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Just as the letter indicated, on Wednesday, January 29th, a man came forward to LAPD and confessed that he had killed Elizabeth Short. It was 33-year-old Daniel Voorhees. Hilarious last name. Yes, truly.

Just as the letter indicated, on Wednesday, January 29th, a man came forward to LAPD and confessed that he had killed Elizabeth Short. It was 33-year-old Daniel Voorhees. Hilarious last name. Yes, truly.

Told detectives that he had met Elizabeth Short two weeks earlier in downtown Los Angeles and, quote, took her for a ride on a Wilshire Boulevard bus and he stopped short of providing any other details about the murder itself. Wait, so he just, he took her for a bus ride?

Told detectives that he had met Elizabeth Short two weeks earlier in downtown Los Angeles and, quote, took her for a ride on a Wilshire Boulevard bus and he stopped short of providing any other details about the murder itself. Wait, so he just, he took her for a bus ride?

Yeah, he said he took her for a ride on the bus.

Yeah, he said he took her for a ride on the bus.

Not in this scenario. Not with Mr. Voorhees.

Not in this scenario. Not with Mr. Voorhees.

But according to Mr. Voorhees, the two first met in 1941, and he'd taken her on several dates before they lost touch. But when asked for more details about that meeting, he again refused to say anything else. But nevertheless, Voorhees insisted, quote, I'm sick. I did kill Beth Short. And he was willing to sign any documents confessing to it.

But according to Mr. Voorhees, the two first met in 1941, and he'd taken her on several dates before they lost touch. But when asked for more details about that meeting, he again refused to say anything else. But nevertheless, Voorhees insisted, quote, I'm sick. I did kill Beth Short. And he was willing to sign any documents confessing to it.

So Daniel Voorhees was booked into the county jail that evening on obviously suspicion of murder. There was going to be a polygraph exam planned for the following day because they wanted him to they wanted to wait to have him recover from his, quote, bewildered and befuddled state he was at the time of his arrest. Okay.

So Daniel Voorhees was booked into the county jail that evening on obviously suspicion of murder. There was going to be a polygraph exam planned for the following day because they wanted him to they wanted to wait to have him recover from his, quote, bewildered and befuddled state he was at the time of his arrest. Okay.

Which tells you a little bit about what you need to know about like... The state he was in and like his frame of mind. Bewildered and befuddled.

Which tells you a little bit about what you need to know about like... The state he was in and like his frame of mind. Bewildered and befuddled.

And while this may have seemed at the time, it did seem at the time, a major break in the case. There were several things about his confession that made detectives unfortunately a little skeptical. They didn't want to be, but they were.

And while this may have seemed at the time, it did seem at the time, a major break in the case. There were several things about his confession that made detectives unfortunately a little skeptical. They didn't want to be, but they were.

In addition to his refusal to provide virtually any details about the murder or how he'd come to no short at all, investigators also described his story as, quote, generally incoherent. Yeah.

In addition to his refusal to provide virtually any details about the murder or how he'd come to no short at all, investigators also described his story as, quote, generally incoherent. Yeah.

And it was also full of contradictions. Also, when they contacted police in Phoenix, LAPD detectives learned that Borges had a long record of petty offenses. And at the time of his arrest, he was not really living anywhere and appeared very confused. And apparently he was from Phoenix.

And it was also full of contradictions. Also, when they contacted police in Phoenix, LAPD detectives learned that Borges had a long record of petty offenses. And at the time of his arrest, he was not really living anywhere and appeared very confused. And apparently he was from Phoenix.