MILTON, Florida – In recently obtained footage, a Florida man calmly confessed to bludgeoning his fiancée to death with a Walmart baseball bat because he couldn’t afford to pay for their wedding, offering a chilling glimpse into the final moments of his victim’s life.
Jerry Odum, 64, was filmed in an interrogation room giving a 40-minute confessional about how he murdered massage parlor owner Vickie Edge, 59, just two months before their planned wedding.
“I didn’t have the money to pay for [the wedding],” said Odum in the footage.
During the interrogation, Odum admitted to hitting Edge with the baseball bat he purchased from Walmart, and subsequently strangling her to death. He also revealed that he had bought a baseball bat from Walmart with murder in mind.
While under attack, Edge begged, “Why are you doing this?”
As his fiancée started to scream, Odum put “a chokehold on her until she went to the ground and I choked her after that,” he told cops.
Odum pleaded guilty to first-degree premeditated murder and is currently serving a life sentence.
In the footage, Odum’s demeanor was described as catatonic as he revealed that he was “basically going broke” when he met Edge on a dating app three months earlier.
“I was just kind of going along with a ride I thought maybe it would end beforehand, but I just kept getting deeper and deeper into the relationship and I didn’t know how to get out of it,” Odum said.
The video shows the chilling details of a murder that shocked the community and serve as a reminder of the dangers of unhealthy relationships. The case highlights the need for increased awareness and support for individuals in abusive or toxic relationships.
As the footage continues to emerge, it serves as a haunting reminder of the consequences of domestic violence and the importance of addressing underlying issues and providing support to those in need.
The details of this tragic case are a sobering reminder of the devastating impact of domestic violence and the need for greater awareness and support for individuals in abusive relationships.