Gilmore's father was a cop, and he had access to the files.
Gilmore
writes about the last days of Betty Short, in the present
tense, using
the files and interviews available. All the characters Ellroy
used are
in there, plus others, like Mark Hellinger, the Hollywood
producer.
There were three questions that were asked to the numerous
confessors,
to weed out the frauds. In 1960, a man made a "hearsay"
confession to
the cops, which is inadmissible, about the death of Betty
Short. The
transcription of the confession, which was recorded, is in
the book, and
there is no doubt in my mind that this man was the actual
killer,
because he's the only one who could answer the three
questions. However,
he died before the police got to him.
I won't spoil the details for everybody, but I'm convinced
this is the
real deal. The specifics are chilling and haunting, and when
you read
about Betty's death, it's a more of a horrendous event than
even Ellroy
could concoct. It's one hell of an intense read, and I
heartily
recommend it for all you Dahlia freaks out there!
David
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