Wife blew away CPAP-wearing husband as he slept in a chair, then told cops she'd be waiting for them on her porch: Police

An Oklahoma pistillate told dispatchers that she would beryllium waiting connected her structure for constabulary to get aft she allegedly changeable her husband to death.

Elizabeth Poteete, 70, was charged with first-degree execution aft deputies from the Sequoyah County Sheriff's Office responded to her location connected Feb. 6 and recovered her husband, 70-year-old Troy Wayne Poteete, sitting successful a seat with aggregate gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dormant astatine the scene. According to a probable origin affidavit obtained by Law&Crime, Elizabeth Poteete told dispatchers astatine 11:17 p.m. that she changeable her hubby respective times and said "she would beryllium waiting for deputies connected the structure of her residence."

Deputies said they attempted lifesaving measures connected Troy Poteete, a former justice connected the Cherokee Nation Supreme Court, but were incapable to prevention him. Elizabeth Poteete allegedly told deputies erstwhile they arrived that she was the 1 who changeable her husband.

After she waived her Miranda rights, Elizabeth Poteete told authorities that "she was acrophobic for her life," and she said Troy Poteete, his girlfriend, and different unnamed idiosyncratic were going to sprout her. After the purported threat, Elizabeth Poteete took a handgun retired of a filing cabinet. As Troy Poteete was sleeping successful a seat with a CPAP instrumentality implicit his face, Elizabeth Poteete allegedly said, she changeable him aggregate times aft retrieving a handgun from a filing cabinet.

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Police said earlier the aforesaid day, astir 6 p.m., Elizabeth Poteete called 911 aft claiming to spot an unidentified antheral walking astir her property. Deputies responded to the residence and conducted a hunt of the area. Police said thing suspicious was found. They contacted Troy Poteete, who was not location astatine the time, by telephone and told him what his woman reported. The deputies did not authorities however helium responded, but wrote successful the affidavit that they "believed [Elizabeth Poteete] was having a intelligence episode."

Since the fatal shooting took spot successful the Cherokee Nation, which some Troy and Elizabeth Poteete beryllium to, the lawsuit is present being investigated by the FBI.

Elizabeth Poteete was charged with 1 number of first-degree murder. She is being held astatine the Sequoyah County Jail without bond. Her arraignment is scheduled for March 3.