BY BEN VERDE
Federal authorities arrested
two people on Nov. 4 in
connection with the 2018 murder
of a Queens resident whose
body was dumped in Canarsie
Park.
The feds arraigned 33-
year-old Cory Martin and 32-
year-old Adelle Anderson in
Brooklyn Federal Court on
Nov. 4 after arresting them in
Trenton, New Jersey. The two
were charged with conspiring
to commit wire fraud and aggravated
identity theft in connection
with the murder of 26-
year-old Brandy Odom, whose
body was found dismembered
in Canarsie Park in April
2018.
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Federal court papers state
that Anderson and Martin employed
Odom as a sex worker,
and attempted to take out
two life insurance policies on
Odom before killing her. The
two then allegedly claimed to
be her blood relative in order
to collect the claims made on
her life, valued at $200,000.
Authorities said the murder
is being investigated for
the use of interstate commerce
Investigators at the scene in Canarsie Park where the dismembered body of 26-year-old Brandy Odom was
found on April 9, 2018. Photo by Lloyd Mitchell
facilities in the commission
of murder-for-hire.
Odom’s cause of death was
homicidal asphyxia and her
body was posthumously dismembered,
according to court
papers.
Odom’s killing sent shockwaves
through Canarsie
when, on the morning of April
9, 2018, just her torso was discovered
by a passerby.
“I thought it was a doll,”
said Robert Clouden, of Canarsie,
who saw in the morning
what police later identifi ed
as a dead body. “The torso was
very small, and I didn’t see
any limbs. I thought it was a
doll someone discarded.”
Days later, more than 100
of Odom’s friends and family
members gathered at the park
to call for justice.
“You don’t cut somebody up
like that,” said her uncle Anthony
Jackson, who attended
the vigil. “They need to be
brought to justice.”
The defendants face a minimum
of 22 years if convicted
for the wire fraud conspiracy
charges.
JUSTICE
SERVED
Two arrested in
connection to body found
in Canarsie Park in 2018