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Apr 26, 2021 · A judge found James L. Jordan not guilty by reason of insanity in the fatal stabbing of Ronald S. Sanchez Jr. along the trail in 2019.
May 15, 2019 · The accused is 30-year-old James Jordan. Jordan is currently facing charges of murder and assault with intent to murder in a Virginia federal court. Ronald “Stronghold” Sanchez was identified by federal authorities Tuesday, May 14th. Ronald Sanchez in an undated photo shared via Facebook.
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May 17, 2019 · What we do know is that James Jordan, who had been arrested in April in conjunction with a series of complaints from other hikers, began harassing Sanchez and the small group of backpackers...
Apr 25, 2021 · The hikers went to pack up and leave, but Jordan attacked them with a knife. Two fled. He chased, but returned to argue with a man identified as U.S. Army vet Ronald Sanchez. Jordan fatally stabbed him, and chased the remaining hiker, who he caught up with when she began to tire out. He stabbed her.
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Heart-wrenching letters from Sanchez’s family, filed as victim impact statements with the court, beg the judge to ensure Jordan never leaves the hospital. Sanchez’s mother, Claudia Duncan, wrote that her family’s lives have been “shattered beyond words.” “I can never be who I once was,” Duncan wrote. “My husband has lost the wife he once knew and m...
The hikers on the trail May 10 knew Jordan when they saw him. Less than three weeks before the fatal attack, he’d been arrested after threatening several hikers on the trail as he hiked through Tennessee and North Carolina. In a Facebook post on April 21, the sheriff in Unicoi County, Tennessee, wrote that hikers at the trailhead at Devils Fork had...
Meanwhile, Jordan went back to the campsite, where Sanchez and Morrill remained. As they prepared to leave, Jordan made statements to Sanchez and Morrill about people “hunting” him, and he accused Sanchez of hitting him with a rock. Sanchez denied hitting him and, like JH and GH before him, tried to defuse the situation. Jordan advanced on him with...
Morrill was flown for treatment to Bristol Regional Medical Center in Bristol, Tennessee. The Press reportedthat it took about 50 staples and 10 sutures to close all her wounds. It also took a lot of painful physical therapy and grueling exercise to regain feeling in and use of some of her muscles, particularly in her arms. She addressed the physic...
Apr 24, 2021 · Man who fatally stabbed hiker on Appalachian Trail found not guilty by reason of insanity. James Jordan admitted killing Ronald S. Sanchez Jr. and will be held in psychiatric treatment...
Jul 3, 2019 · 30-year-old James Jordan, accused of fatally stabbing Robert Sanchez and injuring another hiker on the Appalachian Trail on May 11, has been deemed not fit for trial. Magistrate Judge Pamela Sargent ruled in US District Court in Abingdon, VA, on July 3 that Jordan does not meet the legal standard of competency.
