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Dorothea Helen Puente (née Gray; January 9, 1929 – March 27, 2011) was an American convicted serial killer. In the 1980s, she ran a boarding house in Sacramento, California , and murdered various elderly and mentally disabled boarders before cashing their Social Security checks. [ 1 ]
Dorothea Puente, perhaps Sacramento’s most notorious murderer, was so seemingly non-threatening that authorities let her out of their sights time and time again — even after digging up seven ...
As Halloween approaches, the current owners of serial killer Dorothea Puente’s house gave us a tour with all the macabre details
Dorothea Puente: Sacramento: 1982–1988: 9: Ran a boarding house and murdered elderly and mentally disabled boarders before cashing their Social Security checks [140] 31: Leonard Lake and Charles Ng: Calaveras County: 1983–1985: 11-25: Ex-Marine who had a cabin that he described as a "dungeon" where he kidnapped, raped, and murdered women [9 ...
Dorothea Puente was finally arrested on a parole violation, having been on parole for a previous fraud conviction. [147] Contract killers ("hitmen") may exhibit similar characteristics of serial killers, but are generally not classified as such because of third-party killing objectives and detached financial and emotional incentives.
Barbara Holmes and Tom Williams, the owners of the former home of the infamous Dorothea Puente at 1426 F St. in Sacramento, pose earlier this month in front of the house with a Sacramento Bee news ...
A wrongful-death lawsuit based on the case was "settled for $225,000" in 2002. [16] In the "month and a half" prior to December 20, 2000, seven CCWF inmates died. [17] Of these, four "apparently succumbed to chronic terminal illnesses," but an advocacy group claimed that the deaths "were precipitated by inadequate care". [17]
Dorothea Puente ran a boarding home in Sacramento during the 1980s. Puente was accused of poisoning her victims, stealing their Social Security checks, then burying seven of their bodies in her backyard. Puente was sentenced to life in prison and maintained her innocence until her death on March 27, 2011.