Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Manhattan, KS: Kansas woman pleads no contest in ex-husband's death

MANHATTAN, Kan. | A Manhattan woman pleaded no contest in the shooting death of her ex-husband.

Riley County prosecutors say 63-year-old Martha Potter had originally pleaded not guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the shooting of 70-year-old Robert Potter.

The Manhattan Mercury reports that Potter changed her plea Monday and will be sentenced Jan. 11.

Robert Potter was found dead on Nov. 14, 2009, in the home he shared with his ex-wife. The couple had divorced two months earlier.

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