Meet Elizabeth Short
On July 29th, 1924, Elizabeth Short was born in Hyde Park, Massachusetts. When Elizabeth was a baby, her family moved to Medford, Massachusetts. Her father, Cleo Short, worked as a miniature golf course designer and builder. In 1929, when the Great Depression hit, Cleo left his wife Phoebe Short along with their five daughters.
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Cleo proceeded to fake his own suicide. He left his car empty by the bridge in order to mislead authorities into believing that he jumped off of it and into the river. Phoebe was left to deal with her resulting depression and was forced to raise four girls all on her own.