William Oddo allegedly told police he “wanted to lay with her” after shooting his fiancée in the head. Her body remained in their apartment for nearly two weeks.
- Texas man William Oddo is accused of killing his fiancée, LaVera Wardell, and living with her body for days before fleeing the stench
- According to police, Oddo allegedly admitted he “wanted to lay with her” and spent a full three days in their shared home with her body
- He was arrested weeks later at a motel and remains jailed on $160,000 bond
For days, police say, a Texas man slept next to his fiancée’s corpse after shooting her in the head — only leaving when the smell became unbearable.
“I wanted to lay with her,” 52-year-old William Joseph Oddo III allegedly told Denton police, according to an affidavit obtained by Fox 4, CBS Texas and WFAA.
The victim, 39-year-old LeVera Wardell, was found shot dead in her apartment on May 19 after a resident reported “a very foul smell,” according to a press release posted to the department’s Facebook page.
Police found Oddo at a Mount Pleasant motel on June 2 and charged him with murder and evidence tampering. After his arrest, Oddo allegedly admitted to killing Wardell during a heated argument on May 6, claiming that she came at him with a knife, per the affidavit.