The stalker called Scott and told her to go outside because he had something for her.
She cautiously ventured out and found a single dead rose on the windshield of her car.
On the evening of May 28, 1980, Scott attended a work meeting.
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Glancing around the room, she noticed one of her co-workers, Conrad Bostron, didnt look well.
She and another co-worker, Pam Head, intervened and took Bostron to the hospital.
He was treated and discharged around 11:00 PM.
After several minutes, they grew concerned that she still hadnt arrived.
As they began walking to the parking lot to look for her, Scotts car came speeding toward them.
Cell phones werent commonplace in those days, so Head and Bostron initially werent sure how to proceed.
Had she used a pay phone to check on her 4-year-old son before leaving?
University policewerent overly concerned with the dramatic exit, so Head contacted Scotts mother to check on her.
She quickly learned that Scott still hadnt picked up her son or made contact with her family.
Less than two weeks later, the phone calls started back up.
Mrs. Scott answered the phone at her residence and the caller asked, Are you related to Dorothy Scott?
Well, Ive got her.
The Scotts received these calls nearly every Wednesday for years after their daughter went missing.
Often, the caller would ask if Dorothy was home.
Other times, he would simply state that he had killed her.
Law enforcement was unable to trace the calls because the man never stayed on the line long enough.
The Scotts werent the only ones contacted by the killer.
In June of 1980, theOrange County Registerran a story about Scotts disappearance.
The following day, they received a call from the unknown man.
According to the managing editor, he said, I killed her.
I killed Dorothy Scott.
She was my love.
I caught her cheating with another man.
She denied having someone else.
Scotts friends and family denied the possibility of a serious relationship.
Scott worked often, during which time her parents babysat her son.
Friends and coworkers claimed that when Scott wasnt working she was almost always home with her son.
According to Scotts parents, the last call she ever received really shook her up.
As years passed by, the possibility of never finding Dorothy Scott grew.
Until August 6, 1984 when construction workers found charred human remains near Santa Ana Canyon Road.
But they also found a turquoise ring and a watch.
