handwriting expert confirmed that Puente had signed the names of
seven dead tenants on 60 federal and state checks that were sent to
1426 F Street in 1987 and 1988, Sacramento Bee reported. She was making $5,000 a month from the forgeries.  Dorothea Puente forged signatures (The
prosecution decided not to charge Puente with forgery, saying they
thought the additional charge would make the case too complex for
jurors.) Her
defense attorney Kevin Clymo conceded that "Puente had a touch |