For months, Dorothy Jane Scott received anonymous phone calls from a man who said he was watching her.

He knew where she worked. He knew where she went at night. Sometimes he even described the clothes she had worn that day… or the car she was driving.

At first, Dorothy tried to ignore the calls. But they kept coming. Sometimes the caller sounded angry. Other times, almost obsessed. On one occasion, he told her he was going to cut her up into pieces.

Dorothy was terrified. She started taking self-defense classes and even considered buying a gun. But whoever was calling always remained anonymous.

Then, on the night of May 28, 1980, Dorothy drove a coworker to the hospital after he had been bitten by a spider.

After parking her white Toyota station wagon, she went inside with him. A short time later, Dorothy stepped outside to bring the car around to the front entrance.

But instead of pulling up to the hospital doors, her car suddenly sped through the parking lot… and disappeared into the night.

Dorothy Jane Scott was never seen alive again.

And in the years that followed, the phone calls didn’t stop.

But now, they were coming to her family.

Each time, the caller asked the same chilling question:

“Is Dorothy home?”

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“Is Dorothy Home?” - The Murder of Dorothy Jane Scott