Elizabeth Short was an American woman born on July 29, 1924, in Hyde Park, Boston. She is best known as the victim of a notorious unsolved murder case in 1947, which became widely publicized and is often referred to as the Black Dahlia case. Short was a young aspiring actress who moved to Los Angeles in hopes of making it in the film industry. Her body was discovered on January 15, 1947, in a vacant lot in Los Angeles, and the gruesome nature of the crime shocked the public. Despite extensive media coverage and numerous investigations, her murder remains unsolved, leading to various theories and speculation over the years.