Killing of Kenyatta Odom | |
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Location | Killing: Near Albany, Georgia, U.S. Discovery of body: Millwood, Georgia, U.S. |
Date | December 21, 1988 | (discovery of body)
Attack type | Child homicide |
Victim | Kenyatta Odom, aged 5 |
Motive | Unknown |
Accused | Evelyn Odom Ulyster Sanders Sr. |
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Kenyatta "KeKe" Odom (c. 1982 - 1988), formerly known as Christmas Doe and Ware County Jane Doe, was a formerly unidentified murder victim whose decomposed remains were found in Millwood, Georgia on December 21, 1988. Her body was discovered inside a suitcase filled with cement that was placed inside of a television console and discarded on the side of a road. She was unidentified for 34 years until she was identified in November 2023.
Following Kenyatta Odom's identification, her mother and her mother's at-the-time boyfriend were arrested and charged with murder, child cruelty, and covering up Kenyatta's death. If convicted of murder, they face a mandatory sentence of life in prison.