In the December 9, 1976 edition of the Baltimore Sun a murdered woman whose frozen body was found wrapped in garbage bags On December 7, 1976 and was identified to be Wanda Carter, 22, of the 4900 block of Edgemere Avenue. Ms. Carter was shot 3 times and was wrapped in a sheet tied inside 3 garbage bags and found by 3 city employees who were looking for survey markers. Investigators said Ms. Carter had not been seen for several weeks though no one had reported her missing.
The story continues in the January 4, 1977 issue of the Baltimore Sun. 2 teenage women, one of them a 16 year old dancer from The Block were held without bail of Wanda Carter. Karen Taylor of the 4700 block of Wilern Avenue was arrested at the Gayety Show Bar where she had been a dancer. City liquor board officials said that employees of establishments where liquor is served must be 18 years old (this is 1977 remember). After Ms. Taylor had been questioned, detectives arrested Olivia Lee Tatum, 18, at her home in the 2900 block of Oakford Avenue. A warrant had been issued for another unnamed man According to homicide detectives Ms. Carter was killed on November 26, 1976 in a house at the 2700 block of Oswego Avenue in Northwest Baltimore and her body was left in the park. The killing occurred during an argument over money allegedly owed by the victim. In a struggle over the gun, Ms. Tatum fired once and struck a wall. A second shot struck the victim and killed Ms. Carter.
And according to the April 20, 1978 edition of the Baltimore Sun, Olivia Lulu Tatum, 19, was sentenced to a total of 25 years in prison yesterday after her conviction on manslaughter charges for the death of Wanda Carter. She received 10 years for manslaughter and 15 years for illegal possession of a handgun. When the judge pronounce the sentence Olivia Tatum burst into tears and struggled with jail guards.
In a search of the Maryland Judiciary Case Search we find an Olivia L Tatum was a claimant against Don White-Bey in a battery charge at the District Court of Maryland on September 14, 1988. Either this is a different Olivia L Tatum or she didn't serve very much of that 25 year sentence for killing Wanda Carter.