The innocuous-seeming woman committed some of the most notorious murders in Sacramento's history Owen Brewer/Sacramento Bee/Tribune News Service via Getty Dorothea Puente, perhaps Sacramento’s most ...

There were no surprises when Barbara Holmes and Tom Williams bought their two-story Victorian home at 1426 F St. at auction for $226,000 in 2010. They outbid just one other contestant in a packed room ...

There’s a handwritten recipe framed on the wall of Tom Williams and Barbara Holmes’ home in Mansion Flats. They’ve never made it, but don’t think much of the creator’s cooking — or anything else about ...

Discover the chilling true story of Dorothea Puente, California's infamous "Death House Landlady," a seemingly harmless grandmother who became one of the state’s most notorious female serial killers.

Uniquely is a Sacramento Bee series that covers the moments, landmarks and personalities that define what makes living in the Sacramento area so special. The most infamous occupant of 1426 F St. in ...

Sacramento’s very own serial killer, Dorothea Puente, is back to tell her story. Almost thirty-seven years after the first body was dug up on her property, the F St. boarding house killer has shown up ...

Dorothea Puente, perhaps Sacramento’s most notorious murderer, was so seemingly non-threatening that authorities let her out of their sights time and time again — even after digging up seven bodies in ...

The innocuous-seeming woman committed some of the most notorious murders in Sacramento's history Dorothea Puente, perhaps ...