In 2003, the gruesome discovery of a pair of severed legs in a California dumpster marked the start of a two-decade mystery. Laurie Diane Potter vanished, her husband claiming she'd simply chosen a new life. For 17 years, Jack Potter concealed his crime through deception and fraud—until advances in DNA technology and determined cold-case detectives finally unraveled his lies. In this Current Affairs special, Jessie Pray and Andie Cassette explore a case where delayed justice ultimately prevailed, bringing closure to a family long kept in the dark.

Current Affairs is Love Murder's shorter show about the stories of love gone fatally wrong that are in the news right now.

Sources:

https://people.com/she-was-murdered-legs-thrown-dumpster-husband-learns-fate-11728963

https://www.sacbee.com/news/california/article305746641.html

https://lawandcrime.com/crime/pocket-all-profits-scheming-husband-left-dismembered-wifes-legs-in-dumpster-as-he-plied-strip-club-girlfriend-with-apartment-and-30k-limit-credit-car

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A marriage between a self-proclaimed tech genius and his Russian doctor wife goes disastrously and fatally wrong.

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1. “Computer Programmer Leads Police to Wife’s Body - ABC News.” ABC News, ABC News, 8 July 2008, https://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=5327310&page=1.
2. “Convicted Murderer, Filesystem Creator Writes of Regrets to Linux List - Ars Technica.” Ars Technica, 19 Jan. 2024, https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/01/convicted-murderer-filesystem-creator-writes-of-regrets-to-linux-list/.
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4. Tygard, Judy. 48 Hours. 2008.
5. Lee, Henry K. Presumed Dead. Penguin, 2010.

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Erin Patterson invited her ex-in-laws to lunch to tell them about her cancer diagnosis. Except the diagnosis was a lie, and the intent was much more murderous.

Current Affairs is Love Murder's shorter show about the stories of love gone fatally wrong that are in the news right now.

Sources:

https://www.npr.org/2025/05/02/nx-s1-5383874/erin-patterson-murder-trial-poison-mushroom-australia

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/may/02/mushroom-murders-trial-erin-patterson-ntwnfb

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14667083/Erin-Patterson-mushroom-trial.html

https://people.com/woman-accused-killing-inlaws-poisonous-mushroom-has-attempted-murder-charges-dropped-11723938

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