03272cam a2200313 4500 544923432 TxAuBib 20070728120000.0 ||||||s2004||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 20-04044346 9780060589950 0060589957 DLC TxAuBib Hodel, Steve. Black Dahlia avenger : a genius for murder / Steve Hodel. 1st Perennial ed. New York : Perennial, 2004. xxi, 560 p : ill ; 21 cm. Originally published: New York : Arcade Pub., c2003. Introduction -- Biltmore -- Jane Doe number 1 -- Death in the family -- Voice from beyond the grave -- Dr. George Hill Hodel Jr., 1907-1999 -- George and Dorero -- Hollywood scandal -- Gypsies -- Subic Bay -- Kiyo -- Dahlia witnesses -- LAPD and the press: Joint investigation -- LAPD and the press: Avenger mailings -- "Red Lipstick" Murder -- Tamar, Joe Barrett, and Duncan Hodel -- Fred Sexton: "Suspect number 2" -- LAPD secrets and the Marquis de Sade -- Elizabeth Short's "missing week" -- Final connections: Man Ray Thoughtprints -- Franklin House revisited -- Watch, the proof-sheet papers, the FBI files, and the voice -- Handwriting analysis -- More 1940s L.A. murdered women cases -- Boomhower-Spangler kidnap-murders -- Sergeant Stoker, LAPD's gangster squad, and the abortion ring -- George Hodel: Underworld roots--"Hinkies" -- Dahliagate: Double cover-up -- Grand jury -- Dahlia Myths -- Dahlia Investigation, 2001-2002 -- Forgotten victims, 1940s: Probables -- Forgotten victims, 1950s: Probables -- George Hodel-Elizabeth Short: Reconstructed timeline -- Filing my case with the District Attorney's office -- Final thoughtprint -- Epilogue -- Aftermath -- Author's postscript -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliography -- Index. Includes bibliographical references (p. [533]-545) and index. In this startling tour-de-force, a professional homicide detective finally solves the case of one of the most shocking murders of the twentieth century in this true-crime page-turner. In 1947, the sadistic murder of a beautiful young woman, twenty-two-year-old Elizabeth Short, led to the largest manhunt in Los Angeles history and came to be known as the Black Dahlia murder. In the film noir streets of Los Angeles, the killer teased and taunted the police and public alike through notes written to L.A. papers, much like Jack the Ripper had done in London sixty years earlier. When the LAPD failed to solve the crime, it was passed down from year to year to crack homicide detectives, but none could ever bring the killer to justice -- until now. Even more startling -- a twist worthy of any great mystery novel -- is the identity of the murderer: the author's own father, George Hodel, a real-life Jekyll and Hyde, a man who by day was a highly respected member of society and by night a mad, sadistic killer. 20070728. Short, Elizabeth 1824-1947. Hodel, George. Murder Investigation California Los Angeles Case studies. Murder California Los Angeles Case studies. BTCLS