This is probably the most brutal homicide you've ever seen, because there has never been a case that, like the black dahlia, with a mysterious, cruel, and extremely violent aesthetic, is still active in people's sights, and after more than 70 years, it is still a pending case, and the murderer is probably no longer in the world.
Mysterious corpse
On January 15, 1947, a naked female body was found on a roadside meadow in the Norton neighborhood of Los Angeles, United States.
The corpse was split in two from the waist, 50 centimeters apart on both sides, with both hands raised above the head, and there were many strange places about the corpse, the corners of the mouth were cut to the root of the ears, like a clown who had made up, with a strange "smile", one breast was removed, and the legs were wide open. The body was also washed and even refrigerated. The body has also been bloodied in a very professional way, the internal organs have also been removed, cleaned and put back into the body, the uterus is missing, the body is full of scars, there are many fractures, after detailed examination, the girl swallowed feces before death, the nails were pulled out, the body had cigarette burns, the ankle scars were obvious, and it was hung upside down for a long time before death, that is to say, the girl suffered at least 36 hours of abuse, and there were several fatal injuries, but the body was clean and sharp as a whole, and it was so carefully placed. In general, the murderer is trying to destroy the body, and this murderer obviously hopes to make the mutilated corpse public, so that everyone can see the girl's worst ugliness.
Confirm identity
It didn't take much effort to confirm the identity of the deceased, 22-year-old Elizabeth Short, is a star dream "Lo drift", from the photos before his death, Short did have some posture, but unfortunately the dream of acting career did not progress, indulged in alcohol, all day in and out of the dance hall, hotel, no fixed residence and close friends, her other dream is to marry a soldier, but also did have a pilot's fiancé, but unfortunately in the mission abroad crashed to death, since then, Short began to fall more depraved, The habit of dressing in black from head to toe, even dyeing your hair black and wearing a black big head flower, adds a mysterious touch to the case.
If you want to take stock of the horrific murders in the United States, the Black Dahlia Massacre can definitely have a place.
The person who found Short's body, at first glance, thought that there was an abandoned dummy model on the grass, which was enough to explain the strangeness of the corpse and the trickiness of the case.
Final time
Let's go back to January 8, 1947, when Short sent one last letter telling a man he knew that he was going to Chicago to model. The next day, Short took a salesman's car to the Chicago coach station, which was the last time That Short appeared in the sights, and afterwards in the luggage storage office of the coach station, he found Short's suitcase, which even kept a newspaper that published the death of his fiancé, and within a week of the body appearing, no one reported the crime, which showed that Short was simply a perfect victim for the murderer, beautiful, single, unsuspecting, no fixed contact, and did not have the ability to resist.
Case investigation
Through victim investigations and autopsy reports, the police initially outlined the characteristics of the killer, who may have been acquainted with the victim and engaged in technical work familiar with knives, such as a slaughterhouse technician or a medical worker.
Short has always wanted to become famous before his death, and did not get what he wanted, but did not expect to become a newspaper headline after his death, tabloid reporters packaged the case as a whole, "black dahlia" became The exclusive label of Short, which attracted widespread attention from the society, but did not bring any help to solve the case, but there were 33 "suspects" who voluntarily surrendered themselves, interfering with the progress of the case.
However, there were three letters among them, which were identified as being from the hands of the prisoners. On Jan. 23, a package was mixed with a letter sent to a newspaper office in Los Angeles, containing a lot of Short's personal belongings, and the words on the letter were spliced together from newspapers and cut letters. Five days later the second letter was handwritten, and the murderer seemed to want to turn himself in. The third letter, with a mocking tone, said that he had changed his mind and said that Dahlia's death was justified.
Unfortunately, even if they got three letters from the murderer, the police spent three years and investigated thousands of people, but they still could not confirm the murderer.
A carefully placed corpse, horrific pre-mortem abuse, and still unsolved murderers have attracted countless lovers of "death aesthetics", calling it the most perfect interpretation of gothic black fairy tales.
The suspect appears
Fast forward to 1999 when a retired detective, while sorting through the relics of his father George,, found two photographs of the black Dahlia Short.
George was also "famous" when he was alive, as a doctor, he was a scumbag, looking for flowers and willows every day, and Schott had a relationship, he was also a suspect in the case, but George and the police station had illegal business, so the relationship involved was unclear, so he was given preferential treatment, the suspicion was soon lifted, the most important thing is that in the three letters at that time, the second letter is the handwriting of the murderer, which is basically consistent with George's handwriting.
The detective, Steve, even published a book about black dahlias in which he claimed that his father was the murderer.
Unfortunately, the time is long, the book is also full of loopholes, there is no strong evidence, I don't know if it is Stephen, with the help of this famous case for personal speculation.
Case labels
This case has attracted much attention so far, one is because it is still a suspense case, the murderer may not be able to find out for a long time, the second is that there is a "number one murder house in Los Angeles", the Cecil Hotel has some contacts, and it is notable that a few years ago, a strange "Blue Keer" incident occurred, which once again made the black dahlia come into people's sight. Third, although there are many labels about this case, such as "torture and killing", "disfigurement", etc., they are not enough to summarize the tragic degree of the deceased Short at that time.
A week after the death of Black Dahlia, American commercial television entered Hollywood, the United States entered the "golden age", if there is no accident, Short may also hitch a ride and realize his dream. It is really impermanent in life, and the large intestine wraps the small intestine. Well, I'm here today, life is very good, thank you for having you, we'll see you next time.