Original Jessica

Dana Costello is the current identity of a person who visited the Inn in 1999. At that time he was 10-year-old Jessica Brooks. His original life was taken up, and lived from that point onward, by a 40-year-old police officer from Baltimore, MD named Conrad Mancini.

In 1999, Jessica Brooks visited the Inn with her friend Mindy Cahill and her parents. The foursome became the Costello family: 10-year-old Mindy became family patriarch Carson, while her parents Barry and Molly became matriarch Parker and 9-year-old adopted Cambodian daughter Phuong, respectively. The extent of the change caused a rift in the family, and at some point "Parker" moved to Malibu, California, taking Dana along with her. Phuong indicated the pairs were still on very positive terms, occasionally taking vacations together.

In December 2007, at the end of her road trip, the new Jessica finally met the original inhabitant of her body, when she happened upon him playing a pickup game of basketball. The two had some flirtation before their identities were revealed, which led to a good deal of polite embarrassment.

When he learned that his maternal grandfather had died, and that his original mother was now aware of what had happened to her daughter, he became very emotional. Parker noted that he was "Such a guy," unable to let anyone see him cry. She also noted that she may have turned him toward sports as a way of keeping in touch with her own former masculinity.

Jessica brought Dana and Parker back to Boston to reunite with Kathleen for Christmas.

Dana was described as being a foot taller than Jessica at that point at roughly 6'7, a fit body and a nice face, a shaved head and a deep, "sexy" voice.