WUSA 9
August 25, 2015
The two women who stabbed a D.C. attorney to death at a Thomas Circle hotel were sentenced Friday.
Jamyra Gallmon and Dominique Johnson were charged in David Messershmitt’s murder that occurred February at the Donovan hotel. Gallmon was sentenced to 24 years with five years of probation for second-degree murder
Johnson was sentenced to 12 months with all but six months suspended. After she serves six months in jail for conspiracy to commit robbery she will serve three years of probation.
Prosecutors say Gallmon plotted a robbery, tricked Messerschmitt into thinking she was a man, and then attacked him. According to court documents, Messerschmitt posted an advertisement on Craigslist soliciting responses from other men. Gallmon pretended to be a man and emailed him with the intent of robbing him later, according to authorities. They arranged to meet at the hotel. Gallmon showed up wearing a jacket with the hood up and went into his room. Authorities say that when she tried to rob Messerschmitt, he fought back. She stabbed him approximately seven times in his chest, groin area, arm, and back.
Gallmon fled with cellphone and SmarTrip Metro card. Johnson, who authorities say traveled with Gallmon to the hotel the night of the murder, used Messerchmitt’s SmarTrip card for six weeks after his murder.
Police arrested Gallmon on April 1. Seven days later, Johnson was placed under arrest.
Gallmon did not speak during the sentencing on Friday. She did not cry except for when her mother spoke. “I am deeply sorry for the Messerschmitt family. She has always been a good girl. She’s no criminal. She has no record,” Gallmon’s mother said.