-Crime Library: Dorothea Puente: Killing for Profit
When dorothea puente's boarders disappeared, police found seven bodies buried in the garden.dorothea puente was accused of murdering her tenants so puente could steal their government benefit checks and buy herself luxuries ranging from fancy clothes to a face lift. this is a story of keeping up appearances. dorothea puente tried hard to project a polished exterior with cosmetic surgery and tailored clothes. dorothea puente also projected herself as a upstanding member of sacramento society, a small-time socialite who gave to charity and rubbed elbows with second-tier politicians.no one suspected that the sweet-faced, grandmotherly dorothea puente was systematically drugging and killing her frail boarders and burying their remains in the yard she so lovingly tended. she got away with murder for years.
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