LOS ANGELES · 1947
PRIVATE EYE
24 HRS
EST. 1947 · LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

J. CRANE

PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR

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01 · THE DOSSIER
J. Crane, Los Angeles, 1952

Licensed Investigator JAMES CRANE

Fifteen years walking the line between shadow and daylight. Former LAPD Homicide — walked out when the brass started deciding which murders mattered. Now I work for myself, and the truth pays better than politics.

I take the cases no one else will touch. The missing. The betrayed. The ones who need answers more than comfort. I don't promise happy endings. I promise the truth.

347
CASES CLOSED
15
YEARS ACTIVE
96%
RESOLUTION
CA LICENSE #PI-4719
02 · SPECIALTIES

WHAT I DO

Every case is different. Every answer has a price.

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SURVEILLANCE

Eyes where you need them. I document what others don't want seen. Discreet. Thorough. Admissible in court.

CONFIDENTIAL
II

MISSING PERSONS

People vanish. I find them. Whether they want to be found is another matter entirely.

CONFIDENTIAL
III

COLD CASES

The police gave up. The trail went cold. I don't believe in dead ends — only lazy investigators.

CONFIDENTIAL
IV

BACKGROUND CHECKS

Trust, but verify. Everyone has a past. I dig until I hit bedrock — or bone.

CONFIDENTIAL
03 · CASE FILES

RECENT WORK

Names changed. Details redacted. Hover to declassify.

CLOSED
CASE #1947-A

THE MORRISON DISAPPEARANCE

Elizabeth Morrison, age 34, vanished from her Pasadena home on the night of March 12th. Husband claimed she left voluntarily. The evidence told a different story.

DURATION: 3 WEEKS OUTCOME: RESOLVED
CLASSIFIED
ACTIVE
CASE #1952-D

THE CHINATOWN LETTERS

Anonymous letters containing photographs and threats delivered to three city officials. Someone knows their secrets. Someone wants them to pay.

DURATION: ONGOING OUTCOME: PENDING
CLASSIFIED
COLD
CASE #1949-G

THE SUNSET BLVD AFFAIR

A Hollywood producer found dead in his pool. Ruled suicide. His daughter doesn't believe it. Neither do I. Not after what I found in the study.

DURATION: 8 MONTHS OUTCOME: INCONCLUSIVE
CLASSIFIED
CLOSED
CASE #1951-B

THE GILDED ALIBI

$200,000 in bearer bonds. A wife with a story that didn't add up. A business partner who left town twelve hours too early. The math always catches up.

DURATION: 6 WEEKS OUTCOME: RESOLVED
CLASSIFIED
04 · THE CLIENTS SPEAK
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He found my sister when the police had given up. I don't know how. I don't want to know. She's home. That's enough.

— Anonymous, Pasadena
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Crane doesn't sugarcoat. He told me the truth about my husband, showed me the photographs, and handed me a tissue. Professional to the last.

— Mrs. R., Beverly Hills
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The man is a ghost. I hired him on Monday. By Thursday, he had answers that three attorneys couldn't find in six months.

— D. Whitfield, Esq.
05 · LEAVE A MESSAGE

NEED
ANSWERS?

Leave your details. I'll find you.

OFFICE 714 S. Spring St, Suite 8
Los Angeles, CA 90014
TELEPHONE MAdison 6-4200
HOURS Darkness to dawn.
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