Elizabeth Short was an American woman who was the victim of a gruesome and much-publicized murder. Nicknamed the “Black Dahlia,” she was found severely mutilated on January 15, 1947 in Leimert Park, Los Angeles, California. The murder, which remains unsolved, has been the source of widespread speculation as well as several books and film adaptations.
Short was born in Hyde Park, Massachusetts and was raised in Medford by her mother. At age 19, she went to live with her father in Vallejo, California. For six months prior to her death, she remained in the L.A. area. During this time, she lived in several hotels, apartment buildings, rooming houses, and private homes, never staying anywhere for more than a few weeks. Her body was found in a vacant lot, severely mutilated, cut in half, and drained of blood. Her face was slashed from the corners of her mouth toward her ears.
Short received the nickname “Black Dahlia” by newspaper reporters covering the murder as a play on the then-current film The Blue Dahlia. The murder investigation by the Los Angeles Police Department was the largest since the murder of Marion Parker in 1927, and involved hundreds of officers borrowed from other law enforcement agencies. Hundreds of people were considered suspects and thousands were interviewed by police.
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