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January 15, 1947, on the streets of Los Angeles, USA
The body of a white female was found
The corpse faces up
****
From the navel, the waist is cut into two pieces
The upper and lower body are misplaced
The middle interval is about 50 cm
Arms are raised in a surrender posture
The legs were stiffly opened
It is at an angle greater than 60 degrees
It's full of strong sexual innuendo
There was not a trace of blood at the scene
The bodies were washed clean from the inside out
**Severely damaged
The corners of the mouths on both sides were cut open by sharp knives
Wound up to the root of the ear
A clown-like smile appeared in front of me
Obviously
The state of the body was deliberately done by the murderer
This arrogant act
This desecration of corpses and challenges to the public
It's more shocking than ** itself
This girl who was cut off
He is one of the most famous victims in the history of Crime in the United States
Hello black dahlia everyone
Welcome to this episode of The Horrors of American History
Case Black Dahlia Case Episode 1 1947 1
On The 15th of July at around 10 a.m
A central residential area of Los Angeles, California, USA
Norton block on 39th Street
One is named Short
Boosinger's housewife with her own three-year-old daughter
Go to the shoemaker to get the shoes
As they passed a lush meadow in norton neighborhood
time
Posinger saw what appeared to be a body lying not far away
A broken plaster model of the human body
But after he approached
But I was stunned by the scene in front of me
It turned out to be a dismembered female corpse
body
Birsinger immediately blocked the child's eyes with his hand
And took her with them to the nearest neighborhood to call the police
So far
The world-shocked black dahlia case began
According to the police on-site investigation
In addition to the physical status described above
Judging by the dew marks on the corpse
The time of abandonment may be around 2 a.m
Vehicles and pedestrians often pass by around the site of the abandoned body
However, no eyewitnesses were reported
Obviously
The place of abandonment is not the first scene of the case
subsequently
The autopsy report issued by the forensic doctor on the course of the body's murder
Degrees are described in detail
The victim is fingerprinted
Identified as 22-year-old Caucasian female Elizabeth
Ann Short
Height 171 cm
Weight 51.2 kg
Blue eyes
The hair was originally brown
It is later dyed black
Because the body has traces of being refrigerated
Therefore, the time of death can only be roughly judged
It was between 3 and 5 p.m. the day before
The deceased was hit on the head
Causes inverted skull or excessive blood loss in the face
One possibility is due to blood loss from the face
It flows into the lungs and causes it to choke to death
The body was cut in two parts from the navel
The time should be after the victim's death
But because the destruction of the body is too serious
And there are too many fatal wounds
Therefore, it is not excluded that the victim is alive
Cut open
Blood in the body basic flow drying
Put it inside and out of the body
Wash all with water
No ** or similar traces were found
Fracture of the upper part of the body with an inverted head
Multiple bruises on the face
The mouth is cut from the corners of the mouth to the sides
The wound is serrated
Both the mandible and the occlusal muscle are severed
Wounds up to the earlobes
The wound gives the victim's face a kind of appearance
Eerie smile
It is obviously a reference to the appearance of the clown's makeup
It is very unusual that the mouth has appeared more serious
The rot
And it was stuffed with wax that might have been used to stop the bleeding
There are no significant trauma to the neck
But there are traces of being tied
There are many wounds in the chest
Mainly concentrated in the two ** positions
The right side ** is almost cut off
Other wounds are mostly serrated cuts
There were also multiple cigarette burns
The organs of the upper body are stuffed into the chest cavity
Dissected
There is no digestive food in the stomach
But part of the residue shows that the victim swallowed it
Eaten or forcibly swallowed**
There were multiple bruises and fractures in both arms
Multiple finger fractures
Most of the red nail polish has fallen off
Several nails were also pulled out
There are bound scars on the wrists
The lower part of the body had bound wounds at the ankles
The scar area is large
The wound rolls up from the bottom up
The victim may have been hoisted upside down
Both legs were fractured from the knee position
There are multiple scratches and bruises on the thighs
There is a large wound on the front side of the left thigh
**There are no traces of infringement
Organs such as intestines are flushed and stuffed into the abdominal cavity
There is a similar surgery for the lower abdomen that has been removed
of wounds
**Removed
Overall
More organs are lost in the lower body
Judging by all the wounds of the victim
The victim was dismembered by a large machete-like weapon
There are multiple possibilities for the cause of death
But there is no doubt about it
She was brutally tortured before she died
36 to 48 hours
The murder weapon used by the criminal to torture her should be included
