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The house was sold in 1930 to Ruth Rand Barnett, and again in 1936, 1944 and 1945. [2] From 1945 through 1950, the house was owned by Dr. George Hodel, [2] a Los Angeles physician who was a prime suspect in the infamous Black Dahlia murder, although he was not publicly named as such at the
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 ...
Hodel presumably put the Sowden House up as payment for the incest trial, and Giesler's office sold it to Dr. Harold Mazur in 1951, the same year Dr. Hodel fled to Hawaii.
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.
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 ...
One Day She'll Darken: The Mysterious Beginnings of Fauna Hodel is a memoir and true crime book by Fauna Hodel written with J. R. Briamonte. The story documents her connection to her grandfather, George Hodel , a prime suspect in the infamous Black Dahlia murder mystery.
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 ]
The house was originally built in 1927 and redesigned in 1984 by businessman Mark Slotkin. The property boasts a pool and private tennis court, alongside a two-story guesthouse and two-car garage.