Before computers, I honestly don’t know how they ever solved any cases when their only evidence was from someone leaving their prints behind. How did they narrow down and then check so many prints. And by eye alone! Incredible!
The thing is, before science and computer, things were all the same. You didn't have 35 brands of shoes pr cloths, you had only 4/5 cause they were mostly handmade. They weren't any big brand companies like we have now. Let's keep shoes as an example cause they're great. Depending on the precision of the footprint, you could guess if it was used or not, worn out or not, the size of the shoes and where the person would have been before the crime. With those elements, you could guess if the pair of shoe was expensive or not and then link it to the shoemaker. It was pretty common back it in the day. People knew each other, they used to watch their neighbors (not in a nosy way). The uniqueness of the clue could be a decisive factor on the case. But nowadays, nothing is unique anymore, cause every thing is accessible, therefor cases are harder to solve because of the commonness of our belongings.
Go back and watch old detective shows from before DNA technology, prior to about 1985. DNA is a great tool, but they still need to prove means and motive.
@@Sarah90707 ……a footprint was left by the Yorkshire Ripper, (U.K. 13 murders 1975 - 1982 ) at the scene of his 3rd murder I think, Jean Jordan, the police could tell that the ball of the right foot was worn, indicating someone who did a lot of driving, like a lorry driver. The sole print was that of a boot and was size 7…….The Ripper, Peter Sutcliffe, was a lorry driver, size 7 feet. The incompetent police believed a hoax tape was by the ripper and so when the evidence pointed to Sutcliffe, they ignored it. So much evidence that it is incomprehensible he was free to murder 13 innocent women, and young girls.
The shoes are a great example. There's other things like being able to determine height, finding hairs & at least knowing color. People also couldn't leave places as quickly, not everyone had cars. & Along the lines of not having huge corporations making lots of different shoes, the big box stores weren't there. People went to their local shops in their neighborhood. Plus LOTS in interrogation techniques, laws still haven't changed with those. They could lie to a suspect about evidence or testimony they didn't have to get a confession.
Because they only solved a few searche ( 25 more solved cases in 2021)on TH-cam. you got sexual murderers caught by DNA 🧬 all of them without criminal records they were caught via Familial DNA 🧬. According to the FBI, there are 1.700 UNCAUGHT murderers with 2 or more victims ☠️ dating back to the 1970s. Remember DNA 🧬 is rare sometimes all they find are bones. Back in those days they probably caught 40 \ 50 % of serial murder offenders. We now know they stop killing, some of them died without serving justice only linked by DNA.
Not only did the community not want to accept that this sweet lil old lady could do wrong...the cops didn't either when they let her leave while searching...perfect example of how you can't judge character by looks.
Well, I don't think they can really keep her there. They have a warrant to search the house, not to detain her. I've seen a few shows where they've let a person wander off while their place is being searched.
Well it wasnt because she had to she was living with is in Texas and had to go to the Vets hospital she was a medic in ww2 and from there she ran to California my family searched and searched in Texas for her with no luck. My grandma unlike many of her victims was loved and wanted. Watch Murders at The Boarding house on oxygen I was able to be a part of that documentary and able to set the record straight that MY grandma wasn't abandoned by her family and she is and always will be loved and missed because no one else has ever taken the time to find any of the family member and that has always bothered my family. So I was able to go on the record and let EVERYONE know that we wanted her and we searcher and searched for my grandma
The first guy (about 18:00) only served 11 years for murder , that's not justice that's an insult to the victim, the victim's loved ones and all right minded decent people.
It's also an insult to the families of the 4 subsequent women he murdered. We've now reached a stage where the law makers have become as evil as the law breakers.
They should be dealt same punishment they gave their victims I think so they know what victims went through is equal justice punishment! Them sitting in cells doing nothing having their books with money on it eating slop and same canteen stuff is a life of ease and it's a mockery of the victims live it is! What their lives meant and who they was as individuals!
Right it was sad in a book i read,she found one lady scammed her out of her savings and poisoned her slowly. Her kids couldn't get anyone to listen cuz she was poisoned with Tylenol pm which they said could've been self od smh
It's why feminists cry male privilege constantly they are guilty projecting. This is female privilege. No male would be permitted to go for coffee with that record.
She's a greed driven psychopath. Most serial killers are driven by bizarre and controlling sexual narratives, not greed. So, no, she is NOT like any other serial killer.
Sadly, it happens. In the 70s a man raped, cut off his victims arms, and threw her in a ditch. She survived, he was paroled and killed an elderly lady within a month. To me, the parole board were co-conspirators in murder.
@@rbrowning9617 I know who u are talking about.. the girl was hitching and he picked her up.. i thought he didn't kill again until he moved to FL and killed a prostitute he hired that came to his house and his neighbor saw it all and called police...this the same person??? I didn't know about the old lady tho... any other details??
Not all people who have committed homicide are the same nor do they kill for the same reason. For that reason the release of a criminal should be on an individual basis.
Same. Police made a similar mistake with Ted Bundy, allowing him to roam free in a law library in Colorado leading to his escape. What are they thinking???
@@gerardjones7881 - That’s really bad. The family of future victims of those murderers/rapists who are victimized after these criminals are released should sue the state.
