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Linda Odum

Case from Talladega, AL dated Mar 30, 1986

Victim Details

Linda Odum

Female

White / Caucasian

Talladega

AL

1986-03-30

32

Linda

Odum

06/22/2026

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In February 1986, Linda Odum, a 32-year-old Caucasian female, was reported missing in Talladega, Alabama. Odum, who worked as a cocktail waitress, had been romantically involved with a man who was then known as an art instructor at the Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind. Nearly a month after she disappeared, on March 30, her nude and decomposed body was discovered outside of Talladega. Investigators determined that she had been murdered.

The investigation into Odum's death quickly f ...
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