Wife’s severed legs found in dumpster as husband showers stripper girlfriend with lavish gifts

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🗓️ 13 May 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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This Week on True Crime News The Podcast: The discovery of Laurie Potter’s severed legs in a dumpster launched a difficult investigation as police attempted to identify the woman, who was never reported missing. While authorities sought Laurie’s killer, her husband Jack Potter opened multiple lines of credit in the dead woman’s name so he could shower his stripper girlfriend with lavish gifts. Dr. Judy Ho joins host Ana Garcia. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:17.4	All investigators had to go on were a pair of human legs belonging to a woman in her 50s.
1:24.5	They didn't know who she was, but they knew for sure she'd been murdered. And because no one
1:30.6	reported a woman matching this description missing, the case went cold for 17 years. Meanwhile,
1:39.0	the man who killed her, her husband, went about fulfilling a fantasy with a stripper that he was obsessed with. He opened
1:46.4	up credit cards in his dead wife's name in order to buy the exotic dancer, a boat, and some cars.
1:53.6	And the killer kept up this pretense that his wife was alive the whole time. Even the woman's
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