Alina

You know, we're live Googling right now. We're taking us back to a cool and very overcast day, January 15th, 1947. All right. This is when Betty Bersinger and her three-year-old daughter, Anne, left the house for a nice little morning walk. Just a stroll. Yeah, just a stroll.

You know, we're live Googling right now. We're taking us back to a cool and very overcast day, January 15th, 1947. All right. This is when Betty Bersinger and her three-year-old daughter, Anne, left the house for a nice little morning walk. Just a stroll. Yeah, just a stroll.

So the Leimert Park area of Los Angeles, which is just five miles south of Hollywood, was a very newly developed and planned community. And there were still a lot of vacant lots in it. They were along Norton Avenue. And people would use these vacant lots a lot of the time because people are always going to people.

So the Leimert Park area of Los Angeles, which is just five miles south of Hollywood, was a very newly developed and planned community. And there were still a lot of vacant lots in it. They were along Norton Avenue. And people would use these vacant lots a lot of the time because people are always going to people.

To dump garbage everywhere. Other stuff, you know, like be the dumb part of people. So when Betty caught sight of a pale white thing in the tall grass in the empty lot, she thought, oh, someone left a broken tailor's mannequin in the lot rather than just getting rid of it properly. Yeah.

To dump garbage everywhere. Other stuff, you know, like be the dumb part of people. So when Betty caught sight of a pale white thing in the tall grass in the empty lot, she thought, oh, someone left a broken tailor's mannequin in the lot rather than just getting rid of it properly. Yeah.

You know, it was just one of those things that she kind of walked by and was like, can people stop peopling, please?

You know, it was just one of those things that she kind of walked by and was like, can people stop peopling, please?

Exactly. But then Betty got closer to the object, which was just a few inches from the edge of the sidewalk. If you have ever seen the crime scene photos or anything like that or been to that area, you know that she was right up out in the open. To think that she was with her three-year-old daughter. Yeah.

Exactly. But then Betty got closer to the object, which was just a few inches from the edge of the sidewalk. If you have ever seen the crime scene photos or anything like that or been to that area, you know that she was right up out in the open. To think that she was with her three-year-old daughter. Yeah.

That shakes me to my core. And, I mean, Elizabeth's body was right on the grass next to the sidewalk. I mean, all of it was intentional. And she immediately realized she was not looking at a mannequin at all, but a horrifically mutilated body of a young woman who had been bisected at the waist.

That shakes me to my core. And, I mean, Elizabeth's body was right on the grass next to the sidewalk. I mean, all of it was intentional. And she immediately realized she was not looking at a mannequin at all, but a horrifically mutilated body of a young woman who had been bisected at the waist.

I think that's what initially really drew me to this case, like made me just like morbidly fascinated and absolutely horrified by this case was just the extent of the mutilation that was done to this woman. Yeah. I could not conceive of it. I still can't conceive of it.

I think that's what initially really drew me to this case, like made me just like morbidly fascinated and absolutely horrified by this case was just the extent of the mutilation that was done to this woman. Yeah. I could not conceive of it. I still can't conceive of it.

Even to this day, it stays as one of the most horrific cases of mutilation. Oh, yeah. You can conjure. Now, at the sight of this poor woman's absolutely mangled body, Betty immediately grabbed her daughter and ran for the nearest phone. And she called the University Division of the LAPD and reported what she had seen.

Even to this day, it stays as one of the most horrific cases of mutilation. Oh, yeah. You can conjure. Now, at the sight of this poor woman's absolutely mangled body, Betty immediately grabbed her daughter and ran for the nearest phone. And she called the University Division of the LAPD and reported what she had seen.

Now, she was fully panicked, obviously, and absolutely horrified, going through complete shock. So she didn't adequately describe what she found. She wasn't able to convey it in a way that it would be a little understandable. How would you? So the communications officer on the other end noted that it was a, quote, possible 390, which is a stuporous drunk down in the lot at 39th and Norton Avenue.

Now, she was fully panicked, obviously, and absolutely horrified, going through complete shock. So she didn't adequately describe what she found. She wasn't able to convey it in a way that it would be a little understandable. How would you? So the communications officer on the other end noted that it was a, quote, possible 390, which is a stuporous drunk down in the lot at 39th and Norton Avenue.

It's like, dude, why would she be that horrified if it was just a drunk person stumbling around? That's the thing. Like, I'm like, I feel like you even if you note that as like, I think this is what she said, you should be like, but she sounds really upset. So it could get there fast. There's other things going on here.

It's like, dude, why would she be that horrified if it was just a drunk person stumbling around? That's the thing. Like, I'm like, I feel like you even if you note that as like, I think this is what she said, you should be like, but she sounds really upset. So it could get there fast. There's other things going on here.