Diane O'Dell New York

Status: Incarcerated

Diane O'Dell is a serial killer in the United States. They were active from 1982–1985 . They currently have 3 victims, though they are suspected of 4 . According to Wikipedia, Murders of her illegitimate infants .

This happened primarily in New York. She was sentenced to life imprisonment .

His appeal includes:

On May 12, 2003 the Graham County Sheriff in Arizona was notified of an unusual discovery in a locked storage bin #6 that had been opened by the landlord because the renter, Diane O'Dell, the defendant herein, had defaulted in her lease agreement. Three dead and "mummified"[FN1] infant bodies were discovered in three cardboard boxes, along with numerous personal and household items and family photographs, in the storage unit in Safford County, Arizona. Pursuant to that discovery, the Arizona authorities began a police investigation regarding the remains of the three infants [FN2] which led them to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania where Diane O'Dell was currently residing with her paramour and children. The Arizona and Pennsylvania State Police investigations revealed that the Arizona storage unit had been rented [*2]by Ms. O'Dell for over ten years, and that Ms. O'Dell had also lived in Sullivan County, New York for an extended periods of time and had several other children born here.

The defendant had a total of eight children born alive in hospitals and raised by her at home. Of these eight, three were the issue of her marriage to James O'Dell and were born in 1978, 1979, and 1981. The other five children were born between 1986 and 1999 and were the issue of her live-in relationship with Robert Sauerstein her current significant other.

Victims

Her three newborn infants.

You can write to Diane O'Dell at:

Diane O'Dell 04G0095  

Bedford Hills Correctional Facility
247 Harris Road
Bedford Hills, New York 10507-2400

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