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The Black Dahlia's body was badly mutilated and brutalized. The last time anyone seen Ms Short alive was at the L.A. Biltmore Hotel on the night of January 15, 1947. She had traveled to Hollywood to become a star. Elizabeth was only 22 years old at the time of her death. Why was she killed? Who would cut a body in half and dissect her? What kind of person could do something so horrendous to a beautiful young girl in the prime of her life?