In January Nineteen Forty Seven, Los Angeles police discovered one of the most shocking crime scenes in American history.<#1#> The victim was a twenty two year old woman named Elizabeth Short.<#1#> Her body was found in a vacant lot in the Leimert Park area of Los Angeles.<#1#> The scene was disturbing and unlike anything many investigators had ever seen.<#1#> The body had been carefully placed and was severely mutilated.<#1#> The case quickly became known as the murder of the Black Dahlia, a na