The Region - News from March 17, 1985

A group of parents of children allegedly molested at the McMartin Pre-School dug several holes in an empty lot adjacent to the closed Manhattan Beach school, searching for evidence of animals the youngsters said were killed to frighten them into silence, police said. After digging for five hours, the parents found a plastic toy shovel, a broken handle from a sand bucket, a rusty pipe and a safety pin. Police were not involved in the search.