Sticks including short knives
Blunt instruments
axe
Saws, etc
Because the body is washed and refrigerated and discarded
There are very few effective clues
After the case was filed, the police spent a lot of manpower and material resources
Investigate the killer in the surrounding area
Look for eyewitnesses
But very little was gained
Angry, more than 30 people turned themselves in
Say you're a suspect
It took a lot of energy to verify
Again, nothing was found
Then Elizabeth, who is called the black dahlia
Who exactly is Ann Short
Elizabeth
Ann Short
Born on July 29, 1924
Medford in Massachusetts, USA
He was only 22 years old at the time of his murder
Elizabeth's family belonged to the 1920s
Typical middle-class family
Father Cleo
Short had a decent job building mini-Goyles
Fu Stadium
Mother Phoebe
Short is a hard-working housewife
She kept the house in good order
Discipline the children harshly
The victim's parents gave birth to five daughters
Elizabeth came in third
In 1929
The United States abruptly entered a period of great depression
Hit hard by the economic crisis
Father Cleo not only lost his job
Savings were also swallowed up by the plunging stock market
The whole family goes bankrupt
The second year
At the age of six Elizabeth
Clio had a day to drive out
He never came back
Police found his empty car on a bridge
Judged that he had jumped into the rushing Charles River
kill
Cleo left no legacy
Elizabeth's mother was sad
Having to afford to raise five daughters alone
allow
He moved into a small apartment with his daughters
Found a job as a bookkeeper
Taking care of five children alone while working
Life is tough though
But he did not relax in the education of his five children
In the evaluation of the neighbors
The five sisters are friendly
**
Be polite and behave appropriately
Elizabeth was different from the other sisters
She grew up suffering from bronchitis and asthma
He underwent a lung surgery when he was 15 years old
Due to the very cold winters in Boston
Not conducive to his treatment
Doctors advised him to stay in a warm place in the winter
square
In 1940
Elizabeth was sent to Miami
Soon after
In his sophomore year of high school, he dropped out of high school
Go to the hotel and start working as a waiter
In 1942
Mother Phoebe suddenly receives a letter from her dead husband
letter
It turned out that his father, Cleo, was trying to escape financial hardship
Difficult to disguise**
In fact, he went to California to start a new life
When the mother worked alone for 12 years
After raising the child**
This irresponsible man suddenly appeared
Offered to return to the family
Not his anger
He refused his request
Maybe it's because the city I live in is warmer
The fit father Cleo sent to Elizabeth
Got some money
Invite your daughter to California to live with him
The letter, however, became Elizabeth
A turning point in life
Early 1943
Elizabeth, 17, travels to Vallejos, California
He defected to his father, whom he had not met since he was six years old
But in a short time, the father and daughter fell out
Elizabeth, who was a girl, set two ideals
first
Married to a soldier
Preferably the Air Force
second
Become a showbiz star
He began to wander around the barracks and naval bases
Public places
He also had entanglements with several soldiers
His father was disgusted by his state
Coupled with her father's legacy of the entire family at an early age
Abandonment
This eventually led to the complete breakdown of his father-daughter relationship
After an argument
Elizabeth took a friend's car and left her father's
accommodation
Head to Camp Cook near Santa Barbara
Find a copy at one of the camp's retail stores
The job of a cashier
Elizabeth, 16, is out of town
Sweet and moving
Her beauty made her popular at the base
The soldiers called him barracks sweetheart
One night in September 1943
When he sat down to eat in a restaurant with a group of friends
Suddenly encountered by the police to check the drinking age
California is like many other states in the United States
The legal drinking age is 21 years old
Elizabeth was not yet 19 years old
Some people who knew Elizabeth said
Elizabeth herself never drank
He was arrested because of other people at the table
All drinking
This arrest in 1943 and before
His experience working at an air base
Make him leave his fingerprints and photos in the ** system
Four years later
Police use the latest fax technology to compare fingerprints
It took less than an hour to confirm the identity of the deceased
The local juvenile court dropped the indictment
But hopefully Elizabeth's father would act as a guardian
Take away Elizabeth
However, he was rejected by his father, Cleo
Fortunately, a female ** took in Elizabeth at that time
He later applied to Elizabeth through the court
Bought a ticket
Send her back to the Maid costume where her mother and sisters are
But Elizabeth did not want to stay in the cold hometown at that time
He arrived in Medford shortly after
He immediately set off for the beach in Miami
Everyone's exploration of the world ends differently
And Elizabeth's ending will be as terrifying as hell
What exactly caused such a tragic ending?
Is it personality or unladylike encounters
Who is the murderer
Vendetta or psychopathy
The next episode of this episode is announced