Man found dead in Massachusetts freezer identified by family as John Wayne Potter a day after he went missing
LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS: A Massachusetts man who was found dead in the freezer of a Lowell home has been identified by his family as John Wayne Potter, on Saturday, December 3. Authorities have not released the identity of the man whose body was discovered in a chest freezer in a basement on Coburn Street on Friday, December 2. However, the Potter family which had reported the missing of the 37-year-old were able to identify the body to be his.
The findings came a day after local police had issued a missing persons alert for John, who hadn't been seen since before Thanksgiving, NBC Boston reported. "As soon as I heard he was missing, I knew I knew something was wrong," his stepmother, Donna Potter, told the outlet. The body of John was discovered by Lowell police officers during a well-being check, as per People.