Black Dahlia Unsolved Case

The Black Dahlia: Finally Solved?

One of the most famous unsolved murder mysteries of Hollywood is The Black Dahlia. A young girl moves to Los Angeles dreaming of catching her big break as an actress, but is brutally murdered. In the case of the Elizabeth Short, known more commonly as the Black Dahlia, there were many suspects in wide range. This 69-year unsolved case had no strong evidence of who killed the Black Dahlia, but in recent years, new evidence has been discovered leading police to suspect that the killer was, in fact, Dr. George Hill Hodel. With this new evidence, Dr. George Hill Hodel is the leading suspect in the Black Dahlia murder. Some people believe the Black Dahlia was murdered by Mark Hansen, or another suspect, however

Her father went into debt and ran away, when she was six years old, leaving people to believe he committed suicide. When she was a sophomore she dropped out of school to pursue her dream of becoming an actress (“Black Dahlia Biography”). Later she had been arrested at age nineteen for underage drinking. She lived in several states. While living in Florida she met Major Matthew Michael Gordon, Jr., who became her fiancé. He died August 10,1945 from a plane crash, before they got married (“Black Dahlia Biography”). During the mid-1940s, Elizabeth Short was living in Los Angeles, California. She was working as a waitress, and aspired to become an actress. She was murdered in January of 1947, and became known as “The Black Dahlia”. She was known for her clothes being black and her hair being a dark brown resembling a black color. She got the nickname “Black Dahlia”, as a play on the film title “The Blue Dahlia” (Black Dahlia

George Hill Hodel murdered the Black Dahlia. Dr. Hodel was an American physician, and had a medical background. He was known to be abusive to his wife and children. When the police started investigating the case, they put wiretaps in his house and overheard a conversation where Dr. Hodel said "Supposin' I did kill the Black Dahlia. They couldn't prove it now (“The Black Dahlia Murder”). They can't talk to my secretary because she's dead". Tamar Nais Hodel, his daughter, states the he sexually abused her, and made the artist Man Ray take nude photos of his then eleven-year old daughter (Sheila, “Uncovering the Secrets”). His other children talk about a secret room he forbid them from entering. They suspect that he was torturing and murdering women in this room. When his son Steve Hodel grew up he became a police officer and started to investigate this case. Steve used Buster, the police dog for finding human remains, to look for more evidence and found four locations on the property of George Hodel where there was human decomposition (Steve “Buster”). He was a top suspect in the case for many years, but before the police could press charges, he abandoned his family and moved to Asia. He was never caught and died before he could be tried for the murder of the Black