Millionaire pharma exec Gigi Jordan – who killed 8-year-old son – found dead inside NYC home

Gigi Jordan, a wealthy pharmaceutical executive who was convicted of manslaughter in the death of her eight-year-old son, has been found dead in her Brooklyn apartment in what authorities are investigating as a possible suicide.

The news came just hours after US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued an order that was expected to send Jordan back to prison.

Jordan’s body was discovered around 12:30 a.m. Friday in his apartment in Stuyvesant Heights, Brooklyn.

The 62-year-old man’s cause of death has yet to be determined, but sources said a note was found at the scene.

Authorities are investigating the death of the 62-year-old man as a possible suicide. His son, Jude Mirra, was found dead in the $2,300-a-night hotel suite with his mother in 2010.

Jordan was convicted in 2014 of giving the eight-year-old a cocktail of Ambien and Xanax while the two were staying at the luxurious Peninsula Hotel.

Jordan was accused of administering a lethal dose of pills to her autistic son, Jude Mirra, in February 2010 at the luxurious Peninsula Hotel on Fifth Avenue. She then made an unsuccessful attempt to take her life.

During the trial, Jordan’s defense team argued that she killed the boy while in a state of extreme emotional disturbance, fearing that her ex-husband would murder him.

Jordan was acquitted of the main murder charge, but was found guilty of manslaughter in 2014.

Jordan was sentenced in 2015 to 18 years in prison, but her manslaughter conviction was overturned in 2020 due to a procedural error.

Gigi Jordan’s body was discovered in her apartment in Stuyvesant Heights, Brooklyn, around 12:30 a.m. Friday; Her cause of death has yet to be determined.

In September 2020, a federal judge vacated Jordan’s conviction, saying his Sixth Amendment right to a public trial was violated when the lead prosecutor requested a closed-door courtroom discussion during his trial.

In 2010, she was charged with administering a lethal dose of pills to her autistic son, Jude Mirra, at a luxury hotel and was found guilty of manslaughter in 2014.

On Thursday, US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued an order reversing an earlier decision allowing Jordan to remain free on bail while the high court considered his appeal.

On Thursday, US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued an order reversing an earlier decision allowing Jordan to remain free on bail while the high court considered his appeal.

During her trial, lawyers for the nurse-turned-pharmaceutical entrepreneur argued that Jordan acted out of fear that her life was in danger and that her son would be exposed to abuse.

Jordan testified at his trial that he also took pills to kill himself, but the suicide attempt failed.

“I didn’t see any way out of this situation,” he said during the trial. “I made the decision that I was going to end my life and Jude’s life.”

Following the judge’s ruling that vacated Jordan’s conviction, then-Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance said he “strongly disagreed” with the decision and intended to immediately appeal the decision to federal judges in Manhattan Appeal.

A stretcher carrying the body of Jude Mirra is seen being taken out of Tony’s Hotel on February 5, 2010. Jordan later said that he also tried to commit suicide, but failed in his attempt.

If necessary, the office had said it would consider retrying Jordan for killing his son, spokesman Danny Frost said at the time.

Under the conditions of his release, Jordan was also required to post $250,000 bail, remain in New York City under electronic monitoring, commit no further crimes and avoid coming into contact with illicit drugs or firearms.

If you or someone you know is having suicidal thoughts, call the 24-hour National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255; contact the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to 741741; or chat with someone online at suicidepreventionlifeline.org.

In 2020, a federal judge vacated her conviction for a procedural error and placed her on home confinement on $250,000 bond.