The problem? Peete never learned that Arthur died in the hospital shortly after his admittance - and she had kept cashing his checks. Peete put Margaret's husband, Arthur, in a state hospital, moved into their home with her latest husband, and began spending the Logans' money. Unsurprisingly, Margaret disappeared in 1944. After her first employer died (no word on if she was involved with that), she began working for a woman named Margaret Logan, whom she had met previously in prison. Holman reports that Peete got out of prison for good behavior in 1939, changed her name to Anna Lee, and began working housekeeping jobs. Devastated by his wife's imprisonment, Richard took his own life in 1924. Denver police catch the killerĭenver police located Peete, and a California judge sentenced her to life in prison for Denton's murder.
According to CrimeScribe, it was around that time that police discovered Denton's body in the basement of his mansion. Nervous, Peete rented out Denton's property and moved back in with Richard and her daughter in Denver. Denton's teenage daughter became distrustful of Peete and hired a lawyer to investigate her. Peete began using Denton's money and making increasingly wild excuses for his absence. RELATED: How a Steamboat Springs Woman Became the Murderous "Black Widow" A month after she moved in, in June of 1920, he disappeared. She moved to Los Angeles and began living with another wealthy man named Jacob Denton, who agreed to rent her his local mansion while he did business in Denver. Louise Peete tries to avoid paying for her crimes in DenverĪfter having a daughter named Frances Ann, Peete left Richard in 1920 - alive, thankfully. Peete then moved to Denver and married a salesman named Richard Peete, who gave her the name we know today. Shortly after their nuptials, she stole $20,000 from his work and blamed it on him, making him Peete's second partner to take his own life (although some believe she killed him). Peete evaded punishment for Appel's murder by claiming self-defense and moved to Dallas, where she married a man named Harry Faurote. She then met a man named Joseph Appel in Waco, Texas - a week after their meeting, she shot him to death. Instead of mourning, she began traveling throughout various states, stealing from wealthy men and changing her name to avoid suspicion.
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