The Black Dahlia tragedy is the most famous unsolved murder case in the United States after World War II.

In January 1947, the body of a horrible-looking woman was found in Remmert Park, southwest of Los Angeles.

The deceased, Elizabeth Ann Short, was an unimpressive actress who was known as the "Black Dahlia" because of her love of the color black.

The case is also known as the Black Dahlia. " and the case became known as the Black Dahlia tragedy. Despite extensive media coverage and the involvement of countless official and private investigators, the case remained unsolved until the early 21st century, making it a famous unsolved crime in California history.

The victim, Elizabeth Ann Short (nicknamed "Betty" or "Bess"), was born in Hyde Park, Massachusetts, on July 29, 1924, to Cleo Short and Phoebe Short. third in line of five daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Short, whose father ran away from home in California when she was very young under the guise of a disguised suicide, and years later called her mother to get back together, which she refused to do.

Betty was sent to Miami in 1940, where she dropped out of school and began working as a waitress in a hotel. 16-year-old Betty was already a sweet, pretty girl, and began to model her cool appearance on the iconic Deanna, who wore all black at the time. As a teenager, Betty had two ambitions: first, to marry a soldier, preferably in the Air Force, and second, to become a movie star. She began hanging out in public **** places near military barracks and naval bases, and became entangled with a number of servicemen; her father's revulsion at this state of affairs, coupled with his behavior of abandoning the entire family when she was a young girl, ultimately led to a complete breakdown of her father-daughter relationship.

Betty entered into a romantic relationship in late 1945 with a pilot named Matt Gordon, who was later posted overseas; Gordon's mother telegraphed her shortly thereafter that Gordon had died in a plane crash (a circumstance which was later verified), and with that the only normal romantic relationship during Betty's lifetime came to an end, but Gordon had already undoubtedly materialized into a homecoming for her in her mind, and, after she had been killed in the newspaper articles documenting Gordon's death remained among her personal effects stored at the coach terminal.

Betty spends her days wandering the streets of Hollywood and fantasizing about being discovered by a "talent scout" on her way to becoming a star; at night she is forced to return to reality from her daydreams. --Because of her vanity and laziness, she has been living below the poverty line, she can't even afford to pay the rent of one dollar a day, she can only use her body as the price to exchange for food, alcohol, cigarettes, clothes, and even a bed for the night to any man who is "interested" in her. There is evidence that she occasionally prostituted herself to earn a living, although the little money she did have was quickly squandered - Betty would rather starve than cut back on her clothing expenses.

On January 8, 1947, a man she knew received a letter from Betty stating that she had gone to Chicago to try her hand at modeling (likely one of her many "daydreams") - the last letter she ever wrote. last letter she ever wrote; on January 9, a salesman named Robert "Red" Manley (because of his red hair) drove her back to the Chicago coach station (where Betty's luggage was stored) - the last time Betty was seen alive. The last time she was seen alive, she said, she was going to Chicago to visit her sister, but no one knows if she got on the coach or not.

Betty's body was found on January 15, 1947, and no one reported Betty to the police for it, despite the fact that she had been missing for nearly a week - she had wanted to be the center of attention during her short life, but the truth was that no one really cared about her.