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Synopsis
In the Dragnet episode titled "The Big Search," the story unfolds with the urgent disappearance of 13-year-old Bunny Moran. The detectives, led by Joe Friday and his partner Frank Smith, are assigned to the juvenile detail on a cold night in Los Angeles. Bunny's parents report her missing after returning home from a movie, and the tension escalates when they discover that their daughter's cocker spaniel has been killed. The detectives are immediately thrust into a race against time to find the girl and uncover the truth behind her disappearance.
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