Tijuana Strip Clubs: Marine Pleads Guilty To Killing Stripper Wife
Marine Pleads Guilty To Killing Stripper Wife
Patrick Poteat Faces Prison Sentence Of 15 Years To Life
POSTED: 12:03 pm PDT August 13, 2010
UPDATED: 6:46 pm PDT August 13, 2010
SAN DIEGO — A Miramar-based Marine pleaded guilty Friday to second-degree murder for strangling his 19-year-old stripper bride of two months while she slept in their Mira Mesa apartment.
According to authorities, Lance Cpl. Patrick Thomas Poteat, a 22-year-old electronics technician, killed Kalyn O’Barr-Poteat 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.
He is expected to be sentenced to 15 years to life in prison Nov. 10.
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The young woman worked as a nude dancer at Goldfingers Gentlemen’s Club under the name “Darla.”







