Lt. Johnny Martel is a hardened, gravel-voiced detective in the Los Angeles Police Department and is leading the investigation to stop the serial killer known as The Smog Strangler. When Cosmo Kramer is arrested on suspicion of being The Smog Strangler, Lt. Martel is the cop chosen to interrogate him. Lt. Martel is played by Peter Murnik and he appeared in The Trip. While Lt. Martel was totally wrong in thinking Kramer was The Smog Strangler, he did correctly guess during the interrogation that Kramer had a disturbing incident with a pervert in the park when he was younger.