5-Year-Old Girl Baby Jane Doe Who Was Buried In Concrete 35 Years Ago Has Been Revealed. Kenyatta “KeKe” Odom was identified this year thanks to a critical public tip, authorities said Monday.
5-Year-Old Girl Baby Jane Doe Who Was Buried In Concrete 35 Years Ago Has Been Revealed. Kenyatta “KeKe” Odom’s corpse was discovered near Millwood, Ware County, Georgia on December 21, 1988, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation during a press conference in Waycross.
Special Agent in Charge Jason Seacrist informed the gathered reporters that the corpse was discovered at an unlawful dumping site in Millwood in an old TV cabinet, wrapped in a blanket, put in a duffel bag, and then encircled by concrete.
Evelyn Odom, also known as Zmecca Luciana, 56, and her live-in partner at the time, Ulyster Sanders, 61, were detained without incident on Nov. 9, according to police. The GBI stated in a statement Monday that they were charged with criminal murder, first-degree child maltreatment, aggravated violence, hiding the death, and conspiracy to hide the death.
Both suspects are still being held by police. It is now known if they have hired legal counsel. Investigators are searching for the girl’s father.
“Finally after 35 years not only were we able to identify the remains of who ‘Baby Jane Doe’ was, but we were also able to make the arrest of who we believe were responsible,” Seacrist stated in a press release.
An Albany Herald newspaper discovered near the corpse in 1988 offered a critical connection to Albany, which was about 100 miles west of Millwood. Despite forensic testing, national media attention, and parallels to other missing children around the country, no suspect was ever uncovered, and the youngster went unidentified.
The infant was then traced back to a family in the Albany region using advanced DNA tracking methods in 2019.
The breakthrough occurred in 2022, after a public tipoff following press coverage of the story’s anniversary and a fresh call for information, which resulted in Kenyatta’s positive identification in June of this year.
“A tip came in. “She had heard the story of ‘Baby Jane Doe,’ and she thought she might know who this little girl was,” Seacrist said at the press conference. “She was aware that a child had gone missing and that her mother had stated that the child had moved in with her father.” This individual never really believed that narrative.”
The GBI and Ware County Sheriff Carl James expressed gratitude to an unknown local donor who presented a $5,000 prize for information about the “Ware County Baby Jane Doe” case.
James said at the press conference that he was one of the two detectives dispatched to the Millwood incident 35 years ago.
“When I arrived, I was completely unprepared for what we were about to discover.” “That is the body of a little girl named Kenyatta Odom, who was discovered in a wooded area not far from the road,” he stated.
“I would like to remind everywhere that where cold cases are concerned, investigators are always working on these cases, even though the public can’t see any progress for months or even years.”
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