ROSEDALE, MD—Detectives continue to search for information that may help solve a 1986 cold case.
Janice Lynn Potter was discovered in her home in the unit block of Talister Court in Rosedale (21237) at around 10:00 p.m. on April 15, 1986.
Janice was two months pregnant at the time and went to the basement after dinner to watch TV in the family room. Just before he left for school in College Park at 6 p.m., her husband opened the sliding glass door slightly because the wood burning stove in the basement was putting out an excessive amount of heat.
At around 10 p.m., Mr. Potter came home to find that Janice had been brutally murdered.
Investigators believe that sometime between 6 and 10 p.m., someone entered the home through the open sliding glass door and stabbed Janice Potter repeatedly.
In the weeks before her death, police say Janice Potter had been on the receiving end of annoying telephone calls. Investigators believe that the person responsible for those calls may be the same person who killed her.
This incident remains under investigation by the Baltimore County Police Department.
Anyone with information on this case is asked to call police at 410-307-2020 or Metro Crime Stoppers at 1-866-7LOCKUP.
