At present the following suspects are discussed by various authors and experts: Bayley was a Los Angeles surgeon who lived one block south of the vacant lot in which Short's body was found, until he left his wife in October 1946.
På nuværende tidspunkt følgende mistænkte er diskuteret af forskellige forfattere og eksperter: Dr. Walter Alonzo Bayley var en Los Angeles kirurg, som boede i et hus, en blok syd for det sted, hvor Elizabeth Short lig blev fundet, indtil han forlod sin kone i oktober 1946.