Exactly 79 years ago, on January 15, a gruesome discovery shocked the residents of Los Angeles and went on to inspire numerous films, books, songs, and stories over the decades.
The case became one of the most notorious unsolved cases in U.S. history due to its sheer brutality, coupled with taunting letters sent to newspapers in its aftermath.
On the morning of January 15, 1947, a passerby stumbled upon a horrifying scene in a vacant lot on South Norton Avenue, in the Leimert Park neighborhood of Los Angeles…