Tammy
Leitner
Hometown: Mesa,
AZ
Occupation: Crime Reporter
Marital Status: Engaged
Luxury Item: Picture Of Fiance And Dog
Age: 29
Born in San Diego,
Calif., Tammy Leitner currently works as a crime writer
in Mesa, Arizona. She earned a bachelor's degree in English
from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a master's
degree in journalism from Boston University in Massachusetts.
Leitner has earned
multiple Arizona and New York state awards for crime reporting,
including one for a first-person account of the time she
spent behind bars "doing time" with the same criminals
she wrote about for a Corning, New York, newspaper. She
received an Arizona Press Club Award for coverage of legendary
mob informant Sammy "The Bull" Gravano's arrest
in Arizona. She has covered Nelson Mandela's Congressional
Gold Medal ceremony, Hillary Clinton's Senate run and, most
recently, the Arizona angle on the terrorist attacks (two
of the hijackers learned to fly at a Scottsdale flight school
and one lived in Mesa).
Proving she'll
do anything to get a story, Leitner once burst into a burning
building and, in another instance, worked as a member of
a NASCAR pit crew. In 1999, Leitner was honored by the City
of Scottsdale, Arizona, for saving a drowning man. She is
currently writing a true crime book about a serial rapist
who evaded police for 16 years during a multi-state spree.
Leitner's hobbies
include running, biking, lifting weights, kickboxing, camping,
photography and traveling. She is engaged to Mike, her boyfriend
of four years, and likes to spend time with her beloved
140-pound Newfoundland, Bacchus. Her birth date is July
3.
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