- Dorothea Puente - Wikipedia
Dorothea Helen Puente (née Gray; January 9, 1929 – March 27, 2011), also known as the Killer Landlady or the Death House Landlady, was an American serial killer and financial fraudster who murdered various tenants of the boarding house she ran in Sacramento, California, between 1982 and 1988
- Killer Grannies: Dorothea Puente Buried Boarders in Yard
“Little Old Lady” Dorothea Puente Ran a House of Horrors—And Hid Bodies in the Yard Killer Grannies explores the terrifying boarding home kept by Dorothea Puente, who allegedly buried one victim alive
- Dorothea Puente, The Death House Landlady Who Killed Her Boarders
Dorothea Puente looked like a sweet grandmother — but looks can be deceiving In fact, Puente was a serial killer who committed at least nine murders inside her boarding house in Sacramento, California throughout the 1980s
- How Dorothea Puente Turned Her Boarding House into a House of Horrors
Puente, a grandmother who ran a local boarding house, would ultimately die in prison in 2011 after she was convicted of three of the nine murders she was suspected of committing during the 1980s
- Dorothea Puente - Crime Museum
Dorothea Puente was a convicted serial killer who ran a boarding house in Sacramento, California in the 1980s Puente cashed in the Social Security checks of the elderly and disabled boarders living in her house Many of them found dead and buried in the boarding house’s yard
- Dorothea Puente: The Life and Crimes of a Serial Killer
Dorothea Puente’s story, a chilling tale of a seemingly benign landlady who preyed upon vulnerable boarders, has captivated the public imagination, leading to its portrayal in various forms of media
- Dorothea Puente: High Functioning Psychopathy – Dark Minds, Deadly . . .
Dorothea Puente was a different breed of serial killer—she didn’t kill for sexual gratification or sadistic pleasure Instead, she murdered her elderly and mentally ill tenants to steal their Social Security checks
- Death House Landlady: A Look Back At Unexpected Serial Killer Dorothea . . .
The culprit was none other than the seemingly docile gray-haired landlady, Dorothea Puente, who would eventually become known as one of the most shocking serial killers in Sacramento history
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