Editing George Hodel (section)

{{Villain_Infobox 
|Image =George Hodel circa 1950.jpg
|fullname = George Hill Hodel, Jr.
|origin = Los Angeles, California, United States 
|occupation = Physician
|crimes = [[Murder]]<br>[[Rape]]<br>Adultery<br>[[Child Abuse|Child abuse]]<br>Psychological abuse 
|hobby = Drinking<br>Partying<br>Womanizing 
|type of villain = Abusive Murderer
}}'''George Hill Hodel Jr.''' (October 10, 1907 – May 16, 1999) was an American physician. After the 1947 [[murder of Elizabeth Short]], a.k.a. the Black Dahlia, police came to consider Hodel a suspect. He was never formally charged with the crime and came to wider attention as a suspect after his death when he was accused by his son, Los Angeles homicide detective Steve Hodel, of killing Short and committing several additional murders.

Prior to the Dahlia case, he was also a suspect in the death of his secretary, Ruth Spaulding, but was not charged. He was also accused of raping his own daughter, Tamar Hodel, but was acquitted for that crime. He fled the country several times, and spent time between 1950 and 1990 in the Philippines.