Dorothea Puente was seen as a giver. She operated a boarding house for elderly, mentally ill, chronically ill, or really whoever needed it. But behind her maternal exterior was a far darker motive. To access earlier episodes of Corpus Delicti and to help support the show, please visit patreon.com/corpusdelicti

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Dorothea Puente obituary: Dorothea Puente, boarding house operator who killed tenants, dies at 82 - Los Angeles Times
Guide to the People v. Dorothea Montalvo Puente criminal case records CNTY0004
Puente v. Mitchell, No. C 02-4129 JSW | Casetext Search + Citator
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Aug 27, 1993, page 21 - The Sacramento Bee at Newspapers.com™ - Newspapers.com™
Landlady Hunted in Mass Murders Captured in L.A. - Los Angeles Times
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