Dorothea Puente
American serial killer
Dorothea Helen Puente 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. Wikipedia
Born: January 9, 1929, Redlands, California
Died: March 27, 2011 (age 82 years), Central California Women's Facility, Chowchilla, CA
Spouse: Pedro Montalvo (m. 1976), Roberto Puente (m. 1966–1968), Axel Johanson (m. 1952–1966), and more
Parents: Jesse James Gray and Trudy Mae Yates
Conviction(s): First-degree murder with special circumstances (2 counts); Second-degree murder
Criminal penalty: Life imprisonment without parole
Date apprehended: November 11, 1988