The Black Dahlia (Case of Elizabeth Short)
The morning of January 15th, 1947, was a crucial one. A mother was taking her three year-old child for a walk in a Los Angles neighborhood, It was there where she stumbled upon a gruesome sight, a body of a young naked woman who was sliced clean in half at the waist. The body was only a few feet away from the sidewalk and was posed in a way that the mother thought the body was a mannequin at a first glance. Despite the many cuts on the body, there was not one drop of blood at or even near the scene. The investigation into the young woman mysterious death, was led by the Los Angles Police Department. The FBI was asked to help with the investigation and identified the body, rather quickly, just 56 minutes, in fact, after getting fingerprints via "Sound-photo" The young woman was identified as 22-year-old Hollywood, upcoming actress whose name was Elizabeth Short , but is rather known as the "Black Dahlia" by the news and press for her sheer black clothing. Short...