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Cory Martin, 37, was also sentenced by a federal judge in
Brooklyn to a concurrent sentence of 20 years in prison for wire
fraud conspiracy and a consecutive term of two years for
aggravated identity theft.
U.S. Attorney Breon Peace, whose office prosecuted the case,
called it a “ghastly, cold-blooded crime” motivated by greed and
executed with extensive planning.
Brandy Odom, 26, had been a sex worker Martin managed and lived
with in an apartment in Queens.
“Martin preyed on Brandy Odom. He saw the victim as a way to
make money," Peace said in a statement. “He trafficked her for
commercial sex, then killed her with his bare hands so he could
profit from her death.”
Prosecutors said Martin and a co-conspirator fraudulently
obtained two life insurance policies in Odom’s name the year
before Martin strangled her in her bedroom.
The two purchased cleaning supplies and dismembered Odom’s body
in 2018 and dumped the parts in a Brooklyn park. They then made
several unsuccessful attempts to claim benefits under Odom’s
life insurance policies before being apprehended in 2020.
A federal jury found Martin guilty in March following a two-week
trial in which prosecutors argued Martin had watched crime
shows, including “Dexter” and “The First 48,” for tips on how to
get away with the killing.
“The defendant believed he could thwart law enforcement and
cover up this heinous crime by relying on television shows about
murder, but the investigatory efforts of law enforcement brought
him to justice,” Peace said Wednesday.
Lawyers for Martin didn’t immediately respond to an email
seeking comment.
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