Life imitates art (without the happy ending)

Tragedy of a real-life Weeds mom: Young mother 'brutally murdered and dumped in pond after arriving at house for drug deal'

The tale of the suburban mother sucked into the seedy world of drugs has made millions laugh in the hit Showtime television comedy Weeds.


But the realities of dabbling in drugs brought a nasty ending for Krista Dittmeyer when the 20-year-old mother was brutally murdered in New Hampshire after an alleged drug deal at a house.


Like the Weeds character Nancy Botwin, her apparent respectability masked a grim connection to the violent world of drugs. Police believe she was killed by a gang of men desperate to steal her stash.