THIS LADY IS A SICK FUCKING BITCH AND I HOPE SHE GOES STRAIGHT TO HELL!

THIS LADY IS A SICK FUCKING BITCH, AND I HOPE SHE GOES STRAIGHT TO HELL!

What a dreadful crazy bizarre no good Bitch .

Well, I would certainly expect anyone to have killed him would be someone able to get close to him and whom he trusted.

Now as to a massage therapist, particularly an aging one. Not much money in that 'career' and not much longevity either as the infirmities of age take hold. Also ofcourse if she wants to live in a rural setting so as to raise her exotic birds well how then is she going to have a sufficient client base for the massage business? And this in-home recording studio... just how many musicians are going to trek there to do their recording gigs?

Bitter, illogical and troubled? Yes. Those with absurd dreams of a PhD, a rural massage practice, a rural recording studio ... generally have pretty absurd ideas about other aspects of life too.

I do not think it is necessary to demonize the woman. What she is alleged to have done is gruesome and beyond the pale, there is no doubt about that. It also appears obvious she is mentally ill and gravely so. Perhaps a life could have been saved if our society valued access to affordable mental health care. How pathetic is it that the best mental health care in our country is to be found inside of prisons rather than available before a crime is committed? This is simply a tragedy no matter how one looks at it. My heart goes out to Mr. Cadigan's family and friends.

Jennifer, Dianne Parker may even try the insanity defense, but she won't make it fly. Really read her "How to Get Even" site. It's paranoid, but there is no truly disordered thought there. The opposite, really -- she had her own clear but contorted logic.

Also, dismembering and hiding the body shows calculation and an awareness on the part of the killer of just what she or he has done.

I would have felt like you at one point, but I've been writing about this stuff so long at this point that I simply have come to conclude that there are sick people, and there are evil people, and there are sick and evil people. Ms. Parker, if she is guilty of these crimes as alleged, is probably a little more evil than sick. Dismembering the dead body of another human being takes either full-blown, balls-to-the-wall madness or a kind of cold, unfeeling calculation. I sense the latter here.

Aside from the waste of this estimable man's life--

My God, how these people go on! If you've ever been in a relationship with a narcissist, and a malignant one at that, a sane person has to walk away from their never-ending stream of noise. Most people with sense will take a little of this, and run away at the first chance: thus they often seek out the vulnerable or needy. If we had a dollar for every time she uses the words "my"(13) and "I" (31) and "me"(9) and "myself" (a paltry 2) in a few paragraphs, we'd still not be paid enough to endure this woman for one (1) second.

Imagine being trapped on her table, in pain, listening to this.

Wow. Just... wow.
How shocking for me that an experienced detective apparently didn't realize he was in danger until too late.
With so much scary, clear-cut evidence of premeditation, evidence that she contemplated such acts for a looong time, suggestions that she actually sought out victims and enjoyed the process, I'll be disappointed if they let the "lady" plead out. But that's often the case with even the most horrific females aint it.

For some reason, Laura, your comment made me place this woman in my head. She kind of reminds me of Annie Wilkes, from Stephen King's Misery. When I read the book, prior to seeing Kathy Bates's brilliant portrayal, I pictured someone who looked a little like Dianne Parker. She also seems to have the weird dichotomy in her personality, that split between all the new age-y sweetness and light and the vengeful, female "warrior."

Ew. I creeped myself out.

Folks, I know this woman! She is a loon! She has several personalities. This could have been the work of "Adrian", the male personna she from time to time would portray. Yeah, insanity is likely a plea, and in most cases I would say "bullshit", however, this bitch is definitely crackers. Unfortunately for Mr. Cadigan, his "spidey senses" failed him this time. My condolences.

Steven, I have read her "how to get even" site and it is indeed disturbing.

It is a common misperception that mental defect requires disordered thought. That is not true. Dissociation from reality can present as highly ordered in fact. Unfortunately, popular culture representation of "psychos" is not typical of true mental disease. I am afraid that writing about this stuff does not replace the experience of working with the mentally ill on a regular basis.

It is much more difficult to categorize the mentally ill than it is to diagnose categories of physical disease. Based on what I have read, I would find it very hard to believe this woman is sane in a legal sense.

NOTE FROM STEVE: What you're saying is reasonable, Jennifer, but are you familiar with the M'Naghten Rule? It forms the basis for the general view of insanity within the American legal system. Quote: "Every man is to be presumed to be sane, and ... that to establish a defense on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved that, at the time of the committing of the act, the party accused was laboring under such a defect of reason, from disease of mind, and not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing; or if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong."

