Man who dismembered woman after watching "Dexter" is sentenced

A New York man was sentenced Wednesday to life successful situation for a strategy that progressive sidesplitting and dismembering a woman aft fraudulently taking retired a life security argumentation successful her sanction to cod nan benefits, national prosecutors said. Cory Martin watched crime shows including "Dexter" and "The First 48" for tips connected really to get distant pinch sidesplitting nan woman, prosecutors said.

Martin, 37, was besides sentenced by a national judge successful Brooklyn to a concurrent condemnation of 20 years successful situation for ligament fraud conspiracy and a consecutive word of 2 years for aggravated personality theft.

U.S. Attorney Breon Peace, whose agency prosecuted nan case, called it a "ghastly, cold-blooded crime" motivated by greed and executed pinch extended planning.

Brandy Odom, 26, had been a activity worker Martin managed and lived pinch successful an flat successful Queens.

"Martin preyed connected Brandy Odom. He saw nan unfortunate arsenic a measurement to make money," Peace said successful a statement. "He trafficked her for commercialized sex, past killed her pinch his bare hands truthful he could profit from her death."

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Prosecutors said Martin and a co-conspirator fraudulently obtained 2 life security policies successful Odom's sanction nan twelvemonth earlier Martin strangled her successful her bedroom.

They appeared connected nan NYPD's radar aft a cadaver canine picked up nan dormant woman's scent successful 1 of their cars, CBS New York previously reported.

Prosecutors allege that earlier nan killing, Martin searched Home Depot's website for a "Dewalt 12-Amp Corded Reciprocating Saw," and later searched YouTube for "how to insert leaf for reciprocating saw." His co-conspirator testified that Martin utilized an electrical saw to dismember Odom's corpse successful nan bathtub aft covering nan bath surfaces pinch heavy-duty garbage bags to debar leaving grounds of nan killing, prosecutors said.

The 2 purchased cleaning supplies and dismembered Odom's assemblage successful 2018 and dumped nan parts successful a Brooklyn park. They past made respective unsuccessful attempts to declare benefits nether Odom's life security policies earlier being apprehended successful 2020.

A national assemblage recovered Martin blameworthy successful March pursuing a two-week proceedings successful which prosecutors based on Martin had watched crime shows, including "Dexter" and "The First 48," for tips connected really to get distant pinch nan killing.

"The suspect believed he could thwart rule enforcement and screen up this heinous crime by relying connected tv shows astir murder, but nan investigatory efforts of rule enforcement brought him to justice," Peace said Wednesday.

Lawyers for Martin didn't instantly respond to an email seeking comment.

"My girl was a loving child. She was sweet. She didn't person immoderate enemies," Odom's mother Nicole antecedently told CBS New York.

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