She Was Murdered, Her Legs Thrown in Dumpster — and Husband Went on Shopping Spree with Credit Cards in Her Name

Jack Potter, 72, became obsessed with a woman he met at a strip club and gifted her with a boat, a Hummer and a credit card with a $30,000 limit that he obtained using his dead wife’s identity, prosecutors say

  • When Laurie Diane Potter, 54, of Temecula, Calif., disappeared without a trace in 2003, her husband, Jack Potter, began opening credit cards in her name and spending lavishly
  • Potter became enamored with a woman he met at a strip club and gave her extravagant gifts including a Hummer and a credit card with a $30,000 limit
  • Laurie Potter was never reported missing, the San Diego Sheriff’s Office said

A California man convicted of discarding his murdered wife’s severed legs in a dumpster before opening credit cards in her name and spending lavishly on a boat and a Hummer SUV for his new girlfriend he met at a strip club has learned his fate.

On Friday, May 2, Jack Potter, 72, was sentenced to 15 years-to-life in state prison for the 2003 murder of his wife, Laurie Diane Potter, 54, San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan said in a statement.

“This was a brutal, calculated murder that shattered the lives of Laurie’s loved ones, who then had to endure nearly 20 years of unanswered questions and unimaginable grief,” DA Stephan said…

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