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Are You Glued to Netflix’s New “Worst Roommate Ever?”
After You’ve Watched Serial Dorothea Puente’s Sordid Tale, Check Out What’s Happening with Serial Killers in the Real World
On March 1, Netflix began entertaining us with its new true-crime series about the “Worst Roommate Ever.” The first episode is a doozy, giving us the sordid saga of female serial killer Dorothea Puente, who ran the boarding house from hell and killed her tenants.
Meanwhile, here in the real world, there was plenty of serial killer news as well:
Daytona Beach Serial Killer Robert Tyrone Hayes Sentenced to Life in Prison
Florida jurors deliberated for just seven hours before recommending serial killer Robert Tyrone Hayes to life in prison without the possibility of parole. He was convicted of the rapes and murders of three women between December 2005 and February 2006. He was twenty-two and a college student while committing these crimes. He is still awaiting trial for the 2016 rape and strangulation murder of thirty-two-year-old Rachel Bey in Palm Beach County.
Hayes’ defense tried to lessen his sentence in several ways. They argued that a brain scan showed he had brain damage “in areas that regulate…