Photo: LAPD homicide detectives in a gag photo, Christmas 1946. Ed is on the left in the back row. Credit: Ed Jokisch
I received word Saturday that my friend, retired Police Capt. Ed Jokisch, has died at the age of 96. I’ll write more about him later. But here’s Part 1 of an interview I did with him several years ago.
In the interview, Ed discusses serving in the Navy in the 1930s, joining the Police Department in 1940, World War II, Chief of Detectives Thad Brown, and working in the Homicide Division under Capt. Jack Donahoe after World War II. Ed also critiques Steve Hodel’s book “Black Dahlia Avenger.”
Los Angeles Times file photo
Los Angeles Times file photo
Photograph by Tony Rivetti Jr. / Universal PicturesAbove, Colm Feore as Police Chief James Davis, “Changeling,” set in 1928.
“I kept his body around the house for three days before I buried it.”
The “Enigma Boy” who fooled police into believing that he was Walter Collins is identified as Arthur Hutchins Jr. of Iowa.
Enigma Boy identified.
Enigma Boy lured by Hollywood.
Christine Collins accuses Capt. J.J. Jones of forced hospitalization.
“Tell your mother how you have almost made a wreck of the Police Department.”
The boy claiming to be Walter Collins poses with Christine Collins, Aug. 18, 1928
Several regular readers have asked to see the original stories that formed the basis of the current movie “
A Glendale service station attendant says he saw the missing boy in the back of a car.
Police suspect kidnapping is retaliation against boy’s father, a Folsom inmate.
Missing boy found in DeKalb, Ill., refuses to identify “daddy.”
“I do not think that is my boy,” Christine Collins says.
Police insist boy is Walter Collins despite statements that he was killed.
Mother returns boy, saying he’s not her son.
Handwriting expert says boy is not Walter Collins.
