ColdPriorityCriminal · Unsolved homicide· Los Angeles County, CA
The Black Dahlia — Elizabeth Short (1947)
Elizabeth Short, 22, was found killed in Leimert Park, Los Angeles in January 1947. The LAPD investigation drew hundreds of confessions and no charges; the case is still carried as open.
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1947
The body is discovered in a vacant lot on South Norton Avenue.
1947
Items belonging to the victim are mailed to a newspaper; hundreds of tips follow.
1949
A county grand jury reviews the investigation and criticises coordination.
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LAPD retains the file as an unsolved homicide.
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