Woman Found Murdered Hours After Fake Police Officer Called Her Parents
“Lt. Lewis Douglass” told Dana Chisholm’s parents she had been arrested for prostitution, but she was soon found dead in her apartment.
Dana Vonde Chisholm grew up in a middle-class area of Rock Hill, South Carolina. Growing up, she was a cheerleader and sang in her school’s chorus. “She sounded just like Whitney Houston,” according to her father. However, Dana also struggled with drugs as a teenager and ran away from home once.
Her life began to turn around while studying business at King’s College in Charlotte, North Carolina. Dana eventually moved to Washington DC in hopes of a more exciting life. She had dreams of becoming a professional singer.
The 25-year-old worked as a secretary at the Hudson Institute, a conservative think tank. Michael J. Horowitz, Dana’s boss, described her as “a bright young woman with such intelligence and a thousand-watt smile.” But Dana would sometimes show up late for work or fail to show up altogether. “At the same time, I had a sense that there was some troublesome aspect to her life,” Horowitz explained.
On February 27, 1995, Johnny and Jogary Chisholm were awakened by a phone call at 1 AM. The caller identified themselves as Lt. Lewis Douglass and informed them their daughter Dana had been arrested for…
