Dr. george hodel biography

George Hodel

US physician, suspected Black Dahlia killer

George Hodel

Hodel c. 1952

Born

George Hill Hodel Jr.


(1907-10-10)October 10, 1907

Los Angeles, California, U.S.

DiedMay 17, 1999(1999-05-17) (aged 91)

San Francisco, California, U.S.

OccupationPhysician
Known forBlack Dahlia murder suspect
Spouses
  • Emilia (common law; m. 1928–1930s)
  • Dorothy Anthony (m. 1930s–1940)
  • Dorothy Harvey (m. 1940–c. 1950)
  • Hortensia Laguda (m. 1950–c. 1960s)

June Hodel

(m. 1990)​
Children
  • Duncan, son, by Emilia.
    Tamar, daughter, by Anthony.
    Michael, Steven, and Kelvin, sons, by Harvey.
    four children by Laguda

George Hill Hodel Jr. (October 10, 1907 – May 17, 1999) was an American physician, and a suspect in the murder of Elizabeth Short, the Black Dahlia.[1] He was never formally charged with the crime but, at the time, police considered him a viable suspect, and two of his children believe he was guilty. He was also accused of raping his daughter, Tamar Hodel,

Fauna Hodel

American author

Fauna Hodel (August 1, 1951 – September 30, 2017) was an American author and motivational speaker, who wrote the true-crime memoir One Day She'll Darken: The Mysterious Beginnings of Fauna Hodel, documenting her unusual beginnings and the connection to her grandfather, George Hodel, a suspect in the infamous Black Dahlia murder mystery.

Early life

Born August 1, 1951, in San Francisco, Hodel was the first child of 16-year-old Tamar Nais Hodel and the granddaughter of Los Angeles doctor and socialite George Hodel.[1] Through her maternal grandfather, Fauna was of Russian-Jewish ancestry.[2] Fauna's birth father was unknown, and the troubled Tamar gave up Fauna for adoption. Because her father was listed on her birth certificate as an "unknown Negro", Fauna was adopted by an African-American family in Reno, Nevada.[1] Told she was multiracial, Fauna was raised by Jimmie Lee Greenwade (later Faison)[3] and given the name "Patricia Ann Greenwade".[4] She spent her formative years not knowi

The Black Dahlia Revisited: Steve Hodel’s Shocking Revelations and the Lingering Enigma

Elizabeth Short’s body was recovered on January 15, 1947

By: Johanna Elattar, pictured is Elizabeth Short from a police bulletin

Approaching the solemn 77th anniversary of the Black Dahlia murder, the life and death of Elizabeth Short remain eternally bound to the mysteries that shroud her tragic story. In this intricate tapestry of the past, Steve Hodel, a former LAPD detective, takes center stage, leading an exhaustive investigation into the shadows of his own family and the myriad suspects connected to one of the most infamous unsolved crimes in American history.

Steve Hodel’s father, Dr. George Hill Hodel Jr., born October 10, 1907, in Los Angeles, California, was a highly intelligent and well-educated individual. Despite a brief stint at Caltech, he left due to a sex scandal. Hodel graduated from Berkeley pre-med in 1932, later obtaining his medical degree in 1936. By the 1940s, he was an influential figure in Los Angeles society, associating with Surrealists like Man

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