Woman Allegedly Carted Kids’ Bodies Around
A woman was accused of murdering three of her children and keeping the bodies for a decade or more before leaving them in a rented storage unit in Arizona, where they were discovered last week.
Diane O’Dell, of Rome, Pa., told investigators that between 1972 and 1984, while living in upstate New York, she gave birth to four children who died, including the three whose remains were found.
She was arraigned in New York state on three counts of murder and ordered held without bail. Police would not comment on the causes of death.
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