In 1967, she attempted to serve him with a divorce petition, but Puente fled to Mexico the divorce wouldn't be finalized until 1973. After sixteen months, the couple separated, with Gray citing domestic abuse as the main cause. In 1968, Gray married Roberto Jose Puente. She established her reputation as a caregiver, providing young women with a sanctuary from poverty and abuse without charge. Gray assumed the identity of 'Sharon Johansson', hiding her delinquent behavior by portraying herself as a kind, Christian woman.

Gray and Johansson divorced in 1966, although she would continue to use Johansson's name for some time following their separation. While there, doctors diagnosed her as a pathological liar with an unstable personality. In 1961, Johansson had Gray briefly committed to DeWitt State Hospital after a binge of drinking, lying, criminal behavior, and suicide attempts. Gray was arrested in 1960 for owning and operating a brothel under the disguise of a bookkeeping firm in Sacramento she was found guilty and was sentenced to ninety days in the Sacramento County Jail. They had a turbulent marriage Gray would take advantage of Johansson's frequent trips to sea by inviting men to their home and gambling away his money. She created a fake persona, calling herself 'Teya Singoalla Neyaarda', and claiming to be a Muslim of Egyptian and Israeli descent. In 1952, Gray married merchant seaman Axel Bren Johansson in San Francisco. Six months after her release, she left Riverside. She was charged and pled guilty to two counts of forgery, serving four months in jail and three years' probation. In the spring of 1948, Gray was arrested for purchasing women's accessories using forged checks in Riverside. Gray had two daughters between 19 she sent one child to live with relatives in Sacramento, placed the other for adoption and also suffered a miscarriage. Gray's first marriage, at the age of sixteen, in 1945, was to a soldier named Fred McFaul, who had just returned from the Pacific theater of World War II. Puente and her siblings were subsequently sent to an orphanage, where she was sexually abused. Her father died of tuberculosis in 1937 her mother lost custody of her children in 1938 and died in a motorcycle accident by the end of the year. Her parents were both alcoholics and her father repeatedly threatened to commit suicide in front of his children. Puente was born Dorothea Helen Gray on January 9, 1929, in Redlands, California, to Trudy Mae ( née Yates) and Jesse James Gray.

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