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Apr 16, 2022 · James Jordan's body was identified using personal dental records plus his fingerprints. The coroner kept Mr. Jordan’s jaw and hands for later identification after he was cremated.
- Cory Dinkel
Jun 3, 2021 · After James Jordan’s body was found in a South Carolina swamp, Green, then 18, and Demery, then 19, were quickly identified as suspects.
Aug 18, 2020 · The authorities said James Jordan was killed in the early hours of July 23 as he napped along a North Carolina highway.
May 20, 2020 · Who really killed Michael Jordan’s father, James R. Jordan Sr.? The question was answered decades ago when two young men were convicted… but is there more to the story? ESPN documentary The Last Dance focuses partly on Michael Jordan’s career.
Apr 3, 2021 · Now a new true-crime documentary, titled "Moment of Truth," is examining the problematic investigation behind James Raymond Jordan’s shocking death in North Carolina at age 56.
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May 7, 2020 · On July 23, 1993, nine days shy of his 57th birthday, James R. Jordan was shot to death near Lumberton, North Carolina before being dumped into a South Carolina swamp. The body was found 11 days later, identified another 10 days after that, and the tragedy soon left Michael Jordan and his career in shambles.
It wasn’t until badly decomposed body was discovered in Gum Swamp Creek on Aug. 3 by fishermen Hal Locker that Jordan’s mysterious disappearance started to be solved.
