Suspect

Sort By:
Page 9 of 50 - About 500 essays
  • Decent Essays

    The Black Dahlia The story of the Black Dahlia has had people trying to find answers for years, with so many suspects and not many answers it only led to more mystery. Not much is known about the murder that happened and there are many possibilities, but among all the suspects one thing is clear and that is Ed burns didn't commit the crime. George Hodel committed the murder and there is a lot of evidence against him to prove this statement. In the murder of the Black Dahlia, Ed Burns didn't commit

    • 779 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Good Essays

    Who Is The True Black Dahlia Assailant? The Black Dahlia is a murder case that occurred in Los Angeles, California in 1947, where a woman was brutally murdered. The victim murdered was a woman by the name of Elizabeth Short; an aspiring actress, only twenty two years of age. Her naked body, completely drained of blood, was found cut in half and mutilated in a vacant lot of a residential section in Leimert Park, Los Angeles. Shortly after her death newspapers gave her the nickname The Black Dahlia

    • 2015 Words
    • 9 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Decent Essays

    lot at thirty-ninth and Norton Streets, was due to reporters, news media, and also citizens arriving before police and trampling all over the area, possibly erasing any evidence that was available. The investigation was dragged out due to how many suspects and confessions that developed; some claim that there were around fifty confessions while others claim the numbers go up to five-hundred (Newton 40). All of the leads that were produced probably led police in the complete opposite direction of the

    • 896 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Many people who are being abused do not view themselves as victims. Also, abusers do not see themselves as being abusive. People often think of domestic violence as physical violence, such as hitting. In the novel The Suspect, the long-term effects of domestic violence have not begun to be fully documented. Individuals suffer physical and mental disorders as a result of domestic violence. The first reason when Mr. Burke and George were teaching together many years back, when a young, little punk

    • 486 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Have you ever heard of The Black Dahlia? The story behind Black Dahlia is confusing, which is why many people don’t have a good understanding of it. In this paper I talk about how she died and all of the possible suspects that could’ve killed her. With most mystery murders how they died was the main question, but not in this one. “Elizabeth Short was no doubt subjected to some form of torture before and after she died, as bruising only occurs in the living.” The death of Black Dahlia isn’t as gruesome

    • 446 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    The Black Dahlia was the nickname given to Elizabeth Short. She was murdered January 15, 1947, and found in Leimert Park, Los Angeles. Her body was mutilated, and she was sawed in half at the waist. The case was never solved and has brought about many theories. In Elizabeth's’ younger years she was troubled with asthma and bronchitis so she moved to Miami. When she was 19 she moved with her father to california. Short was proposed to in a letter by Major Matthew Michael Gordon,jr. While he was

    • 552 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Better Essays

    live with a woman named Dorothy French that was very sympathetic for her.  Elizabeth lived with the Frenches without working or contributing in her stay until she was offered a ride back to L.A. by a salesman named Robert Manley who became a big suspect in the murder.  The next day he dropped her off at the Biltmore Hotel,where she was meeting her sister (John 4).     Elizabeth Short was murdered on 15 January 1947  (Wilkes 3).  This shocked America.  Betty Bersinger was out for a walk with her daughter

    • 1741 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Good Essays

    Essay On Black Dahlia

    • 809 Words
    • 4 Pages

    Tamar Hodel. Three witnesses testified against George and said they had seen the raping of Tamar. George won against the sexual assault charges in December 1949. The molestation case soon led to the Black Dahlia case, and George was added to the suspects list of her case. Pictures of what seemed to look like Elizabeth Short were found him George’s home. The LAPD put George under surveillance for close to a month and a half. LAPD then installed 2 microphones in his house, being listened to by 18 detectives

    • 809 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Up to the present time, the case is still trying to be solved by few with more and more information being brought to the light. While viewing the case, looking at evidence, looking at the case and all the different suspects that the police believed did it back then viewers came up with numerous conclusions. After looking at everything that was presented some of the information started to make sense and the pieces started to slowly come together. The only problem is that all the pieces that is needed

    • 352 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Good Essays

    Should the police be allowed to impose brain scans on suspects, assuming that brain scans can help proving mens rea? The English criminal justice system is based upon a “range of decisions and procedures from the investigations and questioning of people” which develop the common sense ideas of free will and responsibility for conduct. Imposing Brain scans on suspects by the police excludes the system from procedures of investigation and questioning, which is known to be justice. Brain scans can

    • 813 Words
    • 4 Pages
    • 14 Works Cited
    Good Essays