Active for 4 years
(1982-1985) in United States

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4. General Information
5. Characteristics
6. Childhood
7. Cognitive Ability
8. Incarceration
9. Death
10. 13 Timeline Events
11. Serial Killers Active During Spree
12. Boolean Statistical Questions
13. 6 Books Written About Diane Odell
14. 8 External References
15. Internal References

Diane Odell (born Diane Molina) an American serial killer known as the Babies in Boxes Murder Case. Odell was convicted of murdering three of her twelve children. In 2003 the bodies of the three dead newborns were found in a storage shed Odell rented and abandoned in Arizona. The remains were discovered after the contents of the abandoned storage unit were auctioned off for $75. The three infants were born between 1981 and 1984, when she was living in New York. Since their deaths Odell moved the decaying corpses with her as she moved from place to place across the country. A fourth body was found stuffed in a suitcase and placed in a junked car in a wrecking yard near Kauneonga Lake, Odell was not charged for this murder. She claimed all three newborns died of natural causes shortly after their birth. In 2004, Diane Odell was sentenced to life in prison.

Profile Completeness: 76%

Books that Mention Diane Odell

Alex Kava

A Necessary Evil

Chris O'Dell

Miss O'Dell

Diane McWhorter

Carry Me Home

Lita Linzer Schwartz

Child Homicide

Betty L. Alt

When Caregivers Kill

John Munro

The Anticolonial Front

6 Books that mention Serial Killer
Diane Odell

ISBN10	Book Title	Author	Killers Mentioned	Killers
146030148x	A Necessary Evil	Alex Kava	Diane Odell	1
1416596755	Miss O'Dell	Chris O'Dell	Diane Odell	1
0743226488	Carry Me Home	Diane McWhorter	Diane Odell	1
1420009346	Child Homicide	Lita Linzer Schwartz	Diane Odell	1
1442200790	When Caregivers Kill	Betty L. Alt	Diane Odell	2
1107188059	The Anticolonial Front	John Munro	Diane Odell	1

Diane O'Dell (born 1953) is an American female serial killer that was convicted of murdering three of her 12 children. She was also investigated for the disappearance of another child. O'Dell regularly traveled with the corpses.

External References

1. Q18207227 on www.wikidata.org, Retrieved on Jul 23, 2019.
2. Diane O'Dell on en.wikipedia.org, Retrieved on Jul 23, 2019.
3. Juan Ignacio Blanco, Diane ODELL on murderpedia.org, Retrieved on Jul 23, 2019.
4. Marsha Kranes, Baby-Slay Horror - N.Y. Mom stored bodies for 19 yrs.: Cops on nypost.com, Retrieved on Jul 23, 2019.
5. DIN: 04G0095, NYS Department of Corrections and Community Supervision on nysdoccslookup.doccs.ny.gov, Retrieved on Jul 23, 2019.
6. Ted Waddell, Odell Gets 25 to Life For Deaths of Infants on www.sc-democrat.com, Retrieved on Jul 23, 2019.
7. People v O'dell 2003 NY Slip Op 51486(U) on law.justia.com, Retrieved on Jul 23, 2019.
8. Mark Johnson, Woman Charged With Murder in Baby Case on www.myplainview.com, Retrieved on Jul 23, 2019.

Internal References

Diane Odell is included in the following pages on Killer.Cloud the Serial Killer Database

1. #33 of 38[ Page 3 ] of Serial Killers with birthdays in February
2. #36 of 42[ Page 3 ] of Aquarius Serial Killers sorted by Confirmed Victims
3. #50 of 75[ Page 4 ] of Female Serial Killers sorted by Confirmed Victims
4. #254 of 327[ Page 17 ] of Serial Killers active in the United States
5. #256 of 651[ Page 18 ] of serial killers sorted by Profile Completeness
6. #309 of 651[ Page 21 ] of serial killers sorted by Years Active
7. #437 of 651[ Page 30 ] of the A-Z List of Serial Killers
8. #517 of 651[ Page 35 ] of serial killers sorted by Confirmed Victims

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Serial Killers Statistics, charts Diane Odell is included in: Active Serial Killers by Country, Serial Killers By Gender, Age of Serial Killer by Date, Killers By Astrological Sign, Killers By Birth Month, Sexual Preference, Active Serial Killers by Year and Statistical Boolean Questions.

Years Active:

• 1982
• 1983
• 1984
• 1985