young, and was most likely murdered, he has strong feelings of guilt and feels his solving his cases "chalk one up for Laurie Blanchard." As well as solving the case might atone for losing Laurie. Combined with that, his continuing use of Benzedrine, and the soon to be paroled Robert "Bobby" De Witt, a criminal he sent to prison, Blanchard becomes completely unhinged. Following a lead on Elizabeth Short and De Witt in Tijuana, Mexico, Blanchard heads there. After an extended period of time with no contact or information on Blanchard, Bleichert heads to Tijuana to find answers. However, Bleichert finds a decayed Blanchard in a body pit, with very few leads on who the murderers were. This leaves Bleichert and Kay to deal with the repercussions. In the 2006 film adaptation of The Black Dahlia, Lee Blanchard is portrayed by Aaron Eckhart. John "Johnny" Stompanato Appearances: The Big Nowhere, L.A. Confidential Johnny Stompanato (October 10, 1925 – April 4, 1958) was a bodyguard and member of Mickey Cohen's gang. He was portrayed by Paolo Seganti in the film adaptation of L.A. Confidential. Welles Noonan Appearance: White Jazz Robert Gallaudet Appearances: L.A. Confidential, White Jazz A former LAPD sergeant who acts as D.A. Ellis Loew's Bureau “whip” in the investigations into both “Bloody Christmas” and the Nite Owl slayings. Gallaudet eventually passes the bar and becomes a prosecutor, eventually rising to become D.A. after Ellis Loew resigns. He becomes an ally of Ed Exley during the Nite Owl investigation, and was also a law school classmate of Dave Klein. It laters turns out that he was working with Dudley Smith, who has Gallaudet killed to tie up loose ends. Johnny Duhamel Appearance: White Jazz Dan Wilhite Appearance: White Jazz Dan Wilhite is the head of the LAPD's Narcotics division, in the final novel of Ellroy's L.A. Quartet, "White Jazz." For many years he had overseen the tacit agreement between the LAPD and the Kafesjian family, the latter being sanctioned drug dealers in the southside area of LA. As the novel progresses Wilhite desperately attempts to contain the burglary investigation, headed by Klein at Exley's instigation to prevent years of police corruption from being revealed. He commits suicide. Jack Woods Appearance: White Jazz Spade Cooley Appearance: L.A. Confidential Wino Will-o-the-Wisp Appearances: White Jazz Unknown serial killer murdering the homeless in White Jazz. Jack Dragna Appearance: The Big Nowhere Jack Dragna is