Elizabeth Short Case

The killing of Elizabeth Short, also known as “The Black Dahlia,” was a very calculated murder that over the years has had many theories as to who the killer was. Some people believe it was a psycho bellhop that worked at a hotel next to where Elizabeth lived, or a nightclub owner that Elizabeth was last seen speaking to before her death, some people even believe that their own father committed the crime. But the question still remains unanswered; we don’t know and might never know who killed Elizabeth Short. First, we need to start with some background info about this case. Elizabeth Short seemed like an average girl but actually underneath it all she was more like a fame hungry person that would do a lot to become a starlet. Even though

George Hodel was probably a genius back in the day scoring a 182 on an old I.Q test, not to mention but he was also a doctor, and was also considered a music prodigy. But there are still some very interesting things that tie him to the case number one being that his handwriting looked eerily suspicious to a note that the murderer had written and sent to the LAPD. Number 2 is Short had been given a hemicorporectomy, a procedure that slices the body beneath the lumbar spine which was said to the only place you could cut without having to break a bone in order to sever the body this was being taught in the 30’s around the time George attended medical school. “Crime scene photos showed that Short had been given a hemicorporectomy, a procedure that slices the body beneath the lumbar spine, the only spot where the body can be severed in half without breaking bone. It was taught in the 1930s, when George had been in medical school. The letters sent to the press and police from The Black Dahlia Avenger, a man claiming to be Short’s killer, also bore a chilling resemblance to his dad’s handwriting.” (Fitts, Alexis Sobel. “I know who killed the Black Dahlia: my own father.) Okay now that we have the three suspects out of the way we can jump into who do I think committed the