Who do you think killed Elizabeth "Black Dahlia" Short?

1/15/1947 at 10:30AM, Betty Bersinger saw a body in a vacant lot on Norton between Coliseum %26amp; 39th in LA. It was cut in half at the waist, slashed from ear-to-ear, beaten on the head, etc. It was identified as Elizabeth Short, b. 7/29/24. The murder was never solved, but there are several theories. John Gilmore's "Severed" (1994) says Jack Anderson Wilson (alias Arnold Smith, etc.) did the murder. In "Daddy Was The Black Dahlia Killer"(1995), Janice Knowlton says her father George Frederick Knowlton (1912-1962) did it. In "Black Dahlia Avenger" (2004), Steve Hodel says his father George Hill Hodel (1907-1999) did it. In "The Black Dahlia Files" (2005), Donald H. Wolfe says Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel did it, Dr. Leslie C. Audrain severed the body, Maurice Clement transported it in his car (seen at the dump site twice) and Jack A. Wilson helped carry it to %26amp; from the car. John Douglas profiled several killers in "Cases That Haunt Us" (2000). I am checking his profile on listed suspects.

Who do you think killed Elizabeth "Black Dahlia" Short?
I think this will be like Jack the Ripper with many theories, but no hard proof. I found Steve Hodel's theory about his father a bit far fetched (imagine thinking your father is capable of that!), that his father murdered Elizabeth Short in an homage to Man Ray.


Incidentally, you should read the graphic novel Torso by Brain Michael Bendis. In it he posits the the never caught Torso Murderer of Cleveland who haunted Elliot Ness went on the commit the Short murder. A bit tangential, but good if you are into unsolved crime.
Reply:I have read alot of these theories and am leaning towards George Hodel. His son's book is very convincing.
Reply:This will remain among the more famous unsolved mysteries of all time, failing a written confession being found and authenticated.
Reply:I truly doubt that we'll ever know for sure. The evidence is muddied, too many witnesses and suspects are long dead, and standards of evidence custody analysis--much less the level of the actual science and technology involved--are nowhere today's standard. I think that it'll have to remain among the great unsolved mysteries.