"Crime Stopper" is a 1982 adventure game by Dan Kitchen and Barry Marx, and published by Hayden Book Company. It runs on any Apple ][ with 48K.

Description from MobyGames:

The daughter of Millicent Hyacinth Sizemore, Cartier-Blanche Sizemore a construction heiress has been kidnapped and if she is not found by midnight then she will be murdered, so you, Al Clubs, a private detective has been given the job to find her. You must explore the city looking for clues and talk to people in your quest for the missing girl and you can use the subway to travel long distances around the city using a map to guide you. Crime Stopper: Murder at Midnight! is a text adventure where the screen describes your location and you type in commands with the keyboard to interact with your surroundings.

Walkthrough:

Game Map and Solutions can be found in The Book of Adventure Games

Documentation:

Apple II Crime Stopper Manual

C64 Crime Stopper Manual

Reviews:

Crime Stopper review (includes a way around a particular bug in the game) in Softalk Magazine Volume 3 Number 9 May 1983

Advertisements:

Ad for Hayden Software including mentions and box for Crime Stopper in Creative Computing 1983 Issue 11. Same Ad appears in Compute! Magazine Issue 43

“When the name says Hayden, the game says play me” 2 page Ad for Hayden software including Crime Stopper in Softalk Magazine Volume 3 Number 8 1983

Software for Sale:

Listed for $27.95  inCider 1983 Issue 5 and Issue 6. Price dropped to $25 in inCider 1983 Issue 7.

Media:

Crime Stopper Boot Video

Softkey:

Included in Softkey and Copy Exchange section of Computist #45 including a mention on the cover

Other versions playable on the Internet Archive:

C64 Version of Crime Stopper

Mentions:

Mentioned in “Software Received” section of BYTE magazine Volume 8 Number 4

Short blurb in Electronic Fun With Computers and Games Volume 1 Issue 10

Designer Dan Kitchen listed as Alumni in the Classic Gaming Expo 2004 Program book with a short blurb.