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Laurie and Laura, two Palisades residents who spoke with me in January and February, agreed to share their stories with The Times on the condition that their last names not be used.

On Friday, one of the region’s most disturbing cold cases concluded when 72-year-old Jack Potter was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison for the murder of his wife, Laurie Potter.

For almost 20 years, prosecutors say, Potter was living large and profiting off of Laurie’s death while pretending she was still alive.

A maintenance worker at the Country Hills Apartment complex in Rancho San Diego had discovered Laurie’s legs in October 2003, but law enforcement was unable to identify her and the case went unsolved.

Detectives then progressively asked closer relatives to share their DNA until — 20 people and six months later — they reached Laurie’s adult son.