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Episode 284 - Dorothea Puente: The Boarding House of Death

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Dorothea Puente Puente

John hadn't seen or heard from the gentle giant in over two months. So obviously something was going on. Cabrera quietly took John down to the station where he could safely reveal all. Dorothea Puente was far from the me cold lady she was pretending to be. She had one hell of a backstory. Her parents were alcoholics and according to some accounts her mother took on sex work to make ends meet. By 1945 at the age of 16 she left the orphanage and married a soldier who returned from fighting in World War II. They had two children one in 1946 and another in 48 but they didn't keep either of them. The other baby was immediately put up for adoption.

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