Lipstick Killer George Hodel

In black dahlia avenger.

Lipstick killer george hodel. A genius for murder subsequent books and a written interview he lays out a detailed and convincing. October 10 1907 may 16 1999 was an american physician. Add to that the fact we have four of the highest ranking le officers lapd chiefs parker and brown lada lt. Was an american physician who was considered as prime suspect in the murder of an american woman named elizabeth short.

Heirens was called the lipstick killer after a notorious message scrawled in lipstick at a crime scene at the time of his death heirens was reputedly chicago s longest serving prisoner having spent 65 years in prison. George hill hodel jr. In the recent years he has also been linked to the murders committed by the lipstick killer and the zodiac killer. On page 109 hodel wrote the evidence linking my father dr.

George hodel to the zodiac murders in the san francisco area in the summer and fall of 1969 is exceptionally strong and compelling readers will note that steve hodel s book fails to provide any such evidence and instead offers only speculation assumptions and tenuous links to. I know now that my father was also responsible for a series of infamous murders in chicago where he was known for a time as the lipstick killer manila where the local press dubbed him the jigsaw murderer and the bay area. Steve hodel believes the killer was his father dr. It should be noted george hodel was a suspect in the investigation so much so that much of his home was even bugged at one stage.

William george heirens november 15 1928 march 5 2012 was an american convicted of murder who confessed to three murders in 1946. Frank jemison and undersheriff james downey all from that time period of the 1940s confirming that the dahlia case was solved and confidentially naming dr. His presentations regarding the zodiac case in the book most evil cannot be used to connect george hodel to that unsolved mystery. George hill hodel jr.

La and chicago autopsy reports confirm a skilled surgeon performed hemicorpectomy on both la victim elizabeth black dahlia short and chicago lipstick murder victim six year old suzanne degnan. Steve hodel also suspected his father was probably the lipstick murderer three murders that took place in chicago in summer 1945 and into winter of 1946 and that seventeen year old william heirens. Does steve hodel author of black dahlia avenger say his father was zodiac. William heirens known as the lipstick killer dead.

In a word yes. Even if steve hodel manages to prove that george hodel did kill short he has not presented any legitimate reason or evidence to justify the claim that his father is a viable suspect let alone the zodiac killer. After the 1947 murder of elizabeth short a k a.