Diane Dimond

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Beltway Confidential

Guardianship: A $50 billion magnet for predators

Diane Dimond · December 2, 2023 6:00 am

DNA from animals has been used to help solve a variety of crimes -- from burglary and animal abuse to sexual assault and murder. (Thinkstock)

Lab tests pet DNA to help solve crimes

Diane Dimond · April 6, 2014 4:00 am

A tearful Ted Bundy discusses his views of violence and sex during a taped interview with Dr. James Dobson in Florida, Jan. 23, 1989. (AP/Mark Foley)

Spate of serial killers made 1974 the year of fear

Diane Dimond · March 28, 2014 4:00 am

Sadly, there is not enough space here to tell you the entire 7-year saga of whistleblower Michael Winston, but the bottom line is this: He got royally screwed by the California judicial system.

A whistleblower’s worst nightmare

Diane Dimond · March 21, 2014 4:00 am

An open letter to Peter Lanza

Diane Dimond · March 14, 2014 12:00 am

A safety vehicle passes a compound filled with 170-gallon containers of mustard and blister agent at the Deseret Chemical Depot in Tooele, Utah, in 2001. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac, File)

Your nose could save your life

Diane Dimond · March 7, 2014 5:00 am

Suspected Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is unlikely to receive the death penalty.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Federal Bureau of Investigation, File)

Death penalty for Boston Marathon bomber unlikely

Diane Dimond · February 28, 2014 5:00 am

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder can be caused by things far from the battlefield. (AP File)

Homegrown PTSD — blame America’s dangerous neighborhoods

Diane Dimond · February 23, 2014 5:00 am

Lt. Ken Landwehr, lead detective on the BTK murder investigation, answers a question during a news conference called to announce an arrest in the decades-old BTK serial killer case, in Wichita, Kan., Saturday, Feb. 26, 2005. (AP File)

The Dick Tracy of Wichita

Diane Dimond · February 16, 2014 5:00 am

Heroin has become a favorite of many middle- and upper-class folks who have lost their way in the search to find pain relief. (AP File)

Heroin makes a comeback

Diane Dimond · February 9, 2014 5:00 am

The FBI's latest figures tell us there were 14,168 killings in the U.S. in 2012. (AP File)

Who is killing whom in America?

Diane Dimond · February 2, 2014 5:00 am

Gun-safety training can be a life-saver. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Gun-safety training should start early

Diane Dimond · January 24, 2014 5:00 am