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17.

FIRST HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION
PROGRESS REPORT
DR 69-059 593

front entrance and observed William Garretson in the living room of the house. He was placed under arrest and transported to West Los Angeles Detective Division.

When Homicide investigating officers arrived, they noticed only one wire down, which is not a telephone wire but the wire which has been previously described as a communications wire from the Polanski home to the electric gate-opening device.

Continuing through the gate, investigating officers discovered blood smears on the housing for the electric button which opens the gate from inside the Polanski property. This has been identified as blood type O.

The officers continued onto the property and observed a white Ambassador, two-door sedan, MPK 308, angle-parked in the center of the driveway (Addendum 1A ). The front wheels were turned at an extreme angle to the left, as if the driver had intended to exit via the above-described gate. Steven Parent was observed as described in the resume portion of this report. The lights were off; the engine was cool; the ignition switch was in the off, or vertical position, and the keys were in the switch. The gearshift indicator was in second gear; the doors were closed and the driver's window was down. A wrist watch with a broken band was lying on the rear seat, left side, approximately 6 inches from the left arm rest.

Officers continued in a southeasterly direction toward the garage area of the property. Two lights located on the north side of the garage were not on. Officers noted that the split-rail fence which runs to the north of the garage area was broken, and that scrape marks appeared, on the curb directly in front of the split-rail fence. The scrape marks and the break in the split-rail fence appeared fresh. A search of the undercarriage of Parent's car revealed similar scrape marks and concrete transfer. The rear bumper of the car also showed white paint transfer similar to that as on the split-rail fence.

Officers continued onto the property and observed the four remaining victims as previously described in the resume portion of this report. The following pools of blood, blood spots, and blood splatters were noted. Blood type and sub group will be noted when known. As the officers approached the front porch, using the walk (Addendum 1B) they noted the following stains: On the left side of the walk, approximately 4 feet east of the porch, they noted the bloody print of a shoe heel. Continuing toward the porch, three bloody footprints were noted. All four of these print s are blood type O and indicated the person was moving east from the porch. Continuing onto the porch in a westerly direction, two bloody barefoot prints are noted. Both of these prints are blood type O and are also pointing in an easterly direction. At the time of this report, Scientific Investigation Division is attempting to further identify these prints with persons at the scene. The results of their progress will be noted in future reports.

Just after stepping onto the porch looking to the north, approximately

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