Knowing what we know now this seems like a lover scorned that was mentally unstable. To mutilate her like that takes quite a bit of anger.

Elizabeth Short, called the Black Dahlia, was a 22-year-old aspiring actress found murdered in Los Angeles on January 15, 1947. A local resident discovered her body in a vacant lot near Leimert Park. Short’s corpse had been cut in half, drained of blood, and mutilated: her mouth was slashed from the corners toward her ears creating a Glasgow smile, she had cuts on other parts of her body, her intestines were neatly placed beneath her, and the body appeared to have been washed and deliberately posed.

Hundreds of people were interviewed during an extensive LAPD investigation, but no suspect was ever identified and the case went cold. Over the years authors and investigators have proposed many suspects and theories, including Dr. George Hodel and Leslie Dillon, and there have been confessions and competing accounts, yet no charges were filed and the killer remains unknown.

Does anyone have verifiable information about Short’s movements or contacts in the weeks before January 15, 1947?