Adam-12
Log 012: He Was Trying to Kill Me
Season 1, Episode 23 · Aired 1969-03-15
Synopsis
A call regarding stolen milk turns into a call about child neglect. When the officers knock on the door to question a suspect, they find a 6 year old girl Charlie alone. She says she doesn't know where her mother is and her dad no longer lives there. When the officers tell her they are removing her, she tells them she can't leave Sissy an infant in the bathtub. A man arrives she calls daddy but he is only a friend of the mother. He is arrested on outstanding traffic warrants and juvenile finds the kids have been beaten. Charlie says daddy did it. They are called back to the apartment to find the father beating the mother and they learn the mother is beating the kids.
In the series
This episode is part of Adam-12 (1968–1975) on NBC.
One-Adam-12 — black-and-white patrol as Jack Webb moral clarity.
Key cast
- Martin Milner as Officer Pete Malloy
- Kent McCord as Officer Jim Reed