A Short Rabbit Hole Widens
*This essay explores overlapping historical interpretations and cultural context surrounding two unresolved cases; it does not assert definitive conclusions. Marvin Merrill i s the name Alex Baber, co-founder of Cold Case Consultants of America , has suggested may be identified in the Zodiac Killer's infamous coded letter. A name that echoed back a couple of decades to Elizabeth Short's, the Black Dahlia, tragic end and investigation but was never charged, much like a handful of other men. Elizabeth, like most young single women back then had a slew of men wanting to date, and who did date her. Soldiers returning from wars and her being a beautiful young woman it was only natural. Add to it all she was a traumatized young woman, with a chronic health condition, and a very dysfunctional family situation, for her those dates were most likely shots at hope towards a future of just existing to survive while she tried to reach for the Stars. Marvin ...
