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Morning Cup of Murder

The Unsolved Case of Dorthy Jane Scott - May 28 2022

Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7723 Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2022

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

May 28th: Dorothy Jane Scott Last Seen (1980) Unsolved cases leave open wounds in the people who cared the most about the victims. On May 28th 1980 Dorothy Jane Scott was seen for the last time in a case that, to this day, remains unsolved.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

There were two more murders 15 miles away.

0:02.6

When police arrived, they found the telephones and electricity lines.

0:06.0

We have a weird homicide.

0:08.8

A scene described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird...

0:12.0

A cop of murder.

0:14.8

Unsolved cases leave open wounds in the people who cared the most about the victims.

0:20.2

On May 28, 1980, Dorothy Jane Scott was seen for the last

0:24.6

time in a case that, to this day, remains unsolved. So, if you like your coffee hot but your bones chilled,

0:32.8

sit back and start your day with a morning cup of murder.

0:45.9

Dorothy Jane Scott was born on April 23, 1948 to Jacob and Vera Scott in Anaheim,

0:52.7

California. An introvert for most of her life, Dorothy found herself pregnant and in 1975 gave birth to a son named Sean.

0:56.1

Madly in love with motherhood, Dorothy raised her son on her own, and, though always close to her family and living with her aunt and Stanton, was incredibly independent and did what she had to do to make the best life for her and Sean.

1:10.0

To make ends meet, she began working as a backroom secretary for two jointly owned stores in Anaheim.

1:15.8

One was Singer's psych shop, and the other was Custom John's Head Shop.

1:21.2

Dorothy, despite the job she worked, did not do drugs or even drink.

1:25.7

And when she wasn't at work or was Sean, she spent all of her

1:29.3

free time at the church that she was so committed to. She was described as kind, dependable,

1:36.1

caring, and above all, a wonderful mother. In 1980, Dorothy started receiving strange phone calls

1:42.5

at work from an unidentified male, a man who, in one breath, professed his undying love for her and in the next, expressed his intent to end her life.

1:53.6

In fact, one day she got a phone call that told her to go outside because there was something there waiting for her.

1:59.7

When she did, she found a single dead rose on the windshield of her car.

2:04.4

And in one particularly gruesome call, the man threatened to, quote,

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