Elizabeth Short, a 22-year-old wannabe actress, spent several years moving around, gaining odd jobs. Her passion for servicemen and aspiration to be famous made her a "different" woman of her time. She reportedly hooked up with a variety of men and women (one reported to having been Marilyn Monroe).
Her name evolved from her black hair and black attire. Some say she was named the Black Dahlia before her murder in January of 1947, others say the name was applied by journalists to sensationalize the crime.
On January 15, 1947, a passerby spotted her nude body in a vacant lot near Hollywood. Her body, cut in half, was bruised and beaten. Grass had reportedly been forced into her vagina, and she had reportedly been sodomized after death. Rumors of henna in her hair and BD carved into her body, as of yet to this outlet, have not been verified.
Upon the release of the murder in the press, several men and women admitted to the crime. But the police could not validate anyone's story. The case, notoriously, attracted several false confessions, and later surfaced more interest when James Ellroy wrote The Black Dahlia in 1987.
To date, according to the LAPD, the case goes unsolved. Though Janice Knowlton has authored a book naming her father as the killer, police have not reported Ms. Knowlton's statements or information as holding any water at all.
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2006-09-22 13:14:58
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answered by Anonymous
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2016-10-17 10:24:46
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answered by Anonymous
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The young womans real name was Elisabeth Short, her body was totally cut in half with her mouth cut from ear to ear. She was also sexually abused with portions of her skin removed. I had a friend who used to like to read true crime book, he told me that he googled images of her body at the crime scene and at the mourge...if your into that sort of thing.
2006-09-21 15:16:43
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answered by NiK* 2
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Her mouth was cut ear to ear, some say she was even cut in half at the belly button area.
Happen some where in California and is still totally un solved, I think
2006-09-21 15:14:44
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answered by ? 4
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Her body was literally cut in half. It's a murder mystery that has remained unsolved for over 60 years.
2006-09-21 15:10:48
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answered by Taffi 5
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this poor girl was
-tortured
-her mouth slashed open from almost ear to ear
-drained of all her blood
-cut in half across her belly button
-disembowelled
-tossed in a field naked for birds to peck at her
sick, really sick.
2006-09-21 15:10:42
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answered by tami 4
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murder of an actress. and they mutilated her face by cutting her mouth at the edges.
2006-09-21 15:10:12
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answered by foxfirevigil 4
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I think somebody was cut in half.
2006-09-21 15:09:13
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answered by TrainerMan 5
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She was an actress that was brutally killed and displayed
2006-09-21 15:15:52
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answered by KO 3
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Serial Killing?
2006-09-21 15:09:39
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answered by Anonymous
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