WARE COUNTY, Ga. – The mother of a little girl known for decades as “Baby Jane Doe,” and her former boyfriend, are expected in court on Monday.
Evelyn Odom and Ulyster Sanders are accused of killing Kenyatta Odom and then dumping her body in rural Georgia.
The former couple is hoping for a lower bond and a chance to get out of jail.
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Investigators say Kenyatta Odom died sometime in 1988. Road workers discovered her remains in December of that year — inside a container in an old television cabinet. Her body was wrapped up in a blanket, inside of a duffel bag encased in concrete just off Duncan Bridge Road in Millwood, which is north of Waycross.
It wasn’t until 2023, nearly 35 years later, that investigators finally identified the little girl through DNA testing.
For years, she had been known as “Baby Jane Doe.”
Odom and Sanders have been indicted on charges of felony murder, first-degree child cruelty, aggravated battery-family violence, conspiracy to conceal a death and concealing a death.
According to court records, Kenyatta lived in a home with Odom and Sanders in Albany. That’s where investigators say the five-year-old little girl died after the couple submerged her body in hot water — disfiguring her legs and feet.
Investigators also say the couple tried to cover up her death by encasing her body in concrete and putting her in the large television console that was dumped in the woods.
The bond hearing for the two individuals is set for 2:30 p.m. on Dec. 18.
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