ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - Ulyster Sanders, one of the two suspects in the 1988 Baby Jane Doe case, appeared in court Thursday morning.

Sanders is accused of helping his partner, Evelyn Odom, hide her daughter’s dead body.

For over 30 years, Odom’s daughter was known as “Baby Jane Doe,” but with DNA evidence in 2023, she was identified as Kenyatta “KeKe” Odom. Kenyatta’s remains were found in the woods in Ware County, encased in a television cabinet with concrete poured inside.

According to court records, Kenyatta died from having parts of her body put in hot water and burned.

Sanders and Odom, both from Albany, face five indictments, including:

• Felony murder
• First-degree cruelty to children
• Aggravated battery
• Conspiracy to commit a crime
• Concealing the death of another

Today, June 6, the courts decided to adjourn the case, stating that the judge wants time to review initial GBI interviews before granting a plea to Sanders.

Dougherty County Chief Judge Denise Marshall said, “What I am now hearing is that a child was burned. A child is in the household, and both parties agreed not to render aid which could have saved the child. My concern is that I pursue this plea agreement and then after the trial, I question the fairness of it all. And of course, that’s hindsight for me, and I can’t do anything about that. This is a very serious case in my mind. This gentleman was charged with some serious felonies.”

WALB’s Ashanti Isaac will bring us more later on WALB News 10, beginning at 4.

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