Elizabeth Short's Killer Taunted the Press. He Was Never Caught.
On January 15, 1947, the body of 22-year-old Elizabeth Short was discovered in a vacant lot on Norton Avenue in Leimert Park, Los Angeles, bisected and drained of blood, with no murder weapon and no confirmed sighting of Short between the Biltmore Hotel and the scene. The killer mailed Short's belongings to the press using cut newspaper letters, over 150 suspects were interviewed, and the case has remained officially unsolved for more than 77 years, with no person ever charged or convicted. The question of whether surviving autopsy material could yield a DNA profile suitable for testing…
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