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Wendy Gail Odom

Case from Groton, CT dated May 19, 1967

Victim Details

Wendy Gail Odom

Female

Groton

CT

1967-05-19

2

Wendy

Gail Odom

06/24/2026

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In May of 1967, a terrible event unfolded in a small trailer park in Groton, Connecticut, forever altering the lives of a young family. Inside their modest mobile home, two-year-old Wendy Gail Odom, a female, and her one-year-old brother, James Preston Odom, were found dead. Their mother, who was twenty-one years old at the time, was also discovered at the scene with a gunshot wound to the head.

Initial investigations pointed towards a deeply tragic scenario. The evidence suggested that t ...
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  • Wendy Gail “Winkie” Odom (1964-1967) - Find a...
  • May 25, 1967, page 1 - The Day at Newspapers.com - Newspapers.com
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    Has anyone been able to dig up more on the Odom siblings' case from 1967? It's so unnerving that suc... ...Read More
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