A new book has claimed to solve the infamous murder of Elizabeth Short, who went on to be known as the Black Dahlia.
“Black Dahlia, Red Rose: The Crime, Corruption, and Cover-Up of America’s Greatest Unsolved Murder,” argues that the 1947 killing of Short was done by a man named Leslie Dillion.
The Daily Mail has the details:
‘Jack Sand’ was in fact Leslie Dillon, the true killer. He was connected to a prostitution network and a pimp and errand boy for Mark Hansen.
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Dillon knew two things about the murder that had never been revealed to the public: a rose tattoo had been cut out of Short’s thigh by the killer and inserted in her vagina. Her pubic hair had also been cut off and pushed up inside her rectum.
Dillon had worked briefly in a mortuary and knew how to make a cut in the leg of a corpse to bleed it out and how to insert a tube to drain the blood.
There have been so many theories about who the Black Dahlia killer was. Even Orson Welles has been floated as a suspect in one of the most famous killings in American history. The killing has been covered in movies, televisions shows and plenty of different books and articles.
I have personally been fascinated by this case ever since I learned about it. Nobody can see those crime scene photos, know the killer was never caught and not be intrigued. It’s just way too interesting not to keep digging deeper.
People will probably never know the truth for sure, but this theory certainly seems very enticing.