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    1) Elizabeth Short was a 22-year-old aspiring actress who was brutally murdered in Los Angeles in 1947 in a crime that became known as the "Black Dahlia" murder. Her body was found mutilated and cut in half. 2) Decades later, retired police detective Steve Hodel investigated his father, Dr. George Hodel, as a suspect. Hodel found evidence that George was investigated as a suspect in the 1940s but the case was suddenly dropped. 3) Using a cadaver dog and forensic tests, Steve found evidence of human remains in the basement and alley behind his father's former home, strengthening his belief that George Hodel was the killer. However, the

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    1) Elizabeth Short was a 22-year-old aspiring actress who was brutally murdered in Los Angeles in 1947 in a crime that became known as the "Black Dahlia" murder. Her body was found mutilated and cut in half. 2) Decades later, retired police detective Steve Hodel investigated his father, Dr. George Hodel, as a suspect. Hodel found evidence that George was investigated as a suspect in the 1940s but the case was suddenly dropped. 3) Using a cadaver dog and forensic tests, Steve found evidence of human remains in the basement and alley behind his father's former home, strengthening his belief that George Hodel was the killer. However, the

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    1) Elizabeth Short was a 22-year-old aspiring actress who was brutally murdered in Los Angeles in 1947 in a crime that became known as the "Black Dahlia" murder. Her body was found mutilated and cut in half. 2) Decades later, retired police detective Steve Hodel investigated his father, Dr. George Hodel, as a suspect. Hodel found evidence that George was investigated as a suspect in the 1940s but the case was suddenly dropped. 3) Using a cadaver dog and forensic tests, Steve found evidence of human remains in the basement and alley behind his father's former home, strengthening his belief that George Hodel was the killer. However, the

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    The passage discusses the unsolved murder of Elizabeth Short, nicknamed the 'Black Dahlia', whose brutally mutilated body was found in 1947 in Los Angeles. Various suspects have been investigated over the years, including recent developments pointing to George Hodel.

    Elizabeth Short was a 22-year-old aspiring actress from Massachusetts whose nude, mutilated body was found cut in half in a vacant lot in Los Angeles in January 1947. She had been brutally dissected and her body was posed, leading to her nickname the 'Black Dahlia'.

    Recent investigations by Steve Hodel have uncovered old recordings of his father George Hodel admitting the murder and evidence that he was originally a suspect. Traces of human remains were also found on his property. However, the LAPD denies George knew Elizabeth Short.

    Shusmita Roy (Riya)

    Gothic LiteratureMs. Dewitt

    10/28/14
    Period 8
    Black Dahlia

    I.

    Introduction/Synopsis: Shes beautiful. Shes intelligent. Shes mesmerizing.


    A. Elizabeth Short (Black Dahlia) was born in Boston, Massachusetts on July 29, 1924. In
    January 1946 at age 22: this aspiring actress, working as waitress, was murdered in Los
    Angeles, California. (Elizabeth Short)
    B. Nickname Black Dahlia (The Black Dahlia Murder)
    1. Came from the popular movie at that time called Blue Dahlia
    2. Media and news reporters created and promoted the nickname
    C. Purpose Statement: The Black Dahlia Murder is Los Angeless most famous unsolved
    murder that may never be solved.
    II.
    The Black Dahlia Murder
    A. Now The Body
    1. Found nude and posed by a local female resident on Jan. 15, 1947 in a vacant
    lot near Leimert Park (Elizabeth Short)
    2. Killer had dissected, mutilated, scrubbed clean, and drained the corpse of blood
    (Elizabeth Short)
    3. Body had been cut in half at the waist, face was cut from corners of mouth to
    ears, there were many bruises on breast and thighs, and whole sections of skin
    have been removed (The Black Dahlia Murder)
    4. Autopsy showed she was killed due to lacerations and a hemorrhage, which
    resulted from blows to her face (The Black Dahlia Murder)
    B. Moreover, The killer wanted infamy
    1. According to Steve Hodel, retired police detective: The killer knew body would
    be found quickly and wasnt trying to hide it (Black Dahlia Confidential)
    2. In fact, city was terrified for weeks (Black Dahlia Confidential)
    3. There were many false confessions and hundreds of other suspects were
    questioned and cleared. (Black Dahlia Confidential)
    4. About 50 men and women went to LAPD & claimed to be killer (The Black
    Dahlia Murder)
    5. Killer even wrote mocking letters to police and sent Shorts personal address
    book to local newspaper (Black Dahlia Confidential)
    6. Faulty witnesses, lack of hard evidence, and media interference hampered the
    murder cases progress (Elizabeth Short)
    7. The case couldnt be solved at that time (Black Dahlia Confidential)
    III.
    Recent Case Devlopments
    A. Now, Steve Hodel has been researching the case since his father, Dr. George Hodel,
    died in 1999 (McCormack)
    1. Steve first suspected his father while going through Georges belongings after
    his death at age 91 and found 2 photos that looks like Short (Gastaldo)
    2. Steve was convinced photos was of Black Dahlia
    a. So Steve went to an old friend, deputy district attorney, Stephen Kay
    (Black Dahlia Confidential)

