Dayah Azlan : Who is "Black Dahlia"?

Black Dahlia was a nickname given to Elizabeth Short who was born on 29 July 1924 in Boston. She grew up in Medford, Massachusetts and was the third daughter to Cleo Short and Phoebe May Sawyer. At age 16, Elizabeth spend her winter time in Miami because she had asthma and bronchitis. At age 19, she travelled to California and lived with her father who was working at the nearby Mare Island Naval Shipyard. In the early 1943, Elizabeth and her father had an argument which caused her to work at the post exchange in Camp Cooke, now known as Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Months later, Elizabeth moved to Santa Barbara where she was arrested for underage drinking on 23 September 1943. In Florida, Elizabeth met Major Matthew Michael Gordon Jr. who was United States Army Airforce Office. Michael had proposed to her and she accepted it. However, Michael died in a crash on 10 August 1945. On July 1946, Elizabeth returned to Los Angeles to visit Joseph Gordon Fickling who was an Army Air Force Lieutenant. At age 23, Elizabeth became a victim to an unknown murderer on 15 January 1947 and until today, her case remained unsolved.