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Santa Monica’s Best-Kept Mystery Solved by Its Own Private Detective—The Shocking Truth They Refused to Ignore In the glamorous coastal city of Santa Monica—where sun-drenched beaches meet hidden secrets—one tiny private detective has cracked a decades-old mystery that stumped police, locals, and even amateur sleuths. Known only as The Santa Monica Detective, this reclusive yet brilliant investigator has not only solved a case believed unsolvable but unearthed a truth so unsettling, it forced the city to confront its past in ways few ever imagined. ### The Case That Froze a Generation For nearly 40 years, Santa Monica residents whispered about a string of unsolved disappearances along the city’s serpentine coastline and shadowy backstreets. The most chilling case centered on the disappearance of Eira Walsh, a 22-year-old artist who vanished without a trace in 1987 during a rare foggy night near the Santa Monica Pier. Despite extensive searches and a few promising leads, no body was ever found—no evidence led anywhere. The police closed the case dead, but the mystery lingered in generations of stories, dental records, and cold case files gathering dust.