{"id":82560,"date":"2023-11-13T23:08:29","date_gmt":"2023-11-13T23:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.estaql.com\/georgia-girl-5-whose-body-was-found-hidden-in-concrete-identified-after-35-years-us-news\/"},"modified":"2023-11-13T23:08:29","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T23:08:29","slug":"georgia-girl-5-whose-body-was-found-hidden-in-concrete-identified-after-35-years-us-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estaql.com\/seo\/georgia-girl-5-whose-body-was-found-hidden-in-concrete-identified-after-35-years-us-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgia: Girl, 5, whose body was found hidden in concrete identified after 35 years | US News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Georgia: Girl, 5, whose body was found hidden in concrete identified after 35 years | US News<\/h2>\n

Georgia: Girl, 5, whose body was found hidden in concrete identified after 35 years | US News<\/p>\n

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A five-year-old girl whose body was found encased in concrete in the US 35 years ago has finally been identified, police say – and her mother and a live-in boyfriend have been charged with her murder.<\/p>\n

DNA tests and a crucial tip given earlier this year finally gave officers the breakthrough they needed, as they named the young victim – known for decades as Baby Jane Doe – as Kenyatta Odom.<\/p>\n

She was killed in her hometown of Albany, Georgia<\/strong>, before her body was dumped 110 miles away outside the city of Waycross, Georgia Bureau of Investigation agent Jason Seacrist said.<\/p>\n

The little girl was discovered among broken furniture and other rubbish left in woods on 21 December 1988, by a man who stumbled upon a TV cabinet filled with concrete.<\/p>\n

He called the Ware County Sheriff’s Office, with officers arriving on the same day and starting an investigation that would remain largely stalled for more than three decades.<\/p>\n

“Baby Jane Doe is no longer unnamed, is no longer unknown,” Mr Seacrist said.<\/p>\n

“The baby that was thrown out into a trash pile has been identified, and we’re working to bring justice to her.”<\/p>\n

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The girl’s mother, 56-year-old Evelyn Odom, and Ulyster Sanders, her boyfriend at the time, were arrested on Thursday and remained in custody on Monday.<\/p>\n

A grand jury indicted both on charges of felony murder, first-degree cruelty to children, concealing a death and other counts.<\/p>\n

Sheriff Carl James, who was one of the detectives sent to the scene that day, said he “really was not prepared for what we were about to find”.<\/p>\n

Officers discovered a box concealed in the concrete with a duffle bag. Inside that bag was a child’s body wrapped in a blanket.<\/p>\n

Mr James said the case always held a special interest for him and that, over the decades, investigators followed hundreds of leads and tips, most of them leading nowhere.<\/p>\n

Decades passed with authorities unable to match the remains to any missing children and only a copy of The Albany Herald newspaper found nearby giving a clue to the child’s origins.<\/p>\n

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In December last year, officers once again made a public appeal for any information, with a reward offer of $5,000 (\u00a34,070) from an anonymous donor.<\/p>\n

Then a woman called in January this year with a critical tip.<\/p>\n

“She knew that there had been a child who had gone missing and that her mother said that the child had gone to live with her father,” Mr Seacrist said.<\/p>\n

“This person never really believed that story.”<\/p>\n

That tip helped investigators to finally identify young Kenyatta and bring charges in her death.<\/p>\n

He wouldn’t comment on a possible motive or how the girl died, although news outlets reported the indictment said the child died after her feet and legs were submerged in hot water.<\/p>\n

District Attorney Greg Edwards said: “We believe that there is evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that will lead to justice being found for Kenyatta.”<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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