When 30-year-old lawyer David Messerschmitt got a response to his Craigslist ad seeking some male affections outside his heterosexual marriage, he never could have expected the danger he’d be walking into.
Here are the details that show just how bizarre the case is: Messerschmitt went to meet “Chris Sanchez” at a hotel in Washington, D.C. in February, but little did he know that Sanchez was actually Jamyra Gallmon, 21, and her 19-year-old girlfriend Dominique Johnson posing as the fictitious gay man. The women used a photo of a male torso to seal the deal.
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Gallmon entered Messerschmitt’s room at the unnamed hotel and attempted to rob him. We’d say “that’s when things went wrong,” but this whole mess was clearly wrong from the very beginning.
The young woman claims that Messerschmitt trapped her in the room, triggering a previous trauma from a past assault.
At least that’s the argument she’s using in court to try and explain how she came to stab Messerschmitt seven times in the abdomen, groin and heart, killing him.
She made it out of the room with $40 cash and Messerschmitt’s metro card, and walked hand-in-hand with Johnson to a bus stop. Housekeeping found Messerschmitt’s body the next day, his arms bound in rainbow-colored zip ties.
We have to wonder how Messerschmitt could have trapped Gallmon while his arms were bound, unless of course her story is completely made up.
And it would appear that it is, as she pleaded guilty to second-degree murder while armed in court on Thursday.
Gallmon faces 18 to 25 years in prison and Wilson up to five.
David Tillman
Reading the title gave me a headache. Who goes on a fake hookup jeez?
Jim McCoy
Mmm, what?
Captain Obvious
I swear Northern Virginia/DC is the most closeted place ever. People who think Atlanta is bad have never been here. So down low you can look an ant in the eye.
UltimateSin
I just can’t.
Will Glitzern
Why is it only 2nd degree murder? It sounds like she talked him into bondage play and then stabbed him to death.
Jesus Mungia
What the freak?! How did these bitches not get life in prison for murder! This pisses me off!
Dan Bernard
Before reading, my bets are on “GrindR” and “Florida”.
Justin Michael Hollon
Well that title was a trip. Should I bother reading the article?
Paul Ray Barnette III
Pussy pass
Avery Alvarez
Real life stranger than fiction?
Paco
Wonder why it was only second-degree murder.
Kangol
When is Queerty going to report on the Hastert story?
charmin88
I don’t endorse what they did to him. However I can NOT stand cheaters. So although karma came through in a more dark way. He shouldn’t of been on nasty Craigslist in the first place. He hate closet cases like this ruin his wife life because he is to coward to be honest with himself. What happened was horrible. People are way to trusting of strangers on these apps and hook up sites.
Giancarlo85
It has nothing to do with endorsing what happened or whatever. Murder is murder. Yes, he should have been more careful, but to go after him after he was killed is cowardly too.
Jeffrey Thomas
Why is she only charged with second degree murder? Clearly his hands were bound and then stabbed. They lured someone there with the intent of murdering them and stealing.
Captain proton
@ second degree: first degree is if she planned to kill him before starting the whole thing. They probably couldn’t prove that, just that she intended to rob him.
Sansacro
@charmin88: You sound as pleasant as some crazed fundamentalist. Cheating and murder are not comparable. Karma has nothing to do with. Although thanks for sharing what you canNOT stand. Personally, I canNOT stomach illiterate writers.
Cobalt Blue
” Lesbian Posing As Gay Man Killed Closeted Married Lawyer During Hookup ” : With a title like this who needs a story ?
Tackle
This is nothing but the DL, but it will not be called the DL because the party involved. There must be THOUSANDS LIKE HIM…
J Stephen Lafayette
I feel sorry for those the man leaves behind… But you HAVE TO BE SMART when using apps like grindr or scruff. If I even remotely think that someone is fake and they’ve asked me to hang out, I make them take a picture of themselves doing a weird pose (crouching tiger etc). Something funny but also something that I know they won’t find (if fake) on the Internet
Panda777
Horrible story, Deep fry those two girls….correction Monsters!
Bauhaus
@Captain Obvious:
Surely, you’re speaking of all the closet-case republican staffers and their bosses working on the Hill? DC/NOVA is very open, and has a thriving LGBTQ community.
martinbakman
Oh you Craiglist! and DC! and closet cases! and so on!
Mr-DJ
18-25 years. What is wrong with legal priorities in this country? We need to start over completely and re-prioritize our crimes and punishments!
Clark35
They sound like your typical man hating lesbians. I’ve also heard that DC/VA are deeply closeted places. These women should be in prison for life, and not get a slap on the wrist with a 2nd degree murder charge.
OhHellNo
As a side note, how is it that so many of you double-post? You can’t wait long enough to see it the first time?
zoomlens
@Jeffrey Thomas: She was charged with first degree murder. She pled to second degree.
Davidlen
@charmin88 you show as much charm as a cobra about to strike. Your comments are no better than the gay hating clowns who spread their muck in all walks of life. Intelligence is a commodity you might like to try.
DCFarmboi
1st degree would have meant a trial, with all of the details of his life coming out. The widow didn’t want that so the prosecutors honored her wishes.
cflekken
These girls are clearly not entrepreneurial. They could have made TONS of money posing as two straight women willing to have sex with each other (only) for super-rich straight men to get off on. And they wouldn’t have had to kill anyone.
Bauhaus
@Clark35:
DC/NOVA are not deeply closeted places, except for deeply closeted and cowardly people, like republicans working on the Hill.
J.T.
The perfidy of the lesbian knows no bounds. Why didn’t we listen to the lesbian separatists when we had a chance to extricate ourselves from their murderous creatures?