Oh my my. Dorothea was a wicked, not so old lady. My best friend owned a home on F Street not to far from Dorothea's house of horrors. We occasionally walked by her home always commenting on the well kept flower garden. The neighborhood, which used to be the ritzy area of downtown, had gone downhill. Once beautiful and stately Victorians had given way to dingy exteriors and overgrown yards full of weeds. Dorothea's house stood out. It was a pleasing shade of baby blue with a wrought iron fence in front that seemed to protect her lawn and home from the unsavory types that frequented the neighborhood. We never dreamed that Dorothea was the most unsavory type of all, the serial killer. It was sad to think that she preyed upon the elderly to satisfy her need for power, control and money. The police in Sacramento were not known for their sleuthing skills. After all, they never caught the East Area Rapist/Golden State Killer and they let this woman go to coffee while they searched her yard for bodies. Unbelievable that she was caught at all.
“The drug was the first piece of evidence linking Dorothy to the murders”. I thought the 7 bodies buried in her back yard would’ve been pretty good evidence.
@@jaynestag95But they couldn’t explain away the body fluids that seeped into the carpeting (something that Detective John Cabrera would never forget) in one of the upstairs rooms.
There was one room (which was located upstairs) in particular in Puente’s home that Detective Cobrera will never forget because while searching that room, he rolled up a section of the carpet and was immediately hit by a strong odor which turned out to be body fluids. His discovery meant that Dorthea would leave those victims in that room for several weeks before putting them in the ground.
@@Iloveitjeremiah almost no true crime stories made into movies or TV are based on people murdered glamorously in Hollywood though...? They're usually set in small towns.
Problem is she was actually not arrested, just questioned, by law they could not exactly do anything to her. Her lawyer probably could had got her bail anyway to be honest if it had to go that route and of course the whole innocent play was a great plot.
@dakota haro no detective would accept help. It wasn't like they were digging the whole backyard. It was two of them. Stop accusing without evidence maybe you was the one who helped her.
I lived really close by this lady’s house at the time this was going on. Boy does this bring back memories. All in the area called the Lavender district.
Kinda glad they did, bc instead of them having an attractive younger actress portraying that evil woman, it kinda clowned her, by having the evil woman seem like she was an old, unattractive 1, instead😉
Never underestimate a Psychopath at any age, one of the things you may notice if you encounter a psychopath when they are looking directly into your eyes they have a dead stare it's like they are looking through you not at you. It's time mandatory ASPD testing is introduced with background checks, background checks alone just aren't enough.
I definitely know a psychopath from that stare combined with faking emotions while being relaxed when they shouldn’t be. The stare alone isn’t enough to be right.
Lol, genius cops, hey you’re digging for dead people in my yard, can I go get a cup of coffee down the block? Yeah sure go ahead, we’ll call you if we find anything, lol.
Because maybe if they held her there while doing the digging, they could be charged for illegal detention. Without warrant of arrest, you can't just hold someone.
Wait! What?! Did I just hear that a serial killer/possible rapist was employed as a SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER?!?! And that he was monitored by an electronic ankle bracelet and was restricted to work and church?!?!?! WTH?!?!?
Yeah, bleeding hearts who think every one deserves a second, and third, and fourth, and....chance. They believe anyone, no matter how evil, can be rehabilitated.
Exactly! That's why churches are getting a lot more careful about who they let teach Sunday school and work in the nursery. Even a small Church like mine is going to start doing background checks on the people that will be working around the children.
@Zoe: you mean you don't do background checks already? Here in the UK background checks for anyone involved with children or other vulnerable people are compulsory. You get fined if you skip this step.
In the second case, I'm in awe of the lengths the police went to to trace the identities of 60 vagrants that stayed at that residence. Also the lengths some people will go to, just to get their hands on (someone else's) money.
Carrying those bodies would take some strength.... I kinda doubt that Peunte was the only doing all that murder or maybe she did but she would kinda have some kind of help to move those 🤷
@@JuFated hiring someone to dig up, not knowing what's puente's intent of the site is one thing but hiring someone to dig up and helping move the body is another, they could be convicted as accessory to the crime and be as guilty as the murderer herself.
@jesse chilling you know, I wondered about that exact same thing too. Men are generally heavier than women ...so how does an old lady like this have the strength to carry a dead man's body, including the extra weight of the tarp as well? I suspect she paid those men who dug the holes for the bodies, to move and bury the bodies.
The Puente murder house is a huge tourist spot in Sacramento. The people who own it now do tours, and there is a lifesize Dorothea Puente doll waving from the porch.
@@catherinecantik2684 I worked in downtown Sac for the last 15+ years and I have been driven by the house, but I didn’t know that they were doing tours now. Keeshond- I would agree with y’all that people are weird, but look at what we are watching...Plus, I just bought a shirt 👚 today that says, “MURDER SHOWS and COMFY CLOTHES so apparently I am proud 🥲 of belonging here!
😳 Sacramento... I live in Sacramento California and never heard about any killers until I started researching my city. I always wondered the emotional state of mind of the people who stumble across people’s bodies who have died? I hope they receive counseling 💔
33:05 'No evidence of any crime' - wtf , it was a crime her just running this boarding house as already mentioned due to her previous conviction (29:30) she wasn't allowed to do such a thing. Yet the police kindly dropped her back to her illegal home.
Even after all these stories, all the years, I am still stunned by the evil in human beings who murder, not in self defense, but for any reason that strikes them.
@@carolynsville9915 so that old lady moved bodies heavier than her? I do construction and took care of my mom in her last year. I had one hell of a time picking her up when she didn’t participate. Dead weight is heavy.
