Dorothea Puente ran a boarding house in Sacramento, California. She had perfected a technique of taking in tenants who were on government assistance, murdering them, and then fraudulently cash the checks. All the while, neighbors had no idea that dead bodies were being buried in her backyard.
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The Story of Dorothea Puente
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Episode 88 - Dorothea Puente Part 1 (Worst Roommate Ever)
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<p>Dorothea Helen (Gray) Puente, born in 1929, had a difficult childhood with alcoholic parents and abuse. She created a new persona and story to escape her past. After leaving the foster system, she turned to sex work in Olympia, Washington. Business w ... Show More
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