{"id":4991,"date":"2019-08-21T12:08:08","date_gmt":"2019-08-21T19:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/socialcatfish.com\/blog\/?p=4991"},"modified":"2026-01-21T12:36:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T20:36:41","slug":"david-messerschmitt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/socialcatfish.com\/scamfish\/david-messerschmitt\/","title":{"rendered":"David Messerschmitt: Lawyer Murdered in DC Hotel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><div class=\"search_mb_2020 scfb_mb_search scfb_full_search blog_content_search\"> <div class=\"search-form-2020\"  data-js-r=\"search.form\">\n    <div class=\"row tabs-content\">\n        <div class=\"scf-tooltip-badge-target\" data-badge-number=\"1\" data-badge-position=\"badge-bl\"><\/div>\n        <div class=\"col-sm-3\">\n\n            <div class=\"tabs\" data-pause=\"false\">\n                <div class=\"dropdown-overlay\"  data-js-r=\"search.form.dropdown_overlay\"><\/div>\n                <a data-item=\"0\" 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[];\n<\/script><\/div><\/p>\n<p>David Messerschmitt was in search of a good time when he posted on Craigslist. Even though he was a married man, he would post to meet other men in hotel rooms for NSA (no strings attached) affairs.<\/p>\n<p>His safety concerns probably revolved around the hope that his loving wife would never find out about his additional sexcapades, but he reasonably didn\u2019t expect to be murdered, most notably by a woman.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">David Messerschmitt Lawyer Murdered in DC Hotel<\/h2>\n[aesop_video  src=&#8221;youtube&#8221; id=&#8221;gp3qock52Lc&#8221; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; disable_for_mobile=&#8221;off&#8221; loop=&#8221;off&#8221; controls=&#8221;off&#8221; mute=&#8221;off&#8221; autoplay=&#8221;off&#8221; viewstart=&#8221;off&#8221; viewend=&#8221;off&#8221; revealfx=&#8221;off&#8221; overlay_revealfx=&#8221;off&#8221;]\n<p>When 30-year-old Messerschmitt posted on February 9th to solicit other men for sex at a hotel, he used the email address dcguy456@gmail.com. While he called himself \u201cDC Guy\u201d, he was a successful attorney.<\/p>\n<p>He found someone to meet, another Craigslist user named \u201cChris Sanchez\u201d, username: chrissanchez0906. However, \u201cChris Sanchez\u201d was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcwashington.com\/news\/local\/2-Women-to-Be-Sentenced-in-Donovan-Hotel-Murder-322490392.html\">a woman<\/a> who wanted to rob him. Not knowing this, David and \u201cChris\u201d arranged to meet at the upscale Donovan Hotel, that night.<\/p>\n<p>Messerschmitt brought supplies with him: condoms, enemas, lubricant, and his HP computer, along with a few other items. Not knowing he\u2019d be murdered, his one-night stand probably seemed like something no one else would ever know about until his murderer entered the building.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">The Donovan Hotel DC Stabbing<\/h2>\n\n[aesop_image  img=&#8221;https:\/\/socialcatfish.com\/scamfish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/dc-lawyer-stabbed.png&#8221; panorama=&#8221;off&#8221; imgwidth=&#8221;100%&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; lightbox=&#8221;off&#8221; captionsrc=&#8221;custom&#8221; captionposition=&#8221;left&#8221; revealfx=&#8221;inplace&#8221; overlay_revealfx=&#8221;off&#8221;]\n<p>His soon to be killer was Jamyra Gallmon, a 21-year-old woman who would later tell police she only acted in \u201cself-defense\u201d. Police were able to locate her through cellphone records, once Messerschmitt\u2019s body was found after his wife reported him missing early on February 10th.<\/p>\n<p>Gallmon went to the room number Messerschmitt had given her, where they then had an altercation. Entering and leaving the building, she tried to hide her face from security cameras and, at one point, took the stairs.<\/p>\n<p>Though she would claim that the struggle between herself and Messerschmitt would lead to a \u201cflashback\u201d of a prior assault, which caused her to kill him, Messerschmitt\u2019s body was stabbed at least seven times. He had multiple wounds on his hands and fingers, from an attempt to defend himself. His hands seemed to have had makeshift zip ties placed on them as if Gallmon had put him in temporary handcuffs.<\/p>\n<p>When Gallmon was searched, they would find a pocket knife, black gloves, and boots, as well as the multicolored zip ties she appeared to have used. Not slowed down by his murder, she would steal his cards and cash, throwing his cellphone into the trash.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/local\/crime\/hearing-scheduled-for-thursday-for-accused-killer-of-dc-attorney\/2015\/05\/27\/6104f22e-04ac-11e5-8bda-c7b4e9a8f7ac_story.html\">She claimed<\/a> that she did not use the zip ties and threw her bloodied clothing into a Southeast D.C. sewer. The court would disagree with her \u201cnot guilty\u201d pleading and issue her to prison for 18 to 25 years.<\/p>\n<p>Another woman, Dominique Johnson, was a friend of Gallmon\u2019s who wasn\u2019t involved in the murder. However, since she knew about the robbery plot and benefited from the items Gallmon took, she was arrested separately and received 12 months in jail (with six suspended) and three years probation, along with a hefty fine.<\/p>\n<p>Gallmon\u2019s mother reported to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcwashington.com\/news\/local\/2-Women-to-Be-Sentenced-in-Donovan-Hotel-Murder-322490392.html\">NBC Washington<\/a> that her daughter had not been in legal trouble before and had plans to join the military.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>What do these tragic stories have in common?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n[aesop_image  img=&#8221;https:\/\/socialcatfish.com\/scamfish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/dc-lawyer-murder.png&#8221; panorama=&#8221;off&#8221; imgwidth=&#8221;100%&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; lightbox=&#8221;off&#8221; captionsrc=&#8221;custom&#8221; captionposition=&#8221;left&#8221; revealfx=&#8221;inplace&#8221; overlay_revealfx=&#8221;off&#8221;]\n<p>The victims didn\u2019t intend to die and did not know that they were being tricked by someone they met online. As Messerschmitt\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legacy.com\/obituaries\/dispatch\/obituary.aspx?n=david-james-messerschmitt&amp;pid=174174957&amp;fhid=27748\">obituary<\/a> shows, he was a well-loved husband and son.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t put yourself at risk and trust a username or email address. Many people lie and trick and use social media sites or <a href=\"https:\/\/socialcatfish.com\/scamfish\/craigslist-scams\/\">classified ads<\/a> to set up rapes, murders, or robberies. How certain are you that your online connections are who they claim to be?<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of people reach out to us yearly, concerned about online connections they trust or love, only to find out they\u2019ve been lied to, conned, or stolen from. Protect yourself and your life. 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