The sentence at end "Even a cleverest predator can't avoid the detection" is a joke for the dead ones. She killed 7 known victims and enjoyed their welfare money for years and it wasn't still easy to catch her without the suspicion of an elderly who lived there and worked in mortuary in past. She caught at age 59 and given a life without parole to held in and enjoy ride on wheelchair by jail staff. What a justice..
@xyz abc Yes, the thought that a serial killer could be highly intelligent and concoct a fool proof way to carry out their homicidal craft without getting caught is terrifying. And yet, this is what we find. We must not assume that a cold blooded serial killer is going to have the same primitive mentality as a thug who robs a 7-Eleven store. I suspect that most of the serial killers of today have never been identified or caught and are not even being targeted by police because the victims are never found. Hence, no case. What a thrill it must be for them to kill and know they will never be caught.
She couldn't have done it alone! No way! Who carried the bodies? Who poured the cement? And why was she allowed to open another boarding house?? Many unanswered questions! She had to have co-conspirators!
All she needed was the men to dig the holes. The rest she could do herself. She wasn't a decrepit, little, old lady. At 56 she probably had the muscles and strength to handle the corpses. Things slid nicely on tarps. Heck, up until my arthritis flared, I hefted boxes of 50 lbs or more of books at a library. At the time I was real slender, 120 lbs. Plus Sonora Fuentes started burying bodies in her backyard. The garage & house provided cover. She might have also used knockout drops to make sure the tenants slept well, too. Her fatal flaw was her greed for more money.
What if he gets the wrong cup!? Some of these killers are very cunning and careful they are though but detectives know how to pin them in though I think.
Oh wow!! I'm on the east coast idk if I'd wanna know my kind little old lady neighbor did all that, I think that would scare me to never leave the house again, science really amazes me too bad I didn't realize that while in high school... this stuff keeps me up half the night watching it.....lol.....peace to all
I lived across the river near discovery park at the time. We heard a joke that went along the lines of.... I hear it’s pretty cold over on F st. Like 7 below....
Great acting......not. Apartment is strewn with clothes and they find their friend dead on the floor and it's like they are looking for lost car keys.....
It's commendable that glaring mistakes are portrayed! People are so unable to take responsibility for their mistakes, nowadays! They whine and blame others or criticize those who do make mistakes, instead of learning from the mistakes. The errors with Dorothea Puente's escape demonstrate that one should not judge a book by its cover, especially when crime is probable. I do like the T-shirt, "Dorothea's Bed & Breakfast: So Good You'll Never Leave."
Just for the record.. lime isn't corrosive. He mispeaks at the opening . It was LYE. People always confuse the two. Lime is ground up limestone. Lye is an acidic corrosive
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Corrosive lime is calcium oxide or calcium hydroxide and is indeed corrosive. Look it up , I did.
I wonder if Dorothy Apente was the story base for movie "What ever happened to Aunt Alice?" Starring Geraldine Paige. She killed 7 house keepers for their social security checks and each one was buried in her well attended garden. When they caught her she was drawing 6 checks a month.
"We found corpse in your backyard so why don't you go and get yourself some coffee while we're looking for more".... I wish people would trust me the way these police trust the old lady
On another documentary of Dorothy Puente someone commented "my grandma Gina Rodriguez was cellmates with Dorothy Puente "😆. I don't think their grandma would be too proud of her name being associated with Dorothy Puente on the internet. 😂
Was that the one where she won First Prize for her blooming Azaleas?...and when they asked her what she put into the compost grinder she said,Wouldn't you like to know?
Some of you have clearly never heard of this woman before watching this video. Never mind the actress.like manu before here, she used elderly people as cash cows, by using their social security and their identity to get money.
Incredibly irresponsible considering if it were any man with bodies in their back yard the police would absolutely take them back to the station and interrogated them. Not allowing them to go for coffee😒
I think the same, due to her past and being on parole, she didnt want anyone to really know who she was, hence the old grandmotherly act...it worked for a long time.
Proves that people are easily MANIPULATED WHEN a person ACTS ACTS ACTS LIKE THEY ARE KIND AND CARING. SHE acted this way only to deceive. TRUST NO ONE TOTALLY AND DONT DROP YOUR GUARD!!!!!!!!!
Wow. I mean I applaud you bring so honest with your judgement I guess but I don't see how going to school makes your life more valuable than anyone else
Before computers, I honestly don’t know how they ever solved any cases when their only evidence was from someone leaving their prints behind. How did they narrow down and then check so many prints. And by eye alone! Incredible!
The thing is, before science and computer, things were all the same. You didn't have 35 brands of shoes pr cloths, you had only 4/5 cause they were mostly handmade. They weren't any big brand companies like we have now.
Let's keep shoes as an example cause they're great. Depending on the precision of the footprint, you could guess if it was used or not, worn out or not, the size of the shoes and where the person would have been before the crime. With those elements, you could guess if the pair of shoe was expensive or not and then link it to the shoemaker. It was pretty common back it in the day. People knew each other, they used to watch their neighbors (not in a nosy way). The uniqueness of the clue could be a decisive factor on the case. But nowadays, nothing is unique anymore, cause every thing is accessible, therefor cases are harder to solve because of the commonness of our belongings.
Go back and watch old detective shows from before DNA technology, prior to about 1985. DNA is a great tool, but they still need to prove means and motive.
