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Benjamin Fink

Case from Sacamento, CA dated Jul 21, 1985

Victim Details

Benjamin Fink

Male

Sacamento

CA

1985

55

Benjamin

Fink

06/22/2026

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Benjamin Fink, a 55-year-old male resident of Sacramento, California, lived his final days in quiet obscurity, largely forgotten by society and ultimately victimized in one of California’s most chilling serial murder cases. Struggling with chronic alcoholism and pneumonia, Benjamin relied on a cane for mobility and had been placed in the care of Dorothea Puente, the landlady of a Sacramento boarding house for the elderly and disabled. Though details of his background and ethnicity remain large ...
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  • Landlady Guilty in Murders of Three Tenants - Los Angeles Times
  • Who Were Serial Killer Dorothea Puente's Victims? - Oxygen
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