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New Theory: Marvin Margolis, Black Dahlia & Zodiac Killer

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New theories suggest Marvin Margolis, a World War Two veteran and college student, may have been the Black Dahlia killer. Cold-case expert Alex Baber also links him to the Zodiac killer. However, FBI profiler Julia Cowley disputes this, citing differences in the nature of the crimes. Despite ongoing investigations, forensics may eventually provide answers to these long-standing mysteries.

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New Theory: Marvin Margolis, Black Dahlia & Zodiac Killer

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Entertainment & Celebrity News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now!New Theory: Marvin Margolis, Black Dahlia & Zodiac Killer. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.

It's May 1st. I'm Cory with the story, and this is Entertainment and Celebrity News today, your AI-powered entertainment report. Nearly 80 years after Elizabeth's short, The Black Dahlia, was found murdered in a brutal unsolved case. New theories point to Marvin Margolis as, the killer. This World War II veteran and college student live with short briefly and fits the timeline at just 21 years old. Oldcase expert Alex Bayber pushes further, claiming Margolis also became the zodiac killer who struck in San Francisco from 1968 to 1969. Bayber spotted clues like an alias in a zodiac cipher and a drawing labeled Elizabeth was zodiac hidden in the shading. Back in the day, folks blinged short herself, calling her a tease or lazy, which rub historians wrong. Writer William J. Mann digs into that in his book to humanize her and backs Margolis as the suspect too, with help from retired LAPD detectives. But FBI profiler Julia Callie shoots down the zodiac link.

She says shorts murder was personal and body focused while zodiac-craved media attention taunting cops and keeping score publicly. These cases stay open, but experts like Callie Hope Forensics will crack them someday, in closure after decades of mystery.

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