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Elizabeth Short (The Black Dahlia)
Status
Unsolved
Type
Homicide
Date
January 15, 1947
Location
Los Angeles, California
Victim Age
22
Gender
Female
The mutilated body of 22-year-old Elizabeth Short was found in a vacant lot in Los Angeles. Her body had been severed at the waist, drained of blood, and posed. The case became one of the most famous unsolved murders in American history, generating hundreds of confessions but no confirmed suspect.
Last Seen / Last Known Information
January 9, 1947, at the Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles
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