    B.

    C.

    D.

    E.
    F.

    3. Kay found Black Dahlia file in DAs office (contained investigative notes and
    transcripts) (Black Dahlia Confidential)
    a. In that file, Steve found a pic of George Hodel, showing that George was
    once a suspect (Black Dahlia Confidential)
    File: Gave more insight into the past police investigation
    1. Police detectives had went into Georges house and planted eavesdropping
    devices all over house. (Black Dahlia Confidential)
    a. Next 40 days: detectives listened to hundreds of Georges private
    conversations (Black Dahlia Confidential)
    b. Transcript of recordings: George said Supposing I did kill the Black
    Dahlia. They couldnt prove it now. They cant talk to my secretary
    anymore because shes dead. (Black Dahlia Confidential)
    c. Despite statements in recordings, Black Dahlia investigation was suddenly
    shut down in Spring of 1950. More surprising: chief investigator Frank
    Jemison said audiotape evidence eliminates suspect (George). (Black
    Dahlia Confidential)
    d. Transcript: George said This is the best payoff Ive seen between law
    enforcement agencies. And Id like to get a connection made in the DAs
    office. This shows some money must have transpired between people:
    (Black Dahlia Confidential)
    e. It should be noted that in 1949: LAPD was a dirty department with scandals
    that included cops, gangsters, prostitutes and payoffs (Black Dahlia
    Confidential)
    There are reasons Steve believes his father, Dr. George Hodel, is the killer. (Black
    Dahlia Confidential)
    1. Steve says the condition of Shorts body indicates killer was a skilled
    professional surgeon and George did excel at surgery in medical school
    2. Steve says George wanted to be an artist like famous photographer Man Ray
    3. Believes George posed Shorts body to resemble Minotaur, one of Man Rays
    work, and arms were positioned to resemble the horns.
    4. Cuts across Shorts mouth resemble another Man Rays work: The Lovers,
    which is basically an image of a huge lip.
    However, LAPD went against Steve, claiming theres isnt any proof George even
    knew or dated Short (Black Dahlia Confidential)
    1. LAPD has credibility problems
    a. All physical evidence (including interviews and wire recordings of Dr.
    Hodel) has disappeared. Police doesnt know how this happened.
    It should be noted that George abandoned his family and went to Asia days after
    DA stopped investigating in 1950 (Black Dahlia Confidential)
    1. Came back 40 years later
    On February 2013, Steve used Buster, a Labrador retriever trained to detect smell
    of human decomposition (McCormack)
    1. Buster detected human decomposition several places in basement and alley
    behind Georges house. (McCormack)
    2. Soil sample from alley was analyzed by forensic anthropologist and came
    positive for human remains. (Gastaldo)

    3. Steve wants to deepen his search on the human remains but LAPD doesnt want
    to get involved. (Gastaldo)
    G. So, sadly, despite these new leads, many still believe that the murder may never be
    solved, though it has inspired countless moviemakers and writers around the world.
    (The Black Dahlia Murder)

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