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Dorothea Puente was an American female serial killer that disguised herself as a kind-hearted boarding house owner in the 1980’s. She was convicted of drugging and killing, three of her nine tenants found buried in her backyard. By many Dorothea was deemed as a saint who opened her unlicensed boarding house to disabled people, older adults, drug abusers, alcoholics and the mentally ill. However, in exchange, Dorothea stole her tenants Social Security and disability checks. According to Sactown Magazine, social workers loved that she would take in their "ailing or most erratic clients" when no one else would. Dorothea was diagnosed as a schizophrenic in prison and her somber childhood would have a lasting impact on her teenage and adult life. So, was this a mind born to be sinister or one created. 
References:
Inside Dorothea Puente's Tragic Childhood (grunge.com)

How the Dorothea Puente case unfolded in Sacramento (kcra.com)

Dorothea Puente: How California Serial Killer Was Caught | Murders At The Boarding House (oxygen.com)

The Long Criminal History Of The 'Death House Landlady' | Serial Killers | Investigation Discovery

Dorothea Puente, The 'Death House Landlady' Of 1980s California (allthatsinteresting.com)

Dorothea Puente - Crime Museum

Dorothea Puente | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers

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