide

that's crazy and what would anybody want

to do they're probably feared Blakely

knew who this hyper was I mean wake he

didn't kill those two girls no way

well call him I had him in the park the

other day but he got away

well it Wakely didn't kill him then who

do you figure do well he figure was the

guy who killed those eight girls back in

1958

Chandler parks sniper you were stationed

here then weren't you

you must remember him oh yeah I remember

well they haul my butt in for

questioning

well obviously they couldn't pin

anything on ya know I don't know what

they were up to you know we carefully

hauled me in they transferred me to

Germany do you know a funny thing no

right after I got there somebody started

knocking off German danger blonde just

like your ex-wife right yeah just like

her by shooting you only get one wrong

target well everybody makes a mistake

sooner or later don't they start

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yo loose hey Joe I knew I'd find you

here

yeah it's weapons survey at the end of

month Dennis notes Nick fought to get on

it there's still not a whole hell of a

lot what's been bugging you Dennis the

kid Wakeley doing the Dutch my kid

really admired you Dennis I mean he

really did he he was always asking

questions about you where you served and

what you did he was gonna write a book

about you a book now do you believe that

you're never gonna learn how to shut

your stupid mouth are you me another one

Joe

won't you give balls of that call and

give them a push

yeah yeah that's right

who know here in here yeah I'm sure

tonight after drill baby look lady I

don't run no answering service here okay

okay what's your name

iris iris that's it all right if I see

I'm up telling what'd you say your name

was

Oh relax search she's helped somebody

named Pete stanky ghost being your

outfit you know say your name was Irish

man yeah that's worth Irish what damn it

you didn't say what's wrong with your

balls are you gone nuts or what

thanks a bunch I just really needed a

tax on it you know I think I'm the only

person in this whole place who hasn't

even been nailed by Robins yet the rich

get richer McCall speaking of rich you

still owe me five bucks I'll write you a

check which I shouldn't cash until next

payday huh forget about it I'll write it

off my taxes is a business expense

what did you say we're going to write

off on the taxis Sajal McCall

he wants my records for the last three

years three years I'm even know where my

records are for last week man how much

was a turn of three meters just relax

it's only money

okay you got better things to concern

ourselves with like Balzer yeah well my

guess is we've scared him back into his

hole yeah no way this guy is a killer

he's just began to kill he cannot stop I

know all about these types of killers

trust me will you trust you three years

hunter

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do it over

we'll talk to you when you drink it see

ya pass at ease over the gums look out

stomach all right

you know I've known some old old women

in my time the shoot better than you

guys did this morning

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sorry hey what's wrong

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excuse me

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hey you soldier

that Dame you're aware what's the name

what's it to you pal names iris right

right okay so her name is iris so what

don't you go where can I find her I

don't know what your problem is Sarge

what you wanted

she's all yours

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looks like our old Sarge just to debate

sure did

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iris

sorry

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one more little push he's gonna fall

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you would even think that I'd get on the

phone with balls earth and you're

crazier than he is I only give a guy one

shot at me he's already had his come on

iris what can he do to you over the

telephone

you understand Quaker take thyself a

hike look iris this guy is right on the

edge Holly's got to do is hear your

voice on the phone he's gonna fall right

into our net he's gonna kill again

unless you talk with him iris I don't

even have a phone company came and took

it last month

hello Dennis this is iris yeah it's me

iris your ex-wife is this some kind of

joke it's no joke it's it's me look I

got to see you I don't believe this

believe it Dennis are you gonna wind up

in the gas chamber yeah I'll be there

yeah I'll be there

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I've always been there for ya

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I'll be there

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where you going with that gun do that a

mile away to us don't be crazy Dennis

give it to me

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haja can you hear me yeah loud and clear

just lonesome I wanted to hear a

familiar voice any sign of him

nothing yet how you doing cold my feet

hurt and I'm scared out of my mind other

than that I'm just great what are you

scared for we gave you a bulletproof

vest balls are always aims from the head

remember well just hang in there

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yeah well how much longer make another

pass up the path and back you don't find

anything we'll call it that okay you got

it

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get the duck Furcal he's headed back to

his car crying come on

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up the hill I'm going to after he gets

back up

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give it up Balzer half the Metro PD is

on its way here right now

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that was real cute butter

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you

I can said Sarge everybody makes mistake

yeah yeah thanks Gallagher okay I'll

tell him

appreciate it that was inspector

Gallagher he said to tell you that the

shooting team has found that balls are

killed righteous he also said to tell

you that he's gonna put you up for a

commendation please don't give me that

we both know what the capital do with

that if you do have your penalty checks

ready I'd be more than happy to take

them for you

it'll save you 22 cents personal check

well if we mail them can we deduct the

cost of the stamps I'm afraid not

nor the interests or the penalty Thank

You Bo way everybody's been cutting

corners around here I need to catch up

to you sooner or later

oh you kiddin Bernie you're not honest

you're just nervous it's far from true

hunter oh yeah then how come you never

put a quarter in the can like you're

supposed to after you drink all that

coffee yeah a cup of coffee McCall it's

so penny ante I get free coffee all over

the city excuse me I don't think we've

met

oh excuse me this is sergeant Bernie

Chua lagar this is mr. robbins mr.

robbins is with the IRS Bernie nice to

meet you yeah I got something I got to

do a feeling just a little moment

sergeant I couldn't help overhearing

just a moment ago tell me just exactly

how many cups of coffee do you drink

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you

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