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    What Happened to the Black Dahlia? Across the US, over 211,000 homicides committed since 1980 remain unsolved. The murder of Elizabeth Short, well known as the Black Dahlia, is one of LA’s most famous unsolved murders. She moved from Massachusetts in hopes of undertaking an acting career. Her body was found in an abandoned lot by Leimert Park. Nobody was ever found guilty of committing the crime and the case of the Black Dahlia remains unsolved. The murder mystery of the Black Dahlia narrows down to two popular theories: George Hodel was the killer, or George Knowlton was the killer. Elizabeth Short was the victim of a barbarous murder. She was born in Massachusetts on July 29, 1924 (Black Dahlia 1). She moved from her hometown to Hollywood…

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    different suspects in the murder like the father, mother , brother and the santa claus. We had some problems finding videos because some were restricted for the research aspect because there were different videos explaining different point of views to different information. There was consistent information in different resources and that’s how we know it’s right information and they actually got it right in some aspects. But there is also inconsistent information…

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    The Blue Dahlia. This 1946 film inspired the nickname “The Black Dahlia” for a young 22 year-old woman named Elizabeth Short. Short earned the sobriquet for her jet-black hair and predilection for black clothing. Her live became short-lived when she was found mutilated in an empty lot in Los Angeles California. Elizabeth Short was a Boston native who spent the majority of her life in Massachusetts and Florida. In 1930, her father was presumed dead was his car was found abandoned on a bridge,…

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    Mary's Murder Theories

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    for the time of the murder, investigators decided to dig deeper (“Great mysteries”). Payne admitted to having seen Mary “on the morning that she disappeared, three days before the body was found” (“Great mysteries”). Shortly after, Daniel committed suicide on a bench near where Mary’s body was found (Macgowan). Along with a note which said “to the world here I am on the very spot. May god forgive me for my misspent life” (Macgowan). Because of what Daniel’s note said, accusing him of the murder…

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    of the law there is a few, things you should take into consideration, especially when you are the first to arrive at the crime scene. It is the first arriving officer’s duty to make sure you have the suspect in custody, if there is any, secure the crime scene, then you must attend to the victim to see if they need any medical assistance. You must also collect evidence from the crime scene, while being careful to not contaminate the crime scene. It is also important to know which kind of search…

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    Queenie Volupides was a young beauty whose looks were deceiving. Queenie had an alibi and that was to get rid of her husband. As stated in the passage Queenie “was a sight to behold and to clasp.” Although Queenie stated that he fell, it is found that Queenie is responsible for murdering her husband. The detectives have concluded that she met another man and she had to get rid of her husband so she poisoned him before she went out to the club,layed him over the stairs,and put food on the stove…

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    and prosecute criminals. However, eyewitness identification is imperfect and the leading cause of wrongful convictions (Huff, Rattner, & Sagarin, 1996; Scheck, Neufeld, & Dwyer, 2000). One prominent method of eyewitness identification is a line-up procedure during which “A line-up is a procedure in which a criminal suspect (or a picture of the suspect) is placed among other people (or pictures of other people) and shown to an eyewitness to see if the witness will identify the suspect as the…

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    Mr. Mcgregor

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    Mr. McGregor is one of the suspects that killed Peter according to many valid reasons and proof. First off, Peter had three stabs on his back, which means a weapon that killed Peter must consist of three blades.The first theory is the pitchfork which leads to Mr. McGregor. Farmers are known for having a pitch fork, therefore the tool allowed Mr. McGregor to kill Peter. To continue on, according to an assumption, the pitchfork was found in the pond near the McGregor’s farm. This proves that the…

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    Thrillers Film Analysis

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    melodramatic or the audience won’t take him seriously. He has COPD, but there’s seems to be no payoff for this. Either create a payoff or cut this element. George seems to care for Amy. One doesn’t get to know him well, but he seems initially like a strong man. Thus, in the scene with Jace, it doesn’t seem realistic that his chin quivers. He’s not that type of guy. The dialogue is another area that requires more development. Dialogue can be challenging. In the current presentation, the…

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    In the murder case of an African- American lady named Martha investigators have narrowed their search do to three possible suspects. The three suspects are Royce Triplett, Kenneth Hubbard and Marcus Maher. Now none of the possible suspect is family members of Martha but has had some form of interaction with her in the past whether it is church related or neighborhood related she knew all three of them. Therefore, we will have to look at the evidence and determine which one of these three men…

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