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Have you ever wondered where a saying originated from?

The phrase that is coming to mind during this particular moment is don't judge a book by its cover.

This phrase appears in the African Journal American Speech in 1944 for the first time. However, the phrase was a little bit different back then. It went, you can't judge a book by its bindings. Over time, it has

evolved to its current form. It is a very simple phrase that is fairly self-explanatory. Don't

judge the outside against the inside. A person can look tattered, broken,

and even a little bit mean, but have a heart of gold. On the flip side, a person can look

kind, innocent, and unsuspecting, but have a streak of evil and darkness within them that not even those closest to them ever knew about it until it was too late.

You're listening to The Apex and the Abyss, and this is the story of Dorothea Puente.

Authorities say they'll go for the death penalty in the trial of a landlady suspected

of killing seven boarding home tenants.

A Sacramento judge today arraigned Dorothea Puente on one murder count.

Prosecutors say additional murder charges will be at it.

Puente did not enter a plea and is being held tonight without bail.

Police named the ex-con as a suspect that they after finding seven bodies buried in the yard of her Sacramento boarding house.

Authorities say Puente killed her tenants for their social security checks.

Dorothea Puente is a perfect example of the whole don't judge a book by its cover mentality.

Our story takes place in 1988.

Dorothea was about 60 years old and she ran a boarding house in Sacramento, California.

On the outside, the petite, older woman looked like a sweet little grandma.

She took people into the boarding house she lived in

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