@@Sarah90707 ……a footprint was left by the Yorkshire Ripper, (U.K. 13 murders 1975 - 1982 ) at the scene of his 3rd murder I think, Jean Jordan, the police could tell that the ball of the right foot was worn, indicating someone who did a lot of driving, like a lorry driver. The sole print was that of a boot and was size 7…….The Ripper, Peter Sutcliffe, was a lorry driver, size 7 feet. The incompetent police believed a hoax tape was by the ripper and so when the evidence pointed to Sutcliffe, they ignored it. So much evidence that it is incomprehensible he was free to murder 13 innocent women, and young girls.
The shoes are a great example. There's other things like being able to determine height, finding hairs & at least knowing color. People also couldn't leave places as quickly, not everyone had cars. & Along the lines of not having huge corporations making lots of different shoes, the big box stores weren't there. People went to their local shops in their neighborhood. Plus LOTS in interrogation techniques, laws still haven't changed with those. They could lie to a suspect about evidence or testimony they didn't have to get a confession.
Because they only solved a few searche ( 25 more solved cases in 2021)on TH-cam.
you got sexual murderers caught by DNA 🧬 all of them without criminal records they were caught via Familial DNA 🧬.
According to the FBI, there are 1.700 UNCAUGHT murderers with 2 or more victims ☠️ dating back to the 1970s.
Remember DNA 🧬 is rare sometimes all they find are bones.
Back in those days they probably caught 40 \ 50 % of serial murder offenders.
We now know they stop killing, some of them died without serving justice only linked by DNA.
Thanks to that sweet old man that slipped a note to the police officer. He may be old but he was still sharp!
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Being older is still being sharp and smart
@@merlinisaiah7599 pp]]00⁰
He saved everyone literally if it wasn’t for him there will be more victims
Not only did the community not want to accept that this sweet lil old lady could do wrong...the cops didn't either when they let her leave while searching...perfect example of how you can't judge character by looks.
Hiding in plain sight.
Well, I don't think they can really keep her there. They have a warrant to search the house, not to detain her. I've seen a few shows where they've let a person wander off while their place is being searched.
AMENNNNNNN!!!!
Or color of your skin
@@grandrapidsboy agreed!
I cannot handle this level of detective intelligence and applaud everyone involved in this
Yeah My grandmother Dorothy Miller was one of Doeotheas victims. Its still weird when I come across these videos..
Oh wow sorry for your loss pity your nan had to go to her in the first place
Well it wasnt because she had to she was living with is in Texas and had to go to the Vets hospital she was a medic in ww2 and from there she ran to California my family searched and searched in Texas for her with no luck. My grandma unlike many of her victims was loved and wanted. Watch Murders at The Boarding house on oxygen I was able to be a part of that documentary and able to set the record straight that MY grandma wasn't abandoned by her family and she is and always will be loved and missed because no one else has ever taken the time to find any of the family member and that has always bothered my family. So I was able to go on the record and let EVERYONE know that we wanted her and we searcher and searched for my grandma
So very sorry for your loss 🙏🏻💜🙏🏻
I read this comment as they found her sedative pill bottle on the show.
Deep stuff .So sorry for your loss....😮😮😮
The first guy (about 18:00) only served 11 years for murder , that's not justice that's an insult to the victim, the victim's loved ones and all right minded decent people.
It's also an insult to the families of the 4 subsequent women he murdered. We've now reached a stage where the law makers have become as evil as the law breakers.
@@appledoreman true , you're sadly right. There's blood on the hands of the judge and the system that let him out to kill those women.
I don't know why serial killers aren't automatically put to death.
They all ought to be recycled by know.
Imagine if she was black.
Murderers should have life sentences and no parole. Serial killers should get death penalty.
They should be dealt same punishment they gave their victims I think so they know what victims went through is equal justice punishment! Them sitting in cells doing nothing having their books with money on it eating slop and same canteen stuff is a life of ease and it's a mockery of the victims live it is! What their lives meant and who they was as individuals!
I agree death penalty is like an escape for these evil people.
Not all murders are like this.. some are in defence from abuse
PERIOD
@@nananazimam2060 period haha see in the uk being on your peroid is menstruating 🩸- can’t you just say yes exactly or full stop lol
Sweet old lady my foot ! She is just like any other evil serial killer ! Perfecting her craft so she remaind hidden for such a long time. Geeez..
And she pretended to be hispanic. It was her married name.
Right it was sad in a book i read,she found one lady scammed her out of her savings and poisoned her slowly. Her kids couldn't get anyone to listen cuz she was poisoned with Tylenol pm which they said could've been self od smh
It's why feminists cry male privilege constantly they are guilty projecting. This is female privilege. No male would be permitted to go for coffee with that record.
@@rbrowning9617 Thanks for clarifying. She looks nothing like a Hispanic. Smh
She's a greed driven psychopath. Most serial killers are driven by bizarre and controlling sexual narratives, not greed. So, no, she is NOT like any other serial killer.
Why would you parole a murderer?? I do not care how "good" they claim to be! They killed someone! Keep them behind bars!
Sadly, it happens. In the 70s a man raped, cut off his victims arms, and threw her in a ditch. She survived, he was paroled and killed an elderly lady within a month. To me, the parole board were co-conspirators in murder.
@@rbrowning9617 I know who u are talking about.. the girl was hitching and he picked her up.. i thought he didn't kill again until he moved to FL and killed a prostitute he hired that came to his house and his neighbor saw it all and called police...this the same person??? I didn't know about the old lady tho... any other details??
Not all people who have committed homicide are the same nor do they kill for the same reason. For that reason the release of a criminal should be on an individual basis.
