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BREAKING NEWS: Nurse at Center of Disturbing Psychiatric Episode and Potential Crime Investigation in Lewisville
LEWISVILLE, FL — July 28, 2025 | 8:42 AM EST
A local ER nurse at Lewisville University Medical Center has found herself at the center of a bizarre and potentially escalating case that now involves law enforcement, psychiatric professionals, and a string of inexplicable events—including a break-in, a possible stalking suspect, and ties to an injured waitress found stabbed in a nearby sinkhole.
The nurse, identified as Willow Sullivan, voluntarily admitted herself for psychiatric evaluation earlier this week at the UNCF-affiliated Slipshod Center for Adult Psychiatry. Ms. Sullivan, 28, bypassed the typical three-month waitlist due to her employee status and what administrators described as “a clinically urgent circumstance involving on-campus trauma.”
According to internal sources, Sullivan began experiencing intense waking visions of an unknown man who reportedly “bumped into her” at a local IHOP. The sightings allegedly progressed from fleeting hallucinations to a chilling home encounter in which the suspect appeared in her bedroom while she was awake and alert. Sullivan described being “pinned to her mattress” in a paralyzed state, prompting speculation of a parasomniac episode—or something far more sinister.
During her psychiatric session, Dr. Samuel Lehman of the Slipshod Center diagnosed her condition as a form of hypnagogic hallucination, commonly associated with sleep paralysis and shift work disorder. Sullivan, a night-shift trauma nurse, reported suffering from chronic exhaustion, insomnia, and vivid waking dreams. Her symptoms, Lehman noted, aligned with well-documented parasomnia phenomena, including visual distortions and auditory hallucinations occurring in the twilight state between consciousness and sleep.
But that’s not where this story ends.
Just hours after her session, Officer Grady Reynolds and Detective Jack Rhodes of the Lewisville Police Department arrived at Sullivan’s home. Their visit followed up on a formal report she filed regarding the suspected home intrusion. What began as a routine wellness check quickly escalated into a joint inquiry into a larger investigation already underway—one involving the mysterious stabbing of a young woman, found barely alive in a remote area known to locals as “Satan’s Sink.”
That woman, a waitress, was transported to Lewisville General, where Sullivan was present in the ER. Witnesses now confirm Sullivan uttered the waitress’s first name upon her arrival—despite no documented prior relationship. This odd coincidence triggered law enforcement interest, leading to the joint police visit. Sources close to the case say Sullivan admitted she may have seen the woman’s nametag days earlier while visiting IHOP, though she maintains she did not personally know her.
The identity of the man Sullivan keeps seeing—described by the nurse as someone she’s “not sure she knows but feels like she does”—has not been released, and officials have yet to confirm whether he is connected to either the stabbing or the reported break-in at Sullivan’s residence.
Adding to the mystery is Sullivan’s recent online activity. Following her psychiatric session, she began researching hypnagogia and parasomnia-related phenomena—only to stumble down a chilling digital rabbit hole involving alleged
Blades of Glass: A Town Stained in Silence is a Twisted Chapters True Crime Original, written and adapted from the novel Blades of Glass by Rudy Stankowitz, available on Amazon. This episode was produced by Joy Riddle, mixed by Cleo Hatshesup, and executive produced by Doodle & Lizzie Borden. For full transcripts and bonus content, click the sow notes
