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Black Dahlia: Elizabeth Short's Murder

Elizabeth Short was found murdered in January 1947 in Los Angeles. Her body was mutilated and drained of blood. The autopsy found she had been tied up, tortured with cigarette burns and cuts, and her body was cut in half and posed. The investigation found evidence she had been hosted by Mark Hansen in Los Angeles in 1947 but the murderer was never identified despite many false leads and claims. Suspects included Robert Manley and George Hodel, a surgeon, but the Black Dahlia murder remains unsolved.

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Black Dahlia: Elizabeth Short's Murder

Elizabeth Short was found murdered in January 1947 in Los Angeles. Her body was mutilated and drained of blood. The autopsy found she had been tied up, tortured with cigarette burns and cuts, and her body was cut in half and posed. The investigation found evidence she had been hosted by Mark Hansen in Los Angeles in 1947 but the murderer was never identified despite many false leads and claims. Suspects included Robert Manley and George Hodel, a surgeon, but the Black Dahlia murder remains unsolved.

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Cold Case

File: Black
PresentedDahlia
by
Esperanza Daza
July 29, 1924 – c. January 14–15, 1947

Elizabeth Short
(July 29, 1924 – c. January 14–15, 1947)

 Native of Boston alive  Florida and California.


 Profession: Waitress
 Known As: Black Dahlia
Elizabeth Short

Gordon Fickling

Matthew Gordon Jr

Phoebe Mae Short


The Black
Dahlia Murder
• On the 15th of January 1947
•
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The corpse had been "posed", with the hands above the
head, the elbows bent at right angles, and the legs apart .
Autopsy and
identification
 There were strong marks on the ankles and
wrists: she was tied up.
 Signs of torture: laceration, blows and cuts
 She had cigarette burns and her right breast
was skinned.
 body sectioned in half and drained all the
blood.
 suffocation and fracture of legs and head.
 Cause of death: bleeding from injuries
sustained combined with shock from a
concussion.
Investigation
Mark Hansen: package with
name .
Hosted Elizabeth

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Robert «Red» Manley


Murderer
 Trampling evidence, withholding information. There
were offices, desks, and they answered the phones. they
got the [Link]
 many people claimed to know the murderer and there
was false testimony.
Steve Hodel:detective
 George Hodel.:Murderer and surgeon.

George Hodel.
the murderer

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