Samuel Little and Orelia Jean Dorsey became a regular Bonnie and Clyde-type couple, hitting the road, stealing things for money, and staying in run-down motels across the country. Per the Cleveland Magazine, Little later called Dorsey "no beauty" and admitted that she was 30 years old than him, almost like a surrogate mother (his own mother and grandmother died shortly after they met in 1972 and 1973, respectively). It was the fact that she was loyal to him even when she didn't know him back in that jail that really hooked him. She even taught him how to "fence," or sell, the things they stole to keep them afloat. 

According to the outlet, it didn't seem like Dorsey knew that Little was going out at night to find victims he could strangle and murder, though she had to know he was up to no good, given that he was arrested dozens of times in just as many states, per The Washington Post, both before and during their time together. His charges would range from shoplifting and assault to rape and kidnapping. Their bond was strong enough that it protected her, at least, though. She died in 1988 of a brain hemorrhage in Los Angeles, where they were living at the time. Little carried on his life of crime for another couple of decades. 

Sadly, much like most of Little's victims, little else is known about her aside from her connection to the serial killer. 

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