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Man Found Strangled to Death in Basement Freezer Years After His Sister Was Murdered
John Wayne Potter lost his sister to murder at a young age, then was murdered himself.
*All suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.*
Thirty-seven-year-old Massachusetts resident, John Wayne Potter, went missing on the 23rd of November 2022. John Wayne had been living in Lowell at 190 Coburn Street with his sister and multiple roommates. His sister said she hadn’t seen John since the day before Thanksgiving. When he didn’t attend his family’s Thanksgiving celebration, everyone knew something was alarmingly wrong.
John's father tried to contact him by cell phone, but it was turned off. He then went to the police station to report his adult son missing.
A few days later, John Wayne was found dead, packed into a basement freezer.
His 38-year-old roommates were charged with kidnapping and have both pleaded not guilty. However, they claim a third person is the actual murderer.
On the 29th of November, a call came into dispatch and the woman on the other end said she knew where John Wayne was. He was being held hostage inside a home on Coburn Street. She said she believed Potter was in the basement of that…
