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Salvatore Potenza

Case from Brooklyn, NY dated Oct 15, 1964

Victim Details

Salvatore Potenza

Male

White / Caucasian

Brooklyn

NY

1964-10-15

35

Salvatore

Potenza

07/16/2026

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On a fateful night in Brooklyn, New York, the life of 35-year-old Detective Salvatore Potenza was cut short in a violent encounter. On October 15, 1964, Detective Potenza and his partner, Detective James A. Donegan, were responding to a domestic violence incident in the Flatlands section of the borough. A concerned Reverend William H. Lothrop had reported that a man had assaulted his wife and was threatening to kill her. The man in question was Donald B. Guyette, a 35-year-old with a troubled pa ...
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