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During the autopsy, fingerprints were taken and passed along to the main offices of the FBI, and in their coverage of the story the day after Short's body was discovered, the Los Angeles Examiner included a lengthy description of who the girl was. They were hoping someone would see this description of her, the physical description, and come forward.

During the autopsy, fingerprints were taken and passed along to the main offices of the FBI, and in their coverage of the story the day after Short's body was discovered, the Los Angeles Examiner included a lengthy description of who the girl was. They were hoping someone would see this description of her, the physical description, and come forward.

Among other things, though, the examiner described her as between 15 and 16 years old. Nope. With enameled pink toenails and a three and a half inch operational scar on the right side of her back. She was also described as, quote, rather well developed with small bones and trim legs. Okay. Okay. I'm like, you want to throw any other descriptors in there?

Among other things, though, the examiner described her as between 15 and 16 years old. Nope. With enameled pink toenails and a three and a half inch operational scar on the right side of her back. She was also described as, quote, rather well developed with small bones and trim legs. Okay. Okay. I'm like, you want to throw any other descriptors in there?

I'm like, I don't know if I would be able to be like, well, my cousin does have trim legs.

I'm like, I don't know if I would be able to be like, well, my cousin does have trim legs.

Okay. Very 40s. Truly. Fortunately for investigators, once the identification division of the Washington, D.C. office of the FBI got the photos of her fingerprints, they found a match within an hour. They identified Elizabeth Short from their card file of more than 104 million possible matches. Wow. Yeah.

Okay. Very 40s. Truly. Fortunately for investigators, once the identification division of the Washington, D.C. office of the FBI got the photos of her fingerprints, they found a match within an hour. They identified Elizabeth Short from their card file of more than 104 million possible matches. Wow. Yeah.

22. That is so young.

22. That is so young.

And she has lived.

And she has lived.

She had a tough life, right? She had a tough stuff going on.

She had a tough life, right? She had a tough stuff going on.

She was struggling. Now, Elizabeth Short was born July 29th, 1924 in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Boston, Ken.

She was struggling. Now, Elizabeth Short was born July 29th, 1924 in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Boston, Ken.

There you go. She's from our neck of the woods, Ken. Boston. She's a Boston gal. She was born to Cleo Alvin and Phoebe Short and raised in Medford. Oh. Medford? Medford, I said. Wait, I'm going to Medford tonight. Holy shit. Get out of here. Medford. Medford is a working class suburb about 10 miles outside of the city. It's true. It's true. We can confirm. I was just going to say can confirm.

There you go. She's from our neck of the woods, Ken. Boston. She's a Boston gal. She was born to Cleo Alvin and Phoebe Short and raised in Medford. Oh. Medford? Medford, I said. Wait, I'm going to Medford tonight. Holy shit. Get out of here. Medford. Medford is a working class suburb about 10 miles outside of the city. It's true. It's true. We can confirm. I was just going to say can confirm.

At the time of Elizabeth's birth, Cleo worked in construction, building miniature golf courses and, you know, other kind of attractions like that. I didn't know mini golf was a thing way back then. Mini golf has been around since the dawn of time. We love to miniaturize things. We do. We do. And I respect that. I also respect that.

At the time of Elizabeth's birth, Cleo worked in construction, building miniature golf courses and, you know, other kind of attractions like that. I didn't know mini golf was a thing way back then. Mini golf has been around since the dawn of time. We love to miniaturize things. We do. We do. And I respect that. I also respect that.