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The Envelope That Arrived After the Black Dahlia Murder

The envelope is addressed in headlines cut from a newspaper: "Here is Dahlia's belongings. Letter to follow." It arrives at the Los Angeles Examiner on January 24th, 1947. Inside: a birth certificate, an address book, photographs.

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