“I never did anything to them.”
– Dorothea Puente
Context: Final statement in court, maintaining innocence.
– Dorothea Puente
Context: Final statement in court, maintaining innocence.
– Dorothea Puente
Context: Believed she reduced society’s burden.
– Dorothea Puente
Context: Justifying her control over their lives—and deaths.
– Dorothea Puente
Context: Claimed she helped elderly tenants.
– Dorothea Puente
Context: Denied responsibility despite bodies found buried.
– Nannie Doss
Context: Said in a chillingly cheerful tone after arrest.
– Nannie Doss
Context: Repeatedly married and killed for insurance money and dissatisfaction.