Kristen had been left in a coma, still struggling to survive from serious bruising on her brain. I mean, Kristen’s a very beautiful girl and then to see her, you know, her hair all cut and matted with blood, you know, just seeing your own child go through what that pain must have been like was just, is just impossible for us to take,” Rick said.
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When they reached Spokane, they were ushered into an intensive care unit where they found their once-vivacious daughter unconscious and hooked up to a series of tubes and monitors. “I just remember praying like I’ve never prayed before in my life, you know, ‘Hang on, Kristen we’re coming, hang on,’” Rick recalled. “All we know is that we have an injured female in the middle of the road and we have very little evidence.”Īs Kristen was being rushed to a nearby hospital and then airlifted to Spokane, her parents, Pat and Rick Grindley, were trying to come to grips with the news that their daughter had been gravely injured. Judge Thomas Gainer says he'll sentence Potts on Tuesday.“We didn’t know if it’s an attempted murder or if it’s just a bad accident,” Whitman County Sheriff Brett Myers said of the perplexing scene. The hearing was delayed because of some questions regarding a cell phone that was found in some documents that Potts gave his attorneys earlier this week. "In my career, he's got to be Top 10," Williams said. He was asked where Potts ranked among worst inmates. The 28-year-old pharmaceutical rep was asphyxiated after breaking up with Potts.Ĭook County Jail Chief Tarry Williams testified that Potts has committed more than 200 violations while in custody, including setting a fire in his cell and sabotaging plumbing.
Potts was convicted in Franklin's 2007 murder. She was able to call hotel security and he fled," said Lombard. "He choked her, choked her out, and threw her on the bed. Richard Lombard testified that one of Potts' former girlfriends told him Potts choked her during a stay in a New York City hotel.
The court also heard from two state's attorney investigators who detailed a pattern of violence by Potts against women. He stopped eating and his health declined," said Maria Maner, Franklin's mother. "There were two deaths, Nailah and her father. None of were there to hear her cries," said Ashlee Allen, Franklin's sister. "Nightmares still taunt me with her screaming, moaning and reaching out, begging for her life. Potts also said he blamed the media for the "narrative" of him stalking Franklin. Potts then read an email from Dorsey and asked the judge, "Does this sound like a battered woman?" Potts did admit to kicking a door in while frustrated about being able to visit his children. He said another woman who testified against him, Ina Dorsey, was angry because he dated her but never told her he was married. Potts also argued that his children's mother Natalie Figueroa was not a battered woman, but that he left her after she cheated on him while he was in prison. He argued that he was targeted by guards over the last eight years because he would not accept poor treatment as other inmates do. Potts also defended his record of infractions while in jail.
Potts told the court that Franklin also called the mother of his children and told her Potts wanted to have a child with Franklin. But Potts denied that Franklin was his girlfriend.īut Potts also told the judge on Friday that he did not stalk the victim, but that he asked Franklin to stop calling him. Prosecutors say Potts killed Franklin after she broke up with him. But Potts today said he's the victim of a narrative that's untrue. All week prosecutors have portrayed Potts as a cunning manipulator who grows angry and violent when his lies are uncovered. Potts did not testify during his murder trial, but he had plenty to say Friday, speaking for about 40 minutes. Potts, 39, is facing life in prison for killing the pharmaceutical rep. Convicted killer Reginald Potts spoke out in his own defense for the first time Friday during his sentencing hearing.ĬHICAGO (WLS) - Convicted killer Reginald Potts spoke out in his own defense for the first time Friday during his sentencing hearing in the 2007 death of ex-girlfriend Nailah Franklin.
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