Zodiac Killer and Black Dahlia: Could They Be the Same Person?

Unsolved American Cold Cases

• 📌 The Black Dahlia murder of Elizabeth Short in Los Angeles in 1947 and the Zodiac Killer murders in San Francisco over a 10-month period are two of America's most notorious unsolved crimes.
• 💡 Both cases have inspired numerous theories, books, and films due to their brutal nature and lack of resolution.

New Theory: One Killer for Both Crimes

• 🎯 A retired LAPD homicide detective, Alex Baber, claims to have solved both cold cases, asserting they were committed by the same individual.
• 🔍 Baber states he cracked a code sent by the Zodiac Killer in 1970, which he believes spells out the name Marvin Merrill, an alias for Marvin Margolus.

Marvin Margolus: The Suspect

• 👤 Marvin Margolus, the Black Dahlia's former boyfriend, was previously a suspect in her murder but was never charged.
• 🧠 Margolus had a medical background as a USC medical student and was also a former Marine.
• 💔 The nature of the Black Dahlia's wounds suggests the crime was personal, possibly indicating a crime of passion by a jealous ex-partner.

Connections and Evidence

• 🏨 Baber suggests the Black Dahlia may have been murdered in a motel once known as The Zodiac, speculating this could have inspired the killer's later moniker.
• 🎭 Margolus bears a striking resemblance to a police sketch of the man wanted for the Zodiac murders.
• 🖼️ Among Margolus's possessions was a sketch of a nude woman he called Elizabeth, the same name as the Black Dahlia victim.
• ✅ Baber confidently states, "We have identified the individual who committed these crimes."