Marine To Be Sentenced For Killing Stripper Wife

11/10/2010 7:43:16 PM

SAN DIEGO -- A Miramar-based Marine who pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for strangling his 19-year-old wife of two months while she slept in the Mira Mesa apartment is scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday.
Lance Cpl. Patrick Thomas Poteat, a 22-year-old electronics technician, killed Kalyn O'Barr-Poteat on Jan. 5 and then tried to slit his wrists but was unsuccessful. After leaving a confession on the refrigerator, he fled to Joshua Tree, where he was arrested.
Poteat is expected to receive 15 years to life in prison Wednesday.

San Diego police Detective Mike Holden testified during an earlier hearing that Poteat told investigators he used an electrical cord to strangle his wife while she was in bed, and that she woke up and said, "I can't breathe. I can't breathe," but he continued the attack.
"He said he never should have done that," Holden testified. "He didn't know why he did it. Then he said he murdered her."
Poteat also said that while he was in Georgia for Christmas, his wife sent him text messages saying she was going to leave him, according to Holden, who also testified that the defendant didn't like that his wife made a living as a stripper.
http://www.10news.com/news/25744713/deta…

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georgmicrodong

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14 years ago

And they chose the Marine Corps' birthday to report this why? Oh, wait, let's fuck up their birthday with stories of the bad ones, even those comprise such a small percentage. Bastards.

Dudester

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14 years ago

And they chose the Marine Corps' birthday to report this why?

Great point GMD. I was stationed in San Dog for four years. See the other thread where I said they (the public) treated us like shit.

It took me a couple of years to get a date in San Dog. When I finallygot a GF, she told me that local mothers teach their girls:

Date only:

1) Sailors
2) Civilians
3) Guys fresh out of jail
4) If no one is left-a Marine

I can't counthe times I heard he phrase "Marines are psychos".

Happy fucking birthday to you too San Diego. Now go fuck yourself.

MajorBoobage

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14 years ago

This particular story came out on Wednesday because that's when the sentencing happened, as indicated in the first paragraph. Other developments have been reported as they happened (note the time stamps on the tops of the stories):

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/22171414/detai…

http://www.swrnn.com/southwest-riverside…

That said, Marine or not, I've always said that if anyone is contemplating a murder-suicide they should reverse the order.

mikeya02

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14 years ago

I met the girl once at the club.News crews tried to come in the club and interview the girls, manangement would have none of that. So sad that the hot head husband didnt realize that stripper is a job title not who she was. So sad.

sanitago

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14 years ago

"He said he never should have done that,"
no, duuuuhhh!
guy sounds like his elevator just doesn't make it to the top floor, and whether he's a Marine or not won't change that.

MisterGuy

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14 years ago

"I can't counthe times I heard he phrase 'Marines are psychos'."

Hey, some Marines are off their rockers for sure, but they don't have the corner on head cases by any stretch of the imagination.

In any event, his wife was hot...too bad:
http://www.sickcrimes.us/2010/01/patrick…

http://bbvm.wordpress.com/2010/01/26/aut…

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