@@rbrowning9617Same with the court for allowing violent criminals to bail out of jail and end up on AMW
I couldn’t get pass the part where the cops let her go get a cup of coffee WHILE they’re in her yard digging for dead bodies?! 🤯WHAAAAATTT!!!
I know! Not very smart of the cops.
Ikr?!!! 🤷♀️
Because she's white.
White privilege lmao
Same. Police made a similar mistake with Ted Bundy, allowing him to roam free in a law library in Colorado leading to his escape. What are they thinking???
Was convicted for 35 years for murder and been released after only 11 years? Shame shame
I knew a guy in Boston who shot his roommate and only served 6 yrs and was out again.
A real mean character too.
@@gerardjones7881 jjbnbj
@@gerardjones7881 - That’s really bad. The family of future victims of those murderers/rapists who are victimized after these criminals are released should sue the state.
I know! I was angry about that too.
if he shot someone and get 6 years in jamaica and come out he be dead
I remember reading about Dorothea years ago in a Sunday magazine.
It was called: Bed board and butchery.
Scary
Oh my my. Dorothea was a wicked, not so old lady. My best friend owned a home on F Street not to far from Dorothea's house of horrors. We occasionally walked by her home always commenting on the well kept flower garden.
The neighborhood, which used to be the ritzy area of downtown, had gone downhill. Once beautiful and stately Victorians had given way to dingy exteriors and overgrown yards full of weeds. Dorothea's house stood out. It was a pleasing shade of baby blue with a wrought iron fence in front that seemed to protect her lawn and home from the unsavory types that frequented the neighborhood.
We never dreamed that Dorothea was the most unsavory type of all, the serial killer. It was sad to think that she preyed upon the elderly to satisfy her need for power, control and money.
The police in Sacramento were not known for their sleuthing skills. After all, they never caught the East Area Rapist/Golden State Killer and they let this woman go to coffee while they searched her yard for bodies. Unbelievable that she was caught at all.
*ah yes Emily, here's the beautiful front yard with someone dead, which is probably a Halloween decor*
“The drug was the first piece of evidence linking Dorothy to the murders”.
I thought the 7 bodies buried in her back yard would’ve been pretty good evidence.
The defense would argue they fell in holes that the moles dug. That's how crazy the justice system is.
@@jaynestag95 haha!
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@@jaynestag95 lmao
@@jaynestag95But they couldn’t explain away the body fluids that seeped into the carpeting (something that Detective John Cabrera would never forget) in one of the upstairs rooms.
I pray all that are watching are safe, healthy and happy.
We are thank you,Mandla from Zimbabwe
Hi from frigid Minnesota. Thanks for the prayer. You are so sweet and I pray the best for you.
@@deniseberg8291 I am in Connecticut. We have been blasted with snow this month and currently getting freezing rain. I am ready for Spring. 😊
@@mandlamasuku7913 nice to meet you Mandla.
Good to meet you too,Marilyn
There was one room (which was located upstairs) in particular in Puente’s home that Detective Cobrera will never forget because while searching that room, he rolled up a section of the carpet and was immediately hit by a strong odor which turned out to be body fluids. His discovery meant that Dorthea would leave those victims in that room for several weeks before putting them in the ground.
I always thought they could make a scary movie out of this story. What an evil, terrifying character...."The Land Lady"....
What about the lunch lady??? Rosting you in the school oven after hours cäuse you were on detention...again!!!!
Lame.
I think because it’s not “Glamorously” murdering young fabulous people in Hollywood that the studios must think it’s not gonna sell well.
@@Iloveitjeremiah almost no true crime stories made into movies or TV are based on people murdered glamorously in Hollywood though...? They're usually set in small towns.
Tyler Perry' recent movie is a take on this story
I can't believe they let her go to get ''coffee'''' while bodies are being found in her yard.
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Because they assumed she’s an innocent old lady 😁
Like the DOOMED MOMMY!
Problem is she was actually not arrested, just questioned, by law they could not exactly do anything to her. Her lawyer probably could had got her bail anyway to be honest if it had to go that route and of course the whole innocent play was a great plot.
31:57 why would it have been 'to their surprise' to find a human leg bone as that's exactly what they were digging for.
Because she so readily agreed to the search.
😂
@dakota haro no detective would accept help. It wasn't like they were digging the whole backyard. It was two of them. Stop accusing without evidence maybe you was the one who helped her.
Why ask why?
I lived really close by this lady’s house at the time this was going on. Boy does this bring back memories. All in the area called the Lavender district.
Linda Weldon: you knew what was going on all the time please tell us what you really knew.
@@oscarholley891 I'm sure he meant during the investigation, not the murders! LOL
The social worker in the 2nd case was unique - her vigilance and dedication to her charges possibly prevented more murders.
We need more people like the social worker in the second case.
In the second one, why'd they have an 85-year-old playing a 59-year-old? My mom's almost 80 and doesn't even look that old yet.
True my mum's her age and she looks like she could pass for early 40s that's what being a criminal can do to your looks.
Kinda glad they did, bc instead of them having an attractive younger actress portraying that evil woman, it kinda clowned her, by having the evil woman seem like she was an old, unattractive 1, instead😉
Because Dorthea Puente did look older, like a 70 year old little grandma.
IKR
It might be that the authors of the film wanted to shoot and pay someone close to them.
Never underestimate a Psychopath at any age, one of the things you may notice if you encounter a psychopath when they are looking directly into your eyes they have a dead stare it's like they are looking through you not at you.
