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LadyMaravilla
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This Day In History....
November 11
1988 Police make a grisly discovery in Dorothea Puente's lawn
On this day, authorities unearth a corpse buried in the lawn of 60-year-old Dorothea Puente's home in Sacramento, California. Puente operated a residential home for elderly people, and an investigation led to the discovery of six more bodies buried on her property.
Puente was a diagnosed schizophrenic who had already been in trouble with the law. In 1982, she served prison time for drugging and robbing people she met in bars. After her release, she opened a boarding house for elderly people. Beginning in 1986, social worker Peggy Nickerson sent 19 clients to Puente's home. When some of the residents mysteriously disappeared, Nickerson grew suspicious. Puente's neighbors, who reported the smell of rotting flesh emanating from her vicinity, validated Nickerson's concern.
Although all the buried bodies were found to contain traces of the sedative Dalmane, the coroner was never able to identify an exact cause of death. Still, during a trial that lasted three years and included 3,100 exhibits, prosecutors were able to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Puente had murdered her boarders, most likely to collect their Social Security checks. Though she was formally charged with only three counts of murder, authorities suspected that Puente might have been responsible for as many as 25 deaths.
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| Posted 11/11/05 1:24 PM |
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CaseyGirl
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Re: This Day In History....
that is so sad
just remembered....on this day in 1987, my 30 yr old aunt was killed in a car accident. It was her 30th b-day. She left behind a daughter and a husband. I hope she is at peace where ever she is  
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| Posted 11/11/05 1:29 PM |
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momAGAIN
so outrageous
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TJ
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Re: This Day In History....
ok why in gods name with that history was she able to open a boarding house nad soemone actually placed people with her 
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| Posted 11/11/05 1:34 PM |
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LadyMaravilla
Fall Is Here
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Re: This Day In History....
Isn't that horrible!!!! 
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| Posted 11/11/05 1:39 PM |
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LAMGAJ28
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Re: This Day In History....
Posted by momAGAIN
ok why in gods name with that history was she able to open a boarding house nad soemone actually placed people with her
Exactly my thoughts as I was reading this story......
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| Posted 11/11/05 1:40 PM |
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karacg
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Re: This Day In History....
Posted by MrsTC
that is so sad
just remembered....on this day in 1987, my 30 yr old aunt was killed in a car accident. It was her 30th b-day. She left behind a daughter and a husband. I hope she is at peace where ever she is
to you and aunt's family...
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| Posted 11/11/05 1:54 PM |
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