Indictment: The McMartin Trial

(children shouting, laughing) (distant singing) (door opens) Woman:

Manhattan Beach

Police Department, crime report: 0067-99. D.R. number: 85-01713. Reporting officer

Detective J. Hoag. Date of Report: 8-12-83. Person filing complaint:

Judy Ann Johnson, Mrs. Report follows: Mrs. Johnson came

to the police station approximately 10:30 a.m.

with her son, Malcolm, age two and a half years, and filed a complaint

charging Child Sexual Abuse. Reporting officer conducted

an interview with the child

and with his mother. Mrs. Johnson alleges

that her son has been molested while attending preschool

in Manhattan Beach. Complainant reported

that her son named

Raymond Charles Buckey... Subject walking

from parking lot on campus. (children shouting) Man:

Passed a group

of 12 schoolchildren, six to eight years of age. Subject stopped

and watched children playing. Subject was alone

and talked to nobody. TV announcer:

The Eyewitness News Team. From the desert to the sea

to all of Southern California, a good evening.

Here's the latest at 6:00. In a case which

has been described as one of the most

bizarre and shocking ever to involve young children. Reporter Wayne Satz

is now able to bring you this extraordinary,

exclusive story. Wayne. Tonight's story comes

out of the mouths of over 60 children, some of them as young

as two years of age. They have allegedly

been keeping a grotesque secret. The secret is they were

being sexually molested,

(phone rings) and made to appear

in pornographic films. The children were all

attending this preschool...

Man:
Yeah. Man on phone:

Hi, it's Kelly.

Are you watching this? Man:

I'm watching it.

Call me when it's over. Satz:

What makes their statements

even more extraordinary and shocking is that the owner

of this preschool is 76-year-old

Virginia McMartin, Manhattan Beach's

most honored citizen. In fact,

this home video was shot...

Hey, baby. ...at the Chamber

of Commerce...

Hey. ...giving Virginia McMartin

the highest award... Watch this.

Sweaty. Watch this.

...the Rose and Scroll. Man:

Here, here, here.

Look at this. Look. Watch. To me, there isn't anything

that can equal the smile and love of a small child. Forgive me, I go on and on

when I get started on my favorite subject:

children. Satz:

But last year the mother

of one of the students, Judy Johnson, noticed her

two-and-a-half-year-old son was having a redness

on his bottom

and having nightmares. She accused Virginia McMartin's

25-year-old grandson,

Raymond Buckey, seen here in this home movie

at the school's

Halloween parade. Ray Buckey.

The Manhattan Beach Police

sent letters to parents whose children had attended

the McMartin Preschool, asking them to question

their children about

possible cases of sodomy, oral copulation...

This is the most

sickening thing. Yeah, and guess who

their lawyer wants to take

this case off his hands? Danny, no.

Not these people. The children all replied

that nothing had happened. That was until the district

attorney took the children to this nationally recognized

therapist on child abuse, Kee McFarlane, of C.I.I.,

the Children's Institute

International. She drew forth horrifying

stories of molestation from literally hundreds

of children based

on play therapy session which she videotaped. I don't think the depth

of terror that can be put into a child

should be underestimated. I've been working this field

for 13 years, and I haven't seen a situation

that compares to this. It's simply horrifying. They said the teachers mutilated

animals at their school... Oh, God, the poor babies. ...their parents

would receive similar treatment. Is it any wonder

that they kept silent? Danny, this thing

is gonna be plastered all over

everywhere by tomorrow morning. I hope so. What a case. ...and that way they don't

feel the parents will be killed because it's the puppets

that are saying it, not them. Satz:

Are the children able... We've been on this case

for weeks and it still

gives me the creeps. Yeah. Have you thought

about those parents? The guilt, the betrayal

they must be feeling? God, they trusted their children

to these people. A case like this makes

you glad you're a prosecutor. In the meantime,

to the outrage of many parents, Ray Buckey remains a free man. The grand jury...

Okay, Kelly, I'll take it.

The case is mine. You are crazy

to take this on.

And you are sweaty. Hey, come on, Grace.

Their lawyer's gettin' rocks thrown through his window

so he chickens out. Channel 7's

got him buried already. The odds against him

are 50 to one the other way. You really

wanna see him lynched? Do you understand

what these people did? Did to children!

Hey, a client's a client. (banging)

Woman:

Open the door. Police! (loud banging) Open the door! Police. Where's your son, ma'am?

(toilet flushes) Hm... Hey!

Look what we got here. Naked dolls, a robe,

women's underwear. Take a look at that. Woman:

That's a new one. "Be my baby."

Man:
Yeah. Woman:

Black cape?

Man:
Yeah. Woman:

I don't know.

Man:
Strange. Woman: Kinda interesting.

Man:
Buck naked.

They're all naked here. Officer on phone:

Hello, Mr. Davis?

Manhattan Beach Police. Your client's just

been arrested. Thanks. Sorry. Bye. (tires screech) (inmates shouting) Man:

What you do?

What you in here for? Huh? Close! Man:

Hey! Hey! Clark Kent! Clark Kent,

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