It's time mandatory ASPD testing is introduced with background checks, background checks alone just aren't enough.
You mean sociopath
Agree.
I definitely know a psychopath from that stare combined with faking emotions while being relaxed when they shouldn’t be. The stare alone isn’t enough to be right.
-scary- !
Lol, genius cops, hey you’re digging for dead people in my yard, can I go get a cup of coffee down the block? Yeah sure go ahead, we’ll call you if we find anything, lol.
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@@lorrainejones2368 What's that supposed to mean? Nobody speaks Welsh here.
@@lorrainejones2368 What?
Because maybe if they held her there while doing the digging, they could be charged for illegal detention. Without warrant of arrest, you can't just hold someone.
You know what's really scary in the first story an innocent man was almost convicted of murder that's the scariest part about this whole thing
Yes, thank goodness for an intelligent and intuitive jury.
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Wait! What?! Did I just hear that a serial killer/possible rapist was employed as a SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER?!?! And that he was monitored by an electronic ankle bracelet and was restricted to work and church?!?!?! WTH?!?!?
You heard right. He had already done 11 years for murder before he got the gig as a Sunday school teacher.
Yeah, bleeding hearts who think every one deserves a second, and third, and fourth, and....chance. They believe anyone, no matter how evil, can be rehabilitated.
Cant deny an inmate of their right to practice religion of his choice. Even inmates have rights, lol. Smh.
Exactly! That's why churches are getting a lot more careful about who they let teach Sunday school and work in the nursery. Even a small Church like mine is going to start doing background checks on the people that will be working around the children.
@Zoe: you mean you don't do background checks already? Here in the UK background checks for anyone involved with children or other vulnerable people are compulsory. You get fined if you skip this step.
In the second case, I'm in awe of the lengths the police went to to trace the identities of 60 vagrants that stayed at that residence. Also the lengths some people will go to, just to get their hands on (someone else's) money.
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@Hello Tom how are you doing?
@@appledoreman I love to meet new people and get to know each other with time and patience if you don't mind?
So right.
@@lydiaanderson582 You have a boarding house too? Hey, lm interested. You sound like a nice person.
Well, I know for sure DOROTHY, wasn’t Using OIL OF OLAY! 🤔 Because she looks way older than 59 years old! 🤦🏼♀️🙄
OMG LMAO
😂😂😂😂😂
I thought Oil Of Olay was some type of embalming fluid because she looks like one of those mummies from Ancient Egypt.🤣.
Shame on you.
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Carrying those bodies would take some strength.... I kinda doubt that Peunte was the only doing all that murder or maybe she did but she would kinda have some kind of help to move those 🤷
Hmm the wiki says she hired convicts and probably drifters to dig up the graves.
Chop chop
She could have claimed she need holes for trees, and just hired random landscapers.
@@JuFated hiring someone to dig up, not knowing what's puente's intent of the site is one thing but hiring someone to dig up and helping move the body is another, they could be convicted as accessory to the crime and be as guilty as the murderer herself.
@jesse chilling you know, I wondered about that exact same thing too. Men are generally heavier than women ...so how does an old lady like this have the strength to carry a dead man's body, including the extra weight of the tarp as well? I suspect she paid those men who dug the holes for the bodies, to move and bury the bodies.
After finding human remains in the yard, Dorothy was not a suspect and allowed to go for coffee......lol!
Not at all bright of the police to allow her to drift off for coffee.
This is common prejudice, assuming a person looking a certain way won't do anything.
Oh? That little old lady? She wouldn't harm a fly...
Hey they're pro's, they know what they are doing.
What is disgusting to me is the couple who use the house for a way to make money by showing others the house for a price. No respect for the victims.
The Puente murder house is a huge tourist spot in Sacramento. The people who own it now do tours, and there is a lifesize Dorothea Puente doll waving from the porch.
Well.. somebody know how to make a money..😂😂😂
Wow humans are weird
😂😂wow
@@catherinecantik2684 I worked in downtown Sac for the last 15+ years and I have been driven by the house, but I didn’t know that they were doing tours now. Keeshond- I would agree with y’all that people are weird, but look at what we are watching...Plus, I just bought a shirt 👚 today that says, “MURDER SHOWS and COMFY CLOTHES so apparently I am proud 🥲 of belonging here!
I seen a tiktok abt it
I was 13 when Dorthea made news and followed it until she was convicted.
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thank.you.very.much.police.fr
😳 Sacramento... I live in Sacramento California and never heard about any killers until I started researching my city. I always wondered the emotional state of mind of the people who stumble across people’s bodies who have died? I hope they receive counseling 💔
I'm from sac too. There has been about five or more serial killers in Sacramento
Thank god for that social worker who knew her client so well.
33:05 'No evidence of any crime' - wtf , it was a crime her just running this boarding house as already mentioned due to her previous conviction (29:30) she wasn't allowed to do such a thing. Yet the police kindly dropped her back to her illegal home.
lol
Nobody has ever accused cops of being super bright.
it was more likely a slaughter house...🤣🤣👊👊👊
The first guy seems an amateur in comparison
Even after all these stories, all the years, I am still stunned by the evil in human beings who murder, not in self defense, but for any reason that strikes them.
Imagine getting 33yrs and only serving 11 then to come out and kill more. He had a wife! What the hell was she thinking???
Likely, he lied about why he was on parole. Criminals are fantastic liars.
It was his 2nd wife Glenda.
