Five Unsolved Homicide Cases

5 Unsolved Homicide Cases

 By Natalie Eccles

Taking someone’s life is a shocking concept. I mean, killing one of your own kind?! That’s already a bombshell on its own. In fact, with all of our technological advances we have been gifted with within the last 30 years, it’s hard to imagine a world where murders could occur without the slightest clue or accuracy as to who the murderer was. Here we have 5 Unsolved Homicide Cases:

1. The Black Dahlia

Elizabeth Short was a young, aspiring actress working as a waitress in the 1940’s. Born in July of 1924, she was only 22 when she was unfortunately murdered and put on display near a local residence. The actress was posed nude and dismembered. Another eerie move the killer made was slits at the corners of the little starlet’s mouth to make a smile similar to today’s trademark joker smile. This case is also one of the most famous dead-end cases in LA today.

1. Lynne Harper

 Lynne was 12 years old when she was last seen by classmate Steven Truscott in 1959 Ontario, Canada. Her body was found two days later on a farm and autopsies reported she was strangled and sexually assaulted using her blouse. Harper’s classmate was a suspect in the murder when he admitted to giving her a ride on the crossbar of his bicycle. Truscott stated when he left Harper at the intersection he saw the young girl climb into a car immediately after. Although he had given this testimony, Truscott was tried in court and found guilty, but the revival of the case made everybody wonder whether or not he was instead innocent. He was later not able to be convicted for his assumed crimes for the cause of reasonable doubt. Years later and the Harper family still blames Steven Truscott for the loss of their little girl.

1. Thelma Todd

 Thelma Todd, an American actress from the 1920’s, was found in her convertible neatly tucked into her unattached garage in the Hollywood Hills. It was suspected the star from the silver screen had committed suicide on the account of her being deeply depressed and speaking of suicide.

Todd’s BAC was also simply too high for her to have successfully climbed the 300 stairs it took to reach her garage in high heels. The victim was also bleeding from the mouth and her car held a smeared, bloody handprint on the door of the Packard convertible. Though with this information, the case was ultimately declared a suicide.