The Voice on the Line: The Disappearance of Dorothy Jane Scott

In 1980 Anaheim, single mother Dorothy Jane Scott began receiving threatening, obsessive phone calls from a man who claimed to love her and said he would cut her up if he couldn’t have her. Despite changing routines and seeking help, Dorothy vanished after leaving work one night; her car was later found burned with no sign of her. For years the same voice tormented Dorothy’s parents with brief, taunting calls every Wednesday. Investigators searched and questioned suspects, but the caller remained elusive and the case went cold. In 1984 skeletal remains and personal items were found and identified as Dorothy’s, but the killer was never caught. The case left a lasting sense of terror and unanswered questions for her family and community.