| 9 Jan 1929 |
Dorothea Puente born, San Bernardino County CA. |
| 1933 |
Father dies. |
| 1935 |
Mother dies. |
| 1952 |
Marries Axel Johanson. |
| 1966 |
Divorces. |
| 1976 |
Marries Pedro Montalvo. |
| Apr 1982 |
Ruth Monroe, age 61, dies of a drug overdose in Puente's boardinghouse. |
| 18 Aug 1982 |
Dorothea Puente convicted of theft (3 counts), sentenced to five years. |
| 1985 |
Released from prison after serving roughly three years. |
| Nov 1985 |
Handyman Ismael Florez constructs a six-foot-long wooden box for Dorothea Puente, and assists her dumping it into a river, without actually knowing what is inside the box. He thinks this is somewhat strange but Dorothea is a nice lady. |
| 1 Jan 1986 |
Everson Gillmouth's decomposed body found inside a wooden box. |
| 11 Nov 1988 |
First body found underneath Puente's lawn. Seven bodies are found in all. |
| Nov 2001 |
Dorothea Puente's Victorian home dating in part to 1889, at 1626 F Street, Sacramento CA, offered for sale at $225,950. It's a fixer-upper; police trashed it looking for body parts. |
A serial killer for the purest of motives, money. Collected from social security checks of drug-addled and alcoholic tenants in a boardinghouse she obtained from her lousy, no-good second husband. How could such a nice old lady do these bad things?