that of a woman who thought the unidentified murder victim might be her long-lost sister. The positive identification of "Boulder Jane Doe" was an 18-year-old woman from Phoenix, Arizona, named Dorothy Gay Howard. Arrest and execution Glatman was arrested in 1958, caught in the act of kidnapping what would have been his fourth known murder victim, Lorraine Vigil. A patrolman saw him struggling with a woman at the side of the road and arrested him. He confessed to three murders and eventually led the police to a toolbox containing pictures he had taken of his victims. Glatman was found guilty of two counts of first-degree murder and sentenced to death. He appeared to accept the sentence, even specifically asking the warden to do nothing to save his life. He was executed in the gas chamber of San Quentin State Prison on September 18, 1959. Media Parts of Glatman's career were fictionalized by Jack Webb in 1966 for the two-hour television movie Dragnet, starring his character Sgt. Joe Friday. The film convinced NBC executives to relaunch Dragnet as a TV series in 1967 for a four-year run, although the movie itself was not aired until 1969. Some of the dialogue was reportedly drawn from Glatman's own statements to police, for example: Suspect (played by Vic Perrin): "The reason I killed those girls was 'cause they asked me to. (pause) They did; all of them." Sgt. Friday: "They asked you to?" Suspect: "Sure. They said they'd rather be dead than be with me." LAPD Captain Pierce Brooks, who was involved in Glatman's arrest and interrogation, served as a technical advisor for the film. Glatman was referenced by name in Episode 2, Season 2 of the Netflix series Mindhunter. Glatman's killings are briefly described in James Ellroy's memoir My Dark Places. Glatman confesses to the three known murders, but is cleared of suspicion with regard to the 1958 murder of Ellroy's mother. See also Want ad killers General: List of serial killers in the United States References External links Harvey Glatman – Colorado Timeline https://web.archive.org/web/20140820061053/http://www.silviapettem.com/Jane%20Doe.html 1927 births 1959 deaths 1945 crimes in the United States 1957 murders in the United States 20th-century American Jews 20th-century executions by California 20th-century executions of American people American male criminals American people convicted of kidnapping American people convicted of robbery American rapists Criminals from Los Angeles Executed American serial killers Executed people from New York (state) Male