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The 62-year-old millionaire pharmaceutical executive, convicted of killing her eight-year-old autistic son, committed suicide by putting a plastic bag over her head and filling it with nitrogen gas, according to a medical examiner.
- Gigi Jordan, 62, convicted of killing her eight-year-old autistic son, had committed suicide by putting a plastic bag filled with nitrogen gas over her head.
- The New York City Office of the Chief Medical Examiner made the determination Wednesday, a week after she was found dead inside her Brooklyn apartment.
- Her death comes nearly 13 years after she was accused of killing her son with a lethal dose of pills, followed by a failed suicide attempt.
- Her conviction was overturned in 2020 due to a procedural error, but the Supreme Court was set to send her back to jail hours before her suicide.
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The millionaire pharmaceutical executive convicted of killing her eight-year-old autistic son has been found to have committed suicide using a bag filled with nitrogen gas.
Gigi Jordan, 62, was found dead inside her Brooklyn apartment on December 30, just hours after Supreme Court Sonia Sotomayor issued an order that was expected to send her back to prison when she was released on bail. bail.
The New York City Office of the Chief Medical Examiner released a statement Wednesday that his cause of death was: “Suffocation by covering head with plastic bag and displacement of oxygen by nitrogen gas.”
Her suicide comes nearly 13 years after she was accused of giving her son, Jude Mirra, a lethal dose of pills inside her luxury Fifth Avenue Peninsula hotel, where she later tried to take her own life.
Millionaire Gigi Jordan (right), who was convicted of killing her eight-year-old autistic son Jude (left), had committed suicide by putting a plastic bag filled with nitrogen gas over her head, according to a New York City report. . Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
Her death comes nearly 13 years after she was accused of killing Jude via a lethal dose of pills. Her conviction was overturned in 2020 due to a procedural error
During her six-week 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 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.”
Jordan was acquitted of the main murder charge, but was found guilty of manslaughter in 2014.
She was sentenced in 2015 to 18 years in prison, but her manslaughter conviction was overturned in 2020 due to a procedural error.
Jordan said she killed the boy because she feared her ex-husband would kill him. He attempted suicide shortly after.
A stretcher carrying the body of Jude Mirra is seen being taken out of the hotel in February 2010.
In 2020, she was placed on home confinement by a federal judge on $250,000 bond.
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.
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.
Last week, US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued an order reversing the earlier decision allowing Jordan to remain free on bail while the high court considered his appeal.
Norman Siegel, one of Jordan’s attorneys, told NBC his client was in good spirits when he spoke to her on the phone hours before her suicide.
He said his death was “incredibly sad” given that Jordan “still had a lot to contribute to society.”
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.