Murder climaxes gay drinking party

International News Photos (New York, N.Y.) · September 30, 1950

The body of blonde Mrs. Josephine Cederborg, 24, is shown (photo at left) as it was found, clad only in a nightgown in the bedroom of her Los Angeles home, near the area where the "Black Dahlia" murderer of Elizabeth Short and the slayer of Louise Springer committed their unsolved crimes. Police said Mrs. Cederborg was murdered in her bed, and then dragged to the floor where she was shot twice more at close range. The murder followed a gay drinking party that made the rounds of neighborhood bars. Police say the victim's husband, Seved (at right), and his two brothers were out drinking when the murder occured.