"The Black Dahlia" was a nickname given to Elizabeth Short (July 29, 1924 – c. January 15, 1947), an American woman who was the victim of a much-publicized murder in 1947. Short acquired the moniker posthumously from newspapers in the habit of nicknaming crimes they found particularly lurid. It may have been derived from a film noir murder mystery, the title of which alluded to a Dahlia of a different color, The Blue Dahlia, released several months before, in April, 1946.
On the morning of January 15, 1947, the nude body of Elizabeth Short was found in two pieces on a vacant lot on the west side of South Norton Avenue midway between Coliseum Street and West 39th Street (at 34.0164°N 118.333°W) in Leimert Park, Los Angeles. Local resident Betty Bersinger discovered the body about 10:00 am, as she was walking with her three-year-old daughter; Bersinger at first thought it was a discarded store mannequin.
When she realized it was a corpse, however, she rushed to a nearby house and telephoned the police.
When she realized it was a corpse, however, she rushed to a nearby house and telephoned the police.
An autopsy stated that Short was 5 feet 5 inches (1.65 m) tall, weighed
115 pounds (52 kg), and had light blue eyes, brown hair, and badly
decayed teeth. There were ligature marks on her ankles, wrists, and
neck. The skull was not fractured, but Short had bruises on the front
and right side of her scalp, with a small amount of bleeding in the subarachnoid space on the right side, consistent with blows to the head.[1]
The cause of death was determined to be hemorrhaging from the
lacerations to her face and shock from blows on the head and face.
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