How was she able to carry the bodies? Something not right. Someone had to have helped her!!!
She hired men to dig holes and dig a lot of predawn gardening it say...
@@carolynsville9915 so that old lady moved bodies heavier than her?
I do construction and took care of my mom in her last year. I had one hell of a time picking her up when she didn’t participate. Dead weight is heavy.
The sentence at end "Even a cleverest predator can't avoid the detection" is a joke for the dead ones.
She killed 7 known victims and enjoyed their welfare money for years and it wasn't still easy to catch her without the suspicion of an elderly who lived there and worked in mortuary in past.
She caught at age 59 and given a life without parole to held in and enjoy ride on wheelchair by jail staff. What a justice..
It wasn't welfare money it was social security they had worked for their money.
She had already lived her life
@@estherkeeling777 great point
On the contrary, many skilled serial killers, perhaps even most, are never discovered.
@xyz abc Yes, the thought that a serial killer could be highly intelligent and concoct a fool proof way to carry out their homicidal craft without getting caught is terrifying. And yet, this is what we find. We must not assume that a cold blooded serial killer is going to have the same primitive mentality as a thug who robs a 7-Eleven store.
I suspect that most of the serial killers of today have never been identified or caught and are not even being targeted by police because the victims are never found. Hence, no case. What a thrill it must be for them to kill and know they will never be caught.
Perhaps I have a hearing problem, because I barely hear the background music that many commenters are saying is too loud
I can't either. I wonder what they are watching it on. I am using my cell phone and can hear it just fine.
I'm watching on my Android Tablet and can hear it just fine.
@@deniseberg8291 mine is an Android as well.
Yep watching on android too, sound good.
Watching on PC no problem at all
Somehow I ended up clicking this video and I lived in Wichita Falls, TX for 10 years since I moved from Japan! Wow.
I thought your pic was momo at first haha
@@Jolenesmart1980 well hell! I look that scary?! 😭
6:28 that detective asking 'how you doing?'... he just found a body mate how u think he's doing lmao
I used to live next door to the Dorthea Puente house, it has signs around it to not dig up the ground
I remember this case, I lived in California at the time. Pretty crazy and scary
It’s great that modern technology to find killers and bring them to justice for their family. God Bless them .thank you to the police that persevere!
She couldn't have done it alone! No way! Who carried the bodies? Who poured the cement? And why was she allowed to open another boarding house?? Many unanswered questions! She had to have co-conspirators!
That was always my question. She had been proven to be a rotter.
It was said about her hiring men to do the digging and bury the victims.
All she needed was the men to dig the holes. The rest she could do herself. She wasn't a decrepit, little, old lady. At 56 she probably had the muscles and strength to handle the corpses. Things slid nicely on tarps. Heck, up until my arthritis flared, I hefted boxes of 50 lbs or more of books at a library. At the time I was real slender, 120 lbs. Plus Sonora Fuentes started burying bodies in her backyard. The garage & house provided cover. She might have also used knockout drops to make sure the tenants slept well, too. Her fatal flaw was her greed for more money.
@@merrittascott3323She actually gave out orders to her unsuspecting tenants
Do you mean to tell me that the cops never picked up on this guy in the beginning. Laziness costs lives .
Why did they allow that sweet innocent ole lady, to go free..
Because they didn't recognise the signs...
I lived in Sacramento CA when this case same to light. My husband was a deputy sheriff then.
The cops there dont seem very professional..just the truth..
Obviously nothing to be proud of. They are absolutely useless.
smug-well paid defense lawyers grinning when she gets off on 4 of 6 charges we need to rethink how the legal system works
This broke my heart, was watching the netflix special. The poor souls likely out of luck and just needed some support, and to die this way....
The Dorothea Puente story sounds like a Hollywood scriptwriter’s dream.
What if he gets the wrong cup!? Some of these killers are very cunning and careful they are though but detectives know how to pin them in though I think.
I lived in Sacramento when Puente was active. Lived just a couple miles away.
Me too! Such a trip. The little old Granny with buried treasure. She was raking it in with those checks! 🤦🏼♀️
I lived in Utah when Puente was active, but was on vacation in England, thousands of miles away!!!
@@pamengland7863 Makes you wonder just when enough money is enough. This woman's greed is beyond compare.
Oh wow!! I'm on the east coast idk if I'd wanna know my kind little old lady neighbor did all that, I think that would scare me to never leave the house again, science really amazes me too bad I didn't realize that while in high school... this stuff keeps me up half the night watching it.....lol.....peace to all
I lived across the river near discovery park at the time. We heard a joke that went along the lines of.... I hear it’s pretty cold over on F st. Like 7 below....
The last case was unbelievable....old lady
How did she carry a dead man all the way to the garden with other tenants around? That's a heavy dude
You could drag it, these people are idiots
She'd have some help from her unwitting tenants.
This is why I train in martial arts. I don’t have (or need) strength. I have TECHNIQUES...& I know anatomy & physiology.
The most important thing isn't the size of the dog in the fight it's the size of the fight in the dog that matters.
So kind that the detective offered the woman a nice mug of water!
Great acting......not. Apartment is strewn with clothes and they find their friend dead on the floor and it's like they are looking for lost car keys.....
Any chance you can tweak the audio/background music levels? :)
Especially when I'm wearing my earphones.
However, it's free and my fav
I'm beginning to think TH-cam's compression leaves the audio unbalanced.
@@jamespfitz I did think the same thing.
