She passed what looked to be a discarded manikin.
Was it a jealous boyfriend, a rejected suitor, or one of LA's notorious mafia connections whom she had apparently been dabbling with? Winner: 2017 YALSA Great Graphic Novels for Teens, Non-fiction Winner: 71st Annual NCS Reuben Awards, Graphic Novels On January 15, 1947, a woman was walking with her daughter in a Los Angeles neighborhood.From this point, Geary reconstitutes and reveals for us the life of this 22-year-old woman who had become known as "Black Dahlia" because of her striking appearance.. How could her life have ended in such a ghastly fashion? It turned out to be the body of Elizabeth Short: posed, drained of blood, meticulously scrubbed, and cut in two.