PRUETT, ROBERT: Life and Death Row TV -
For some prisoners there is one last hope: a team of law students fighting to save their lives. Life and Death Row s1e3: Crisis Stage, BBC 2014
Two crisis appeals: gang member and drive-by killer Robert Garza and prison guard murderer Robert Pruett. ibid.
‘He was stabbed to death and a make-shift knife was found.’ ibid. news
A few hours before his murder Daniel Nagle had written a disciplinary report on Robert Pruett for breaking prison rules. ibid.
And next to Daniel Nagle’s body they found the ripped pieces of Robert Pruett’s report. ibid.
Ray Yarborough died from multiple stab wounds … Robert had turned 16 by the time the case came to trial; he was sentenced as an adult and given ninety-nine years. ibid.
PRYDE, THOMAS: When Missing Turns to Murder TV -
A man has disappeared from his home … The last person to see Adam was Tommy Pryde. Adam [Alexander] was selling his motorbike to Tommy. When Missing Turns to Murder s2e10: Adam Alexander
There’s still no sign of Adam. Mum Tricia won’t give up. ibid.
‘He made a confession to his wife.’ ibid.
PUENTE, DOROTHEA: Crime Stories TV - World’s Most Evil Killers TV - Murders at the Boarding House TV - The House is Innocent short 2015 -
November 11th 1988: on a quiet street in Sacramento, California, a body has been discovered. A terrible crime is about to be unearthed and with it the cold dark secrets of a serial killer no-one would ever suspect. Crime Stories s4e4: Dorothea Puente: The Boarding House Killer, Really 2017
But the blue and white Victorian house with its landscaped yard and garden is a pleasant surprise; so is its white-haired landlady Dorothea Puente. ibid.
In the yard investigators uncover two more bodies also wrapped in cloth and plastic. ibid.
The judge declares a mistrial on the other six counts. ibid.
On November 11th 1988 police searching for 51-year-old Bert Montoya paid a visit to the boarding house where he’d been living in Sacamento, California. Rumours of suspicious activity in the garden led to detectives begin digging up the area. Over the next three days seven bodies would be discovered under the ground at 1426 F Street. The landlady and number-one suspect was a 59-year-old woman named Dorothea Puente. World’s Most Evil Killers s2e2: Dorothea Puente, Sky Living 2018
The Victorian house has become a tourist attraction … the boarding house where nine people lost their lives. ibid.
She had already served time in prison for forging cheques. ibid.
Puente continued to exploit the other residents by collecting their social security cheques and keeping most of the money for herself. ibid.
Each of the seven bodies had traces of the same prescription sleeping pill. ibid.
‘The grandmotherly landlady is the prime suspect as Sacramento police begin the gruesome task of digging up the side yard of an apartment house. Police digging in the front and back yards of the boarding house have now found seven victims and they fear that more victims will be located as the digging continues. Murders at the Boarding House I, news, Sky Crime 2021
‘My conscience is not bothering me.’ ibid. Dorethea to rozzers
John McCauley was placed under arrest because he had become uncooperative and I believe at that time he was lying to us. ibid.
She had antisocial-psychopathic character traits. Murders at the Boarding House II, psychiatrist
‘She took their cheques away from them and then she took their lives away from them.’ ibid. prosecutor
‘We moved in here November 2010 and it’s taken up most of our life ever since. A lot of people wouldn’t have anything to do with the house. The House is Innocent, Tom Williams, short 12.33, 2015
1988: ‘Sacramento homicide detectives say they are digging up what they believe is the remains of at least one body … 1426F Street.’ ibid. news
‘Crews pulled a fifth body from a shallow grave today wrapped in a sheet – police couldn’t tell if the victim was male or female. The woman believed responsible for the deaths is 71-year-old Dorothea Puente.’ ibid.
PURSEHOUSE, GARETH: True Crime Recaps 2021
The murder of Hollywood sex therapist Amie Harwick … On Valentine’s Day 2020 she was strangled and thrown off a third storey balcony at her home in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles. The man accused of her murder was her former boyfriend … Gareth Pursehouse. True Crime Recaps: Dr Amie Harwick, Youtube 27.18, 2021
After only a couple of months together he turned abusive and controlling. She took out two restraining orders against him in 2011 and 2012. ibid.
PUSHER, THE: Manchester’s Serial Killer TV -
For years a disturbing rumour has swirled around Manchester: a serial killed dubbed The Pusher is stalking the city’s canals. January ’15 the story went global when a disturbing statistic came to light: 85 bodies, most of them men, have been pulled from the water since 2008. 28 of these deaths returned an open verdict and the inquest remained unexplained. Manchester’s Serial Killer, Channel 4 2016
PUTNAM, MARK: True Crime Recaps 2023 -
Mark Putnam was a rising star in the FBI … But when a young woman’s body [Susan] was found rotting on an old coal mining road it became clear that Mark had found himself caught between duty and desire … One of the most shocking crimes in FBI history. True Crime Recaps: The FBI’s Deadliest Mistake, Youtube 13.12, 2023
Soon their relationship went beyond handler and informant … Susan called Mark’s home phone almost every day … With his man in jail he didn’t need her as an informant … It was all getting way too messy … She allegedly flew into this violent rage screaming that she was going to tell his wife … He wraps his hands around her throat and presses till she stops breathing. ibid.