Daniel S. Voorhees

Daniel S. Voorhees
Born
Dan Summe Voorhees

9 January 1914
Died28 July 1953

Daniel S. Voorhees (1914 – 1953[1]) was a transient[2] restaurant porter who confessed to the murder of Elizabeth Short on January 28, 1947.[3][4] He asked members of the Los Angeles Police Department to meet him in downtown Los Angeles, at 4th Street and Hill Street. Voorhees was eliminated as a suspect in the Black Dahlia slaying because his handwriting did not match that in the killer's note,[5] and after he refused to give any details and his testimony was proven false.[3][6]

Voorhees was just one of around 500 people who came forward claiming to have killed Elizabeth Short after the case gained notoriety in the national press, some did seeking fame while others did because of mental illness,[6] with Voorhees falling into both categories.[7]

  1. ^ "Nevada Certificate of Death for Dan Summe Voorhees". FamilySearch.
  2. ^ Beth Short Slaying Suspect Jailed After Asserting Admission of Crime, January 15, 1947, Pg. 2.
  3. ^ a b "Man confesses 'Dahlia' killing". National news. The Decatur Daily Review. Vol. 69, no. 27. Decatur, Illinois, United States of America: The Review Pub. Co. The Associated Press (AP). 29 January 1947. p. 3. LCCN 90054700. OCLC 22714420. Retrieved 8 September 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Murphy, Michael, ed. (1 February 1947). ""Black Dahlia" murder: Many "confessions"". International news section. Barrier Daily Truth. Vol. XXXIX, no. 12157. Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia: Barrier Industrial Council. p. 5. Retrieved 8 September 2021 – via Trove (National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ Black Dahlia Avenger, Stephen Hodel, Arcade Publishing, 2003, pp. 174.
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