James Potts, 20, stabbed by Anthony Case, 20

29 Feb 2008

Houston had a string of days where the streets were quiet of homicides. Unfortunately, that quiet was shattered after James Potts was murdered at 2:30 AM.

James Potts, 20, died from multiple stab wounds as he was assaulted by Anthony Case, 20. Harris County Sheriffs responded to an assault in progress and when they came to the scene they discovered Potts had died in his apartment as a result of the stab wounds.

They also found Potts's girlfriend at another apartment. She too had stab wounds. She identified Case as the attacker and when caught Case admitted to the murder.

Homicide News Release

***UPDATE***

The website DreaminDeamon has interviewed the mother of the victim's friend.

"Anthony Case turned 20 on February 21. Just a week later, he became a murderer. On Thursday night, February 28, Anthony had spent the night with a friend. Earlier in the evening Anthony had stolen the friend’s cell phone and truck keys, hiding them, but the friend didn’t notice. The friend, his young wife and their small child had gone to bed. Anthony, a longtime friend who stayed at the home often, wasn’t asleep. Instead, he was plotting two murders and a frame job.

Sometime later, Anthony left the apartment and went to another apartment just two buildings away, the home of mutual friend James Potts and James’ girlfriend Ashley. How Case got into the home is unclear, but once he did, Case attacked Potts, stabbing him more than 32 times. Ashley began to scream, so Case grabbed her by the hair, jerked her head back and slit her throat. Our source says that “…when she still struggled, he stabbed her twice in the back and then went to cut her throat yet again, this time she slipped in his grip, and the knife went into her mouth, and he slit her from her mouth to her ear… at which point, she played dead.”

Ashley waited for Case to leave. Still in shock and bleeding heavily, she managed to get out of the second-floor apartment and go to another unit to get help. Police arrived at 2:30 on Friday morning and Ashley was able to tell them that it was Case who had done the stabbing. Police located Case by tracing the friend’s stolen cell phone. Case was found walking down a road nearby."