On this day: January 9

1. 1947
   Other Biltmore Hotel, downtown Los Angeles · Murder of Elizabeth Short

   Short was dropped off at the Biltmore Hotel on January 9, 1947. Hotel staff later said she made phone calls from the lobby before leaving. It is the last widely accepted sighting of her.

2. 1991
   Arrest The Last Resort bar, Port Orange · Aileen Wuornos

   Undercover detectives took Wuornos into custody at this biker bar on January 9, 1991, on an outstanding warrant under an alias. She confessed a week later.

3. 1991
   Other King County Jail · George Waterfield Russell Jr.

   Russell was already in the King County Jail on unrelated charges when he was charged with Mary Ann Pohlreich's murder in January 1991. Charges in the deaths of Andrea Levine and Carol Beethe followed in March.