I'm not necessarily stating that I think this should happen, but I think the prosecutor in this case will likely argue, based on Parker's behavior after Mr. Cadigan's death, that she does not fit the standard outlined in that quote. For instance: the killer in this case clearly tried to conceal what happened through dismemberment and disposal of the body far from the scene of the crime -- killers adjudged insane by the legal system frequently do not bother with such things. Generally prosecutors view efforts to hide or obfuscate a crime as evidence of sanity. Fact is, the legal and medical definitions of sanity are apples and oranges. Even if Ms. Parker is totally insane in our eyes -- and I imagine she is probably scary-crazy -- the legal system may not agree.

We locals know that this cop had two brains, but only enough blood for one of them to work at a time.

Jumping in here, but the discussion is the classic dilemma at the intersetcion of law and psychology.

Diann is most certainly disturbed and diagnosable. (possibly bupolar, maybe psychotic disorder and likely borderline and/or narcissistic personality disorder.) But she may not be insane.

So many times the crimes make perfect sense from within the bizarre logic of an individual's personal disturbed story.

Likely she had a detailed fantasy about the strong man that she may have felt was special. I suspect his death was the result of a deeply felt fantasy on her part and a rejection by him.

The other likely scenario is that he perceived her massage as sexual and she saw him as a perp. That activated her "warrior" and she killed him to protect all women. Of course, then she has to deal with the body. The head thing was an afterthought. The simple fact that they caught her so quickly suggests that she had no real plan, and covered her behavior poorly.

This story is a version of "SNAPPED," about a kooky woman with an abused past who lived at the edge of reality. Steve you are right, there is a bit of MERCY in this one...

I knew this woman. I go to school with her. I am shocked beyond belief! She was always kind and a good friend to me. I do hope that justice prevails though and finds her guilty or not guilty if either is the case.

i called her moomoo all the time and laughed when i called her a fat bitch. i knew she was a crazy sycho!

As the author stated, "Retired homicide Detective Paul Cadigan suffered a degenerative bone disease that caused him a great deal of grief."

This sounds like it could have been an assisted suicide.

Not currently legal, but perhaps it should be. As someone who suffers from constant debilitating pain, that can be a option, hang the law. Add a disturbed person, who is spiritual and wants to help, one can find a willing accomplice who doesn't think about the consequences of her actions, can cause this result.

i knew dianne very well..this atrocious act has me and my entire family blown away.. i agree with the assisted suicide or the fact this "police" officer may not have been the "hero" everyone portrays. the paper stated that he made several advances to dianne that made her cut off contact as records showed. i am not saying she was not different..she did have a "wierdness" about her but never to harm someone just because she could. my family and i helped build her pigeon coops on her property along with other various tasks. i may piss people off but the truth should be told..she was a weird but helpful person...if you needed something she would try her best to help you out..please give her a chance to find out what really happened..what made her snap?

HOMETOWN, I would be very interested to hear more about this 'blood flow' problem, as I tend to wager Dianne felt she was yet AGAIN being victimized and with the looming threat of foreclosure on her home and the perceived seemingly endless hits life continued to throw at her she just snapped. It is my feeling that her "revenge" site was intended to be a place for people to safely vent their angry feelings in an attempt to rid themselves of the anger and pain without causing anyone any REAL harm. But for whatever reason, this last perceived victimization was the straw that broke the camel's back. I AM IN NO WAY CONDONING HER ACTIONS. She is most definitely a little odd and regardless of the reasons, she took a life. But I am simply saying my sneaking suspicion is that the cop was not as much a 'hero' as he may be portrayed to be -which, as you know, happens QUITE frequently

Mildred wrote:
the blood/brain theory was an amusing spin on the story but between the lines, it tends to blame the victim for his prediciment.

I shipped with this guy in the 60's, he was weird then. He attended a reunion once and could only talk about himself. Strange way to end his life, but not surprising.

For a little insight into these "animal breeder" types.

They move to rural areas because they are frequently getting complaints about filth, noise, animal cruelty, law breaking, etc

They also have a huge opposition to getting licensed and being real businesses, because they do not want their troubled operations to be inspected and because they are not reporting the income and not paying taxes.

So they move to "rural" areas that have fewer laws, and where it is easier to hide this kind of activity.

They claim to be "animal lovers" but they use animals for profit. Many run puppy mills, some run cat breeding mills, bird mills, etc.

A very disturbed, selfish community of (mostly female) oddballs and misfits who think they have "constituational" rights to do whatever they want.