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Today, we bring you a story of deception, dismemberment, and delayed justice. A case that began with a gruesome discovery in a

California dumpster and ended two decades later with a guilty plea in a courtroom.

Jack Dennis Potter, now 72, has been sentenced to 15 years to life

in prison for the murder of his wife, Lori Diane Potter. But the crime occurred in 2003,

and for nearly 20 years he convinced the world that Lori had simply vanished by choice.

Story begins on October 5, 2003, and Rancho San Diego, just east of San Diego

proper. A maintenance worker at an apartment complex opened a dumpster behind a local building

and saw something horrifying. A pair of human legs severed at the thigh wrapped in plastic.

Deputies and homicide detectives quickly arrived. The remains were confirmed to be from a woman.

No other body parts were recovered, no torso, no arms, no head, just legs.

With no immediate identification and no matching missing persons report, the woman became simply

another Jane Doe.

The case stalled almost immediately.

There was no crime scene, no DNA match in the

system, and no witnesses. And crucially, no one came forward to report a woman matching the description

as missing. No neighbors, no friends, not even family. And that was by design. Investigators would

later learn that Lori's husband, Jack Potter, had made sure no one

looked for her. He never reported her missing. Instead, just weeks after the body parts were found,

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