Yes omg. . .. . 😕 It's absolutely horrendous
You would think old woman couldnt commit any crime what an evil scary thing !
It's commendable that glaring mistakes are portrayed! People are so unable to take responsibility for their mistakes, nowadays! They whine and blame others or criticize those who do make mistakes, instead of learning from the mistakes. The errors with Dorothea Puente's escape demonstrate that one should not judge a book by its cover, especially when crime is probable.
I do like the T-shirt, "Dorothea's Bed & Breakfast: So Good You'll Never Leave."
Charming and eager to co-operate first sign of a perp!! Her MO was frightening whattt !
Just for the record.. lime isn't corrosive. He mispeaks at the opening . It was LYE. People always confuse the two. Lime is ground up limestone. Lye is an acidic corrosive
Corrosive lime is calcium oxide or calcium hydroxide and is indeed corrosive. Look it up , I did.
She so desperately wanted government assistance.... now she’s got it.
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When you get a 79 year old lady to play a 59 year old lady.
more like 89 to me
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Once actresses turn 25, they're moved to the "can play old lady" database.
I cant hear your background narrator over your foreground music. Please correct the audio levels when uploading.
Try using headphones 👍
SSS please is not wanted it’s annoying remember that
@@sherryhannah9262 try again in English please
@@3_up_moon no shut up
Rip legend detective John Little.brought peace for 5 soul and their famillies.
I wonder if Dorothy Apente was the story base for movie "What ever happened to Aunt Alice?" Starring Geraldine Paige. She killed 7 house keepers for their social security checks and each one was buried in her well attended garden. When they caught her she was drawing 6 checks a month.
We pray to the departed soul, RIP, Almighty God 🙏 forgive them for they not know what they do.
"We found corpse in your backyard so why don't you go and get yourself some coffee while we're looking for more".... I wish people would trust me the way these police trust the old lady
Trust you to do what tho? Lol 😅🤔
I like this series the best because it's the real deal and no fake drama. 😀
Dorothy Pointez,1987 to 1989 I lived in Sacramento when I saw the news
This is NOT about Dorothea Puente! 😠🤣🤣🤣
What is this show called? I like the narrators voice.he sounds like the guy from FBI FILES.
I love,love his voice, but he puts me to sleep often.. don't know who he is too
I do too! And forensic files!
I love love love that guy from fbi files🥺😅. both their voices are soothing.
I'm a cereal killer. Last week I polished off a whole box of Special K. 😂😁
25:00 Dorthy's story starts at 25min.
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On another documentary of Dorothy Puente someone commented "my grandma Gina Rodriguez was cellmates with Dorothy Puente "😆. I don't think their grandma would be too proud of her name being associated with Dorothy Puente on the internet. 😂
'Dorothea had a penchant for pre-dawn gardening...'
What lol she’s the devil
Was that the one where she won First Prize for her blooming Azaleas?...and when they asked her what she put into the compost grinder she said,Wouldn't you like to know?
That music is way way to loud how are we supposed to hear you.
I can hear it..
@@mcqueen7583 haha i would just commented wich music :D
That second case can be an inspiration for a horror movie..
I smell a Netflix movie.😌🤡
All that was going on In her house and she asks to go to the coffee shop!!!
And they let her lol
Some of you have clearly never heard of this woman before watching this video. Never mind the actress.like manu before here, she used elderly people as cash cows, by using their social security and their identity to get money.
Thief
"I Care A Lot" from netflix, and yep she used elderly people as cash cows.
I am surprised have not made a movie about Dorothea Puente you could honestly make a really good movie out of that
Absolutely no way that grandma was only 59!
She actually was but made herself appear older than she truly was
That whole 'you cant be tried again' thing does not make even a little sense. I don't know what kind of madness is going on in this world.
Incredibly irresponsible considering if it were any man with bodies in their back yard the police would absolutely take them back to the station and interrogated them. Not allowing them to go for coffee😒
I saw the boarding house on a show awhile ago. It was a makeover show on homes that had violent death in them.
I live a couple blocks away. Yeah, it looks nothing like it used to. They used to get a lot of looki loo people coming by. Not as much now though.
Puente looks awfully old for 59. Im 71 and i look younger than she does. Hiding behind her elderly appearance i guess.
I think the same, due to her past and being on parole, she didnt want anyone to really know who she was, hence the old grandmotherly act...it worked for a long time.
i admire the skill of these cops who suspect this old lady ? you can't out smart a smart cop
NEVER trust a sweet gray-haired granny!
That doesn't mean all granny's are like this idiot
Proves that people are easily MANIPULATED WHEN a person ACTS ACTS ACTS LIKE THEY ARE KIND AND CARING. SHE acted this way only to deceive. TRUST NO ONE TOTALLY AND DONT DROP YOUR GUARD!!!!!!!!!
Can't see how she could carry bodies on her own, surely someone must have helped?
I remember the second case since it happened not too far from where I lived. Scary!
Just a quick sidebar: You’ve got a great set of gnashers Mike! 😁
I always feel it’s such a waste when people have a productive, educated life. All that study, effort and potential just gone.
But its ok if they’re prostitutes or drug addicts?
Doesn’t matter who they are, no one deserves to die like that
Wow. I mean I applaud you bring so honest with your judgement I guess but I don't see how going to school makes your life more valuable than anyone else
@@beargrills8240 no it does not.
I used to live in Wichita Falls TX didn't know such a small city/town had serial killers, but this was in the late 80s WAY before my time.