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| Dorothy Jane Scott |
Happy True Crime Thursday Guys!
And huge welcome to the newbies of the blog, I hope you enjoy it.
This week's case is a bizarre one.
One that will leave you baffled just like police were.
One that will leave you baffled just like police were.
The case I'm talking about today is the unsolved abduction and murder of Dorothy Jane Scott.
Dorothy was a 32 year old single mom who lived in Stanton, California with her 4 year old son Shawn and her aunt Shonti Scott. Shawn's father wasn't apart of their lives and lived in Missouri. Dorothy worked very hard to provide for her son, she had a job as a back office secretary for Singers Psych shop (that her dad had previously owned) and Custom John's Head shop, it was a conjoined business located on 517 South Brookhurst St. in Anaheim. Dorothy's parents Jacob and Vera Scott would watch their grandson for their daughter often because she was working so hard.
Dorothy's family at first was told to keep things out of the media, but after weeks passed by and that phone call was received they were desperate for answers. They reached out to the Santa Ana Register and they ran a story about Dorothy's disappearance. The day the story came out a call came into the editor Pat Riley, "I killed her," the male caller said. "I killed Dorothy Scott. She was my love. I caught her cheating with another man. She denied having someone else. I killed her." The caller provided one detail that only police and her family knew and that was that Dorothy had been wearing a red scarf that night. He also knew about her coworkers spider bite. The caller told Pat that she had phoned him while she was at the UCI Medical Center.
Who was this guy? Where was Dorothy and what really happened that night? Well...we only know the answer to one of these questions.
Investigators of course looked into Shawn's father, but he was at home in Missouri on the night Dorothy disappeared. They questioned everyone at Dorothy's work, it was hard to believe it was a customer of the shop due to Dorothy working in the back and not being in the public view. They looked into Dorothy's social circle for any potential enemies or questionable characters she had come into contact with, but found none. They looked at all the sex offenders in the area and came up empty handed. Dorothy's parents even went as far as consulting with a couple psychic's and the police consulted with their own.
The case turned cold and any leads fizzled, but one thing didn't stop and that was the phone calls. Almost every Wednesday for four years Vera would receive a phone call during the day when she was home alone. The caller would either say "Is Dorothy there?" "I've got her." Or mention that he had killed her. FOUR YEARS of these tormenting phone calls.
The police tried to trace the calls, but the conversations were never long enough. They also planted a recorder in the hopes that someone would be able to recognize the voice. No luck.
The calls stopped April of 1984.
Over 3 months later, skeletal remains were discovered in some brush off Santa Ana Canyon Road by a construction worker. The first set of remains found was of a dog, the second set was human. A pelvis, arm, thighs and a skull were discovered along with a turquoise ring and a watch. The time and date on the watch had stopped May 29th, 1980 at 12:30 am. Vera was able to identify the ring as her daughters, and a week later the remains were positively identified as those of Dorothy Scott. She had finally been found.
An announcement was ran in the newspaper about the discovery. The Scott family received two more calls after this with that familiar male voice asking "Is Dorothy Home?"
Both of Dorothy's parents have since passed without ever knowing who did this to their daughter and who tormented them for so many years. My heart absolutely broke for them I couldn't imagine going through all of that. Dorothy's case remains cold, who knows if the mystery caller will ever be discovered.
Resources:
https://the-line-up.com/dorothy-jane-scott
Going West True Crime Podcast
She would stay home with her son or go to church during any free time, she
wasn't interested in partying and socializing. Dorothy wasn't big on the dating
scene either. She would go on dates on occasion, but nothing serious, her son
was her number 1 priority. She was a religious, kind hearted and compassionate
woman, she would help anyone at anytime, no one had a bad thing to say about
her.... That was until she started to receive phone calls from a mystery man
that was stating other wise.
During the early months of 1980 Dorothy started to receive phone calls from
this mystery man at her home and place of employment. Sometimes during these
phone calls the man would confess his love and admiration for her while other
times he would get angry and say horrible things. Dorothy didn't tell the cops
about these calls, but told her family. She said that she recognized the voice,
but couldn't place it. On one evening he called and told her to go outside
because he had left something for her. When she did she found a dead rose
sitting on her car. On another occasion he told her that he was going to cut
her up into bits so that no one would ever find her. Startled by these
threats she considered purchasing a gun to protect herself, but decided against
it out of fear that her son might find it and accidently hurt himself, so she
started taking self- defense classes instead.
