When the long-dead bodies of several infants are discovered in a self-storage facility and in the trunk of a car, the trail leads to Dianne Odell, a fifty-year-old mother of eight children who claimed that her late mother forced her into teen prostitution and murdered what she viewed as "bastard children." Book available.
Cold StorageIn May 2003, an Arizona man whod bought dozens of sealed boxes at an auction of unclaimed property made a horrifying discovery: the bodies of three plastic-wrapped infants, one of which had become mummified over the years. Police traced them to Dianne Odell, 50, a mother of eight children, who admitted the babies were hers but claimed that theyd died of natural causes. Justice DeferredIn 1989, police had found the remains of a long-dead infant in a suitcase in the trunk of a car Odell had abandoned. The statute of limitations on manslaughter had saved her then from prosecution. She maintained that the fetus was the product of a rape by her father, and stillborn.Baby-Killers FateOdell said her own domineering mother had forced her into teen prostitution and murdered what she viewed as bastard children. Both parents were dead and unable to contradict her. Would Odells stories sway the jury and buy her the mercy her babies were never granted? Or would she be forced to face the consequences of bringing innocent lives into the world only to end them in cold blood...
