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Lela B Potts  Unsolved homicide

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Lela Potts
  • Case number: 3399
  • Incident location: Vocational Road – County Route 35
    Byesville, Ohio - Guernsey County
  • Incident date: 10/26/1988
  • Homicide date: 10/26/1988
  • Date of birth: 10/3/1912
  • Gender: Female
  • Race/Ethnicity: White
  • Law enforcement agency: Guernsey County Sheriff's Office / Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation

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On October 26, 1988, 76yr old Lela Potts was at home on Vocational Road – County Route 35, near Byesville (Guernsey County) Ohio, where she was stabbed and cut multiple times, causing her death. Perpetrators appear to have broken into the house prior to the attack on Potts.

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