On May 28, 1980 Dorothy's world would come crashing down. She dropped her son
off at her parents house that evening so she could attend a staff meeting at
her work. While at the meeting Dorothy grew concerned for her coworker Conrad
Bostron when she noticed a large red rash on his arm that was becoming
increasingly inflamed, he wasn't looking well. She urged him to go to the
emergency room and offered to take him. Pam Head another employee volunteered
to go with them.
On the way Dorothy made a pit stop at her parents house to let them know what
was going on and to check on Shawn real quick. One thing that will stand out
later was while she was there she switched from wearing a black scarf to a red
scarf. When they got to the hospital it was determined that Conrad had
been bitten by a black widow spider. While he received treatment they two
ladies hung out in the waiting room. The only time they were separated while
there was when Dorothy made a quick trip to the restroom. Around midnight Conrad
was released with his prescription. Pam accompanied Conrad to the pharmacy
while Dorothy decided to go and get the car and meet them out front after they
were finished.
This is where things take a turn....After filling the prescription Conrad and
Pam walked outside fully expecting to see Dorothy in her 1973 white Toyota
station wagon waiting for them, but she wasn't there. They found it a little
odd she wasn't because it only should have taken a couple minutes to grab the
car. Suddenly they see her car flying towards them with the headlights blinding
them, they couldn't tell who was driving, but the car bypassed Pam and Conrad,
making a sharp right turn leaving the parking lot at full speed...then switched
off the headlights.
Pam and Conrad were basically left thinking what the hell just happened. Maybe
an emergency came up regarding her son and she had to take off they thought.
This was the age before cell phones so they decided to stay at the hospital,
thinking she definitely would be returning for them. After two hours passed
they grew concerned, so Pam called Dorothy's parents and asked if Dorothy was
there or if they had been in contact with her, they hadn't. They immediately
called the police to report Dorothy missing, who didn't seem to worried about
it.
That was until her burning car was found.
Around 5:00 am the morning of the 29th Dorothy's station wagon was discovered
up in flames about ten miles from the hospital in a back alley way. Dorothy
wasn't there. Soon search parties were put together and for days people were
looking for her, her parents soon started to get a sickening feeling that
something bad had happened to their daughter. Then Vera received a phone call that
validated those feelings. "Are you related to Dorothy Scott?" a male
voice inquired. "yes,'" Vera replied. "I've got her," the
caller then hung up.
Who was this guy? Where was Dorothy and what really happened that night? Well...we only know the answer to one of these questions.
Investigators of course looked into Shawn's father, but he was at home in Missouri on the night Dorothy disappeared. They questioned everyone at Dorothy's work, it was hard to believe it was a customer of the shop due to Dorothy working in the back and not being in the public view. They looked into Dorothy's social circle for any potential enemies or questionable characters she had come into contact with, but found none. They looked at all the sex offenders in the area and came up empty handed. Dorothy's parents even went as far as consulting with a couple psychic's and the police consulted with their own.
The case turned cold and any leads fizzled, but one thing didn't stop and that was the phone calls. Almost every Wednesday for four years Vera would receive a phone call during the day when she was home alone. The caller would either say "Is Dorothy there?" "I've got her." Or mention that he had killed her. FOUR YEARS of these tormenting phone calls.
The police tried to trace the calls, but the conversations were never long enough. They also planted a recorder in the hopes that someone would be able to recognize the voice. No luck.
The calls stopped April of 1984.
Over 3 months later, skeletal remains were discovered in some brush off Santa Ana Canyon Road by a construction worker. The first set of remains found was of a dog, the second set was human. A pelvis, arm, thighs and a skull were discovered along with a turquoise ring and a watch. The time and date on the watch had stopped May 29th, 1980 at 12:30 am. Vera was able to identify the ring as her daughters, and a week later the remains were positively identified as those of Dorothy Scott. She had finally been found.
An announcement was ran in the newspaper about the discovery. The Scott family received two more calls after this with that familiar male voice asking "Is Dorothy Home?"
Both of Dorothy's parents have since passed without ever knowing who did this to their daughter and who tormented them for so many years. My heart absolutely broke for them I couldn't imagine going through all of that. Dorothy's case remains cold, who knows if the mystery caller will ever be discovered.
Resources:
https://the-line-up.com/dorothy-jane-scott
Going West True Crime Podcast
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