James Douglas Odom

A man'd body is found by copper workers
In the summer of 1981, the quiet community of Magna, Utah, was unsettled by the discovery of a local man's body. James Douglas Odom, a 39-year-old Caucasian male, had been found deceased on June 27th of that year. His life had been cut short in a remote field situated near a dirt road at approximately 10020 W. 20th South, a grim location for such a final chapter. It was workers from the nearby Kennecott Copper who stumbled upon the scene that afternoon, bringing a sudden and tragic end to a two- ...

James Douglas Odom | DPS - Utah Bureau of Criminal Identification