Buried Truth: Dorothea Puente

Season 6, Episode 209,   Jun 28, 2021, 07:00 AM

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In this final chapter of “Buried Truth” I share a story of one of the most rare categories of criminal - the female serial killer.  Behind her grandmotherly exterior, Dorothea Puente was hiding some very dark secrets very close to home. This is the case of “The Killer Landlady”.

In this final chapter of “Buried Truth” I share a story of one of the most rare categories of criminal - the female serial killer. Behind her grandmotherly exterior, Dorothea Puente was hiding some very dark secrets very close to home. This is the case of “The Killer Landlady”. 

Resources: 
Newspapers.com: Dorothea Puente by Julia Scheeres for TruTV.com, Jailed Landlady: I Didn’t Kill Anyone - The Sacramento Bee - Nov 18, 1988, Puente Guilty of Killing 3 - The Sacramento Bee - Aug 27, 1993, Murderous Landlady Puente Dies - The Sacramento Bee - March 28, 2011

The Life and Deaths of Dorothea Puente by Martin Kuz for Sactown Magazine, 2009. 

"Sacramento serial killer’s former home renovated, ready for visits" - David Bienick for KCRA3, August 29, 2013

"Tours, documentary focus on Sacramento house of murderer Dorothea Puente" - Ryan Lillis for The Sacramento Bee, Sept 1, 2015 

California Superior Court (Sacramento County) case files for The People v. Dorothea Montalvo Puente - Retrieved from The Online Archive of California - oac.cdlib.org 

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