NYC Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for Killing, Dismembering Woman in Life Insurance Fraud Scheme

NEW YORK—A New York man was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison for a scheme that involved killing and dismembering a woman after fraudulently taking out a life insurance policy in her name to collect the benefits, federal prosecutors said. 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....