The Murdered Janice Lynn Potter

The Murdered
Janice Lynn Potter
Baltimore County, Maryland

💔 Fourty Years Without Answers: Remembering Janice Lynn Potter 🕊️

On April 15, 1986, 24 year old Janice Lynn Potter, who was two months pregnant, returned home from work to her townhouse on Talister Court in Rossville, Maryland, ate dinner, and settled into the basement family room to watch TV. Because the wood-burning stove made the space uncomfortably warm, her husband cracked open the sliding glass door before leaving for night classes around 6 p.m. During a severe rainstorm that same evening, Janice stayed home after canceling plans with her sister, an innocent decision that would haunt her family forever. Sometime between 6 and 10 p.m., an intruder is believed to have entered through the partially open door, brutally stabbing Janice to death and stealing jewelry and antique silver items. In the weeks leading up to her murder, Janice had received harassing phone calls, which investigators suspect may be connected to the crime. Her husband was quickly ruled out, and despite decades of investigation, her killing remains unsolved. Police believe someone from the neighborhood may hold vital information, and Janice’s family continues to seek justice more than 30 years later, urging anyone with even the smallest detail to come forward. 

Please call Metro Crime Stoppers at 1-866-7-LOCKUP.

Sources:
After 38 years, police still search for killer of Janice Lynn Potter
Family Pushes for Justice 30 Years After Pregnant Woman Janice Potter’s Murder
Janice Lynn Potter | Baltimore County Government
Who Killed Janice Lynn Potter? | Essex, MD Patch
Baltimore County Police still working to solve 37-year-old Cold Case murder of Janice Potter – CBS Baltimore
Family seeks justice in 1986 Rosedale killing (9) Facebook