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George Hill Hodel Jr. (October 10, 1907 – May 17, 1999) was an American physician, and a suspect in the murder of Elizabeth Short, the Black Dahlia. [1] He was never formally charged with the crime but, at the time, police considered him a viable suspect, and two of his children believe he was guilty.
Dr. George Hill Hodel Jr. came under police scrutiny in October 1949, when his 14-year-old daughter, Tamar, accused him of molesting her. Despite three witnesses testifying that they had seen Hodel having sex with Tamar, he was acquitted in December 1949. [2]
George Hodel was a gynecologist with his own clinic in L.A. who threw wild parties for Hollywood’s elite in the 1940s. His expertise fitted the theory that only a surgeon could have cut Short ...
George Hill Hodel. While there are numerous theories about Short’s murder, one of the most highly suspected culprits is Dr. George Hodel, a gynecologist who had a clinic in L.A.
Implicated by his own son, former LAPD detective Steve Hodel, in his book Black Dahlia Avenger: The True Story, George Hodel was a Hollywood doctor with prominent friends like director John Huston ...
After George Hodel's death in 1999, his son, Steve Hodel, a former homicide detective with the Los Angeles County Police Department, desired to learn more about his father and discovered information leading him to believe that George Hodel was the killer of the Black Dahlia. [7] [8]
[96] [97] Additionally, Steve Hodel has cited his father's training as a surgeon as circumstantial evidence. [98] In 2003, it was revealed in notes from the 1949 grand jury report that investigators had wiretapped George Hodel's home and obtained recorded conversation of him with an unidentified visitor, saying: "Supposin' I did kill the Black ...
Short's body was found on January 15, 1947 in a vacant lot near the property, the top suspect being the home's owner Dr. George Hodel. Hodel's biggest accuser was his son, former LAPD homicide ...