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Black Dahlia E Short — Part 1

162 pages · May 08, 2026 · Broad topic: Famous Crimes & Fugitives · Topic: Black Dahlia E Short · 162 pages OCR'd
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identified. the attractive vics tim. of .a-brutal:sex-fiend.mur- der’ found Wedriesday in a |vacant Iot near Norton Ave. jand 39th St. as Elizabeth Short; 22,.0f. Santa Barbara, ° | the-Federal: Bureau: of Investi- yesterday. 4 9 +- . The. identification, gleane mbde a8 scores. of persons. tele- pl onéd and visited. the homicide detail in City Hall. elairhing the | New Tortu re’, |Disclosed — by Autopsy Eingegprints tentdtively gation informed “The ‘Times, We “government “ageélicy, was ! ey Ee me tt Ae TN a re ie git] to: be a relative or: friend,. ae Catise of Death Given. = * Jail asa possible’ Sus: ,pect ig the sadistic slaying, | while i the Corgner’s. office au- : fopsy physicians: announced that ‘Miss Short died of’ hemorrhage ‘and shock. The:young woman's mouth was slit wifh a knife , three inches oi each side while (she was’ still alive, the doctors. Said, : This plus @ concussion, of the ‘brain induced by blows. on the ‘head caused her death, they stated, Other mutilation "of ‘the. \body, which’ was found cut. in jhalf and otherwise . desecrated; - occured affer death, in their oEthe "PBT, files disclosed the ‘victim’s identity after The Times, wired classification, of Her fingerprints to Washington. ‘No efinith address was: available. ‘Santa Barbara, according to the ‘buveay, was Miss Short’s last residence, She may have: ‘lived elsewhere just prior to-Rer ‘slaying. di youth was questioned ab -
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