Dinah Stidham

Dinah Stidham is an incidental character who appeared in Season Nine of Criminal Minds.

Background
Little is known about Dinah's past, although due to her ability to communicate with the prostitutes, plus her capability to supervise them, she may have been one herself at some point. She eventually got a job as a bartender at Joe's Bar and also had a son named Josh with an unknown father. Sometime in or prior to 2013, Dinah met Christian preacher Justin Mills, who led a secret life as a pimp; he employed her to gather money from his prostitutes for him. When she bore witness to the orchestrated killing of the local Sheriff at the hands of a ring of corrupt Deputies, she was forced into silence after the Deputies threatened to kill her son. As a result, Dinah sent Josh away to live with her mother, who lived nearby town.

Angels
Dinah plays a supporting role in the episode, being first seen scolding several of Mills's prostitutes when they begin to fear for their lives after a serial killer (later revealed to be the corrupt Deputies) begins targeting them. She tells the prostitutes that, despite the killer on the loose, they have to go to work, otherwise Mills will retaliate. Then, she is interrogated by Morgan and Reid about the killings, to which she denies any knowledge of. A couple of days later into the investigation, Mills, angered that the unsub is targeting his prostitutes only, confronts her in her office and brutalizes her, threatening to kill her unless she gives him a list of clients for the prostitutes who would potentially be the killer. Dinah tells him about Travis, who cut the back of a prostitute once. Satisfied, Mills leaves without further attacking her.

Appearances

 * Season Nine
 * Angels
 * Demons