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The house on F Street was not a boarding house, not a sanctuary, not a grandmother's refuge. It was a mausoleum disguised as a home. Behind the lace curtains of a quiet Victorian boarding house in Sacramento, Dorothea Puente appeared to be a kindhearted grandmother, a woman who offered food, shelter, and comfort to society's forgotten souls. To her neighbors, she was the sweet old landlady who baked pies and waved politely from her porch. But beneath her gentle smile and neatly pressed cardigans lay one of the most shocking secrets in American crime history. Inside 1426 F Street, Puente ran more than just a boarding house. She preyed on the elderly, the homeless, and the mentally ill-people who trusted her with their lives. As her tenants mysteriously vanished, Puente continued to cash their benefit checks while planting their bodies in shallow graves beneath her rose bushes. By the time police uncovered her chilling scheme, the yard had become a graveyard of innocence, and the woman they thought was a caretaker was revealed to be a calculating predator. The Killer Landlady takes you deep inside the twisted world of Dorothea Puente. From her troubled past and web of lies to the gruesome discoveries that horrified the nation, this book reveals how she managed to deceive everyone around her, social workers, neighbors, and even law enforcement for years. This is not just the story of a serial killer hiding in plain sight. It is the haunting account of stolen lives, shattered families, and the terrifying truth that evil can wear the face of kindness.

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