Cleveland Torso Murders Research Paper

A young waitress who aspired to become a Hollywood star was found brutally murdered in Los Angeles, California, near the University of Southern California Medical School. She was cut clean in half at the waist and left naked on the sidewalk. She was found by a mom and her daughter, who thought she was a mannequin but were horribly terrified after they found out the truth. Although she was cut in half and on the sidewalk, there was no blood at the scene of the crime, as well as no evidence of who did it. Despite the fact that there are murderers who are known for cutting people in half, they do not have the skill to do it, as well as whoever murdered the woman on the sidewalk. A potential suspect could have been the Cleveland Torso murders,

This chunk of evidence from the FBI’s website shows how the murderer is definitely skilled in his or her craft. This confirms that the murderer(s) cannot be one of the more common suspects of this crime. Such as the Cleveland torso murders, who cut people in half at the waist. The only problem with these murderers is that the Black Dahlia was murdered in Los Angeles, which is a ways away from Cleveland, Ohio. Also, the Cleveland torso murders would not likely dissect her body because they need an education in the medical field as well as a place to commit the crime, like a laboratory at the University of Southern California Medical School. The fact that there was no blood at the scene of the crime shows that it was done in a lab, such as a medical school lab. Also, it was discovered that the blood of the Black Dahlia’s body was removed and replaced; this is called a transfusion, “There wasn’t a drop of blood at the scene, indicating that the young woman had been killed elsewhere” (fbi.gov). This shows that she was not just randomly cut in half and thrown on the side of the

There were also random pieces of flesh removed from her thigh and chest. Whoever murdered her is obviously very sick and possibly curious about human anatomy. Someone who would be curious about human anatomy would be the college student. Also, the cuts on her thigh and chest were done with surgical accuracy, which would require things like being fairly skilled in dissection, someone with the right tools, and someone with a clean workspace or lab. Murderers like to end lives; however, whoever murdered the Black Dahlia was definitely curious about human anatomy. The Black Dahlias organs had also been tampered with, as some of her intestines had been cut and opened. This definitely shows someone who was curious about the insides of a human and their anatomy, “Pieces of flesh had been cut away from her thigh and breast” (allthatsinteresting.com). This is important because a “normal” serial killer would not surgically dissect and play with the human body; murderers kill to end lives. This proves that the murderer is more curious about the human body than anything else, as well as skilled in how to cut a human