Dorothea Helen Puente

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The Old Serial Killer LandLady: Dorothea Helen Puente. Gracelyn Tomblin Department of Social Science HSP3UR: Introduction to Anthropology, Psychology and Sociology Mrs. Anastasia Chiasson April 26, 2024 Abstract This paper's analysis is based on the elderly landlady, Dorothea Helen Puente, who was found to be a serial killer of nine different victims. This essay will include Dorothea’s background, which will consist of her crimes, early life traumas, and her life as an adult. Her behaviorism and experiences will also be compared and contrasted with psychological and sociological theories varying from Mary Ainsworth’s attachment style theory, Erik Erikson’s psychosocial development, Albert Bandura’s Bobo doll experiment, …show more content…

Despite her efforts, she was eventually caught on November 7, 1988, due to a former resident, John Sharp who kept quiet about the disappearance of a tenant named Montoya. After he had told his story, the detective was permitted to dig areas in her backyard that seemed to have recently been disturbed. After 30 minutes of digging, they had finally found the first body, but Dorothea had slipped away from the police and issued her escape, Wilson, 1990. Pg. 11-12. See also http://www.pg.org/pg/pg/pg/pg/pg/pg/pg/pg/pg/pg/pg/pg/pg/pg/pg/pg/pg/pg/p Fortunately, nine days later, Charles Willgues and Gene Silver of CBS alerted the police of Dorothea’s whereabouts. Finally, on November 16, 1988, Dorothea Helen Puente was arrested for the 9 murders of the elderly, homeless, and disabled. She was sentenced to life without parole, Wilson, 1993. Pg. 9: the victims and families could be safe knowing she could never harm an innocent ever again. Theories The modus operandi and the signature are two types of observations investigated to characterize …show more content…

Collinshaw R., Kritzer S., Warecki P. (2011). Social Science An Introduction. Mc-Graw-Hill Ryerson Limited. This reference was used to find information on theories that connected to Dorothea’s case This textbook is partially biased and it has opinions by the authors, however, it includes the primary social scientist’s studies and experiments that are peer-edited [4] Kulcyzk, D. (2013). California Fruits, Flakes, Nuts: True Tales of California’s Crazies, Crackpots and Creeps. Linden Publishing. This reference was used to find information on Dorothea’s crimes, specifically her brothel operation arrest This book is partially biased as the author gives his opinions on the different

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