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Aug 9, 2018 · James Jordan hit the road shortly after midnight, cruising into the summer darkness in his red Lexus SC400. Jordan had spent that day — July 22, 1993 — at the funeral of a former co-worker in...
Jul 23, 2018 · James R. Jordan Sr., 57, was fatally shot in the chest while napping in his red Lexus sedan on the shoulder of U.S. 74, just outside of Lumberton, in the early hours of July 23, 1993. His body...
- How Did James R. Jordan Sr. Die?
- Michael Jordan’s NBA Ring Was Found Buried in A Yard.
- After His Murder, A Suspect Wore James Jordan’s Jewelry in A Rap Music Video.
- The Two Main Suspects in The Murder of James Jordan Were Best Friends.
- There Was No Conclusive Evidence of Blood Found in James Jordan’s Car.
- Daniel Green Has Maintained His Innocence in The Murder Since 1993.
- In 2020, Green's Co-Defendant Larry Demery Was Granted Parole.
Two teenagers, one Native American and one Black, were convicted of the murder of James Jordan and are serving life sentences in separate North Carolina prisons. Larry Martin Demery and Daniel Andre Green tell conflicting stories of what happened the night James R. Jordan Sr. was murdered. There are new questions about the investigation, new eviden...
The investigation got one of its first big breaks from an unlikely source: suspect Daniel Andre Green himself. Daniel pointed investigators to a patch of dirt by his great-grandmother’s house. They dug up a ring – Michael Jordan’s NBA ring. Listen to SBI Agent Tony Underwoodtalk about the moment the ring was discovered.
There were other damning puzzle pieces that emerged in the investigation: a gun hidden in a Shop-vac in the house where Daniel Green was living and a rap music video starring Daniel wearing James Jordan’s watch and an NBA ring. At Daniel Green's murder trial, Michael Jordan's brother Larry identified the jewelry as gifts from Michael to his father....
Larry Demery and Daniel Green first met in elementary school. They grew up together in Robeson County. In July 1993, Daniel says Larry was living in Daniel’s home. A gun found in a Shop-vac in the house was later presented at trial as the murder weapon, though ballistics did not confirm it was the gun that killed James Jordan. Larry’s eyewitness te...
The primary narrative of the prosecution’s case is that James Jordan was killed in his car on the side of the road in Lumberton, North Carolina. Co-defendant Larry Demery testified he saw Daniel Green shoot and kill James Jordan in his car and that the body was then moved into the passenger seat. Blood analysis tests were inconclusive for the prese...
Daniel Green has filed appeal after appeal since his conviction in 1996, claiming he wasn’t there when Michael Jordan’s dad was killed. All of them have been denied. The North Carolina Center on Actual Innocence took on Daniel Green's case in 2016. Green and his lawyer, Chris Mumma have filed multiple appeals on the grounds that there is new eviden...
He was scheduled to be released in 2023. In 2021, his parole date was delayed by a year and then later revoked. Daniel Green continues to appeal for his right to present new evidence that he says proves his innocence in the murder of James Jordan.
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As crime began to increase in Brooklyn in the 1960s, the Jordans moved back to North Carolina to raise their children in a safer environment. Upon completing his 18 months' training, Jordan and his family moved to Wilmington, North Carolina .
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.
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.
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Mar 30, 2021 · James Jordan was shot and killed July 23, 1993--at the height of his son's international stardom. Two childhood friends, Daniel Green and Larry Demery, were arrested in the crime. They said...
