Elizabeth Short Case

The ignominious dahlia Judge Eckert Judicial Function Pueblo company College Abstract In the following paper I will be sharing the Elizabeth brusk (Black Dahlia) object lesson that took place in Los Angeles, in 1947. This case was so famous because the case was unsolved, the woman was beautiful, and the murder was so gruesome. On January 15, 1947 her body was install slice in half and her body mutilated. A few days after the murder her killer whale c in alled and said he would be sending her belongings. 0 days after the murder a package was delivered to the Examiner newspaper with Elizabeths belongings inside. The killer move letters to the constabulary and continued to toy with them till he move a final letter declaring he would not reveal his identity. Media from all everywhere the world wanted a piece of this twaddle and the story was headlining for weeks. The story still gets attention from books and movies, besides has slowed down since no separate evidence has bee n found. Even though her killer hasnt been found a case is important no matter what. The Black DahliaOn January 15, 1947, in a Los Angeles vacant lot, the mutilated body of a woman was found by Betty Bersinger and her 3 year old daughter (Elizabeth Short, Page 2). The victim had been sliced in half, beaten, and her intestines had been removed. The killer also slashed 3 inch gashes into the corners of her mouth, dead(a) her body of blood, cut off her nipples, and put grass up her vagina. bruise most her wrists and ankles indicated she had been bound with rope and tortured. At the scene, the body was washed sweet of evidence and was lying top of dew determining she was killed elsewhere.Her murderer cleaned her body so well you could see the bristle marks from a brush. The only authorized evidence at the crime scene was a tire track, a bloody heel mark in this tire mark, and there was a paper ce workforcet sack with blood on it. The main detectives on the Black Dahlia case were Ha rry Hansen and Finis Brown. The detectives gathered her dactyl prints and identified the woman as Elizabeth Short. At this point the media was all over this story. The Examiner reporters used this information to call Shorts bewilder and inform her Short had won a beauty contest.Before revealing the straight reason they called the reporters gathered as much information as they could onward informing her of her daughters death. The cause of death was hemorrhage and lash due to blows to the head and face (Scheeres, Page 3). Elizabeth Short, also known as the Black Dahlia, was a beautiful woman who was aspiring to become an actress in Hollywood. She was born on July 29, 1924, in Hyde Park, Massachusetts. She got the name Black Dahlia because of her somber hair and black wardrobe. She spent a lot of her time in radio stations, bars, and nightclubs with new acquaintances.Her friends described her as the type of woman who got a lot of attention from men and went on a lot of dates. S he depended on small jobs and the men she was around to support her. And as many men as she dated, it is hard to say which and if one of the men murdered her. The delay time anyone saw Elizabeth was around 1000 pm at the Biltmore Hotel on January 09, 1947. A couple days after the murder, the murderer called Jimmy Richardson, city editor of the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, and described the mutilation to the body and said he would send the police Shorts belongings.The personal belongings were photographs, her social security card, birth certificate, and an cut across book. The murderer sent other letters to toy with the police officers. Than finally, the killer sent a final letter stating Have changed my mind. You would not realize me a square deal. Dahlia killing was justified. There were over 75 suspects in the Black Dahlia case but a lot of those suspects got thrown out. The main suspects in her case were Robert Manley, Mark Hansen, Cleo Short, Carl Balsiger, and George W. Wel sh, Jr.Robert Manley was the stolon suspect in her case because he was the last person to be with Elizabeth outside of the Biltmore Hotel. He was also given truth serum and found not guilty. In 1949, suspects testified in front of the Grand panel and did not find anyone guilty. The case continued to be investigated but the Grand Jury stopped issuing progress reports by 1950. Sadly, this case has never been solved, but the media has always covered this case. When the murder was released the police and newspapers got tips and as well as confessions for Elizabeths death.For weeks this story was headlining papers and had citizens in a worry. Even at present this case is so popular it has even made its way into movies and books(Who Was Elizabeth Short? , Page 4. ) This case is important because a young womans life was taken and no one has been found guilty of her murder. all case is important, especially when searching for someone as twisted as Shorts killer. No one wants someone like that around others in society. Even though Shorts murderer is belike dead, it is always important to close a case for the sake of the victim and their family.References Elizabeth Short The Black Dahlia. (n. d. ). Crime and Investigation Network. Retrieved February 7, 2013, from http//www. crimeandinvestigation. co. uk/crime-files/elizabeth-short-the-black-dahlia/biography. html Scheeres, J. (n. d. ). The Black Dahlia Story. truTV. com. Retrieved February 7, 2013, from http//www. trutv. com/library/crime/notorious_murders/famous/dahlia/index_1. html Who Was Elizabeth Short? (n. d. ). The Black Dahlia Website. 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