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Elizabeth Short

Case from Los Angeles, CA dated Jan 15, 1947

Victim Details

Elizabeth Short

March 15, 2024

Female

Caucasian / White

Los Angeles

CA

1947-01-15

1924-07-29

true

$130,000.00

22

Elizabeth Short

Elizabeth

Short

Victim

Brown

Blue

5'5

115 lbs

07/06/2026


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Out of the 150 suspects, who killed 'The Black Dahlia'?
Elizabeth Short, known posthumously as the "Black Dahlia," was a 22-year-old aspiring actress who was brutally murdered on January 15, 1947, in Los Angeles, California. Her body was discovered by a local resident in a vacant lot near Leimert Park. The gruesome nature of the crime, including the fact that Short’s body had been cut in half and drained of blood, captivated the public's imagination and quickly became one of Los Angeles' most infamous cold cases. The media dubbed her "the Black Dah ...
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