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Pharma executive who killed autistic son found dead after Supreme Court ruling

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Published 10:33 2 Jan 2023 GMT

Pharma executive who killed autistic son found dead after Supreme Court ruling

She had been ordered to return to prison.

Emma Guinness

Emma Guinness

**WARNING: MENTION OF SUICIDE**

A pharmaceutical executive has been found dead in her home after a Supreme Court ruling on the 2010 murder of her autistic son.

Gigi Jordan, 62, was found dead on Friday (30 December) at her home in Brooklyn, and her death is currently being investigated as a suspected suicide.

Jordan allegedly killed her son, Jude Mirra, eight, by giving him a deadly cocktail of painkillers, speeling pills, tranquilisers, alcohol and juice in a luxury hotel in February 2010.

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Jordan was found dead hours after her bail was revoked.
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While she tried to take her own life afterwards, she was unsuccessful and was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 18 years behind bars in 2015.

However, a procedural misstep saw her conviction overturned in 2020, the Independent reports.

She was released on bail, but this was revoked hours before she was found dead by the Supreme Court.

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Norman Siegel, one of the millionaire pharmaceutical executive's attorneys, confirmed her death and described it as 'unbelievably sad'.

"Gigi Jordan had a lot to offer society," he said. "In the end, she did not have her opportunity to contribute to society."

At the time of Jordan's conviction, prosecutors argued that she murdered her son because he was emotionally disturbed, and claimed that Jude had been sexually abused by his father, Emil Tzekov, her second husband.

At her trial, she claimed that she killed her son after fearing that she was going to be murdered by her first ex-husband and he would then be placed into the custody of her second, who would subject him to further abuse.

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Her ex-husbands have both denied the claims made against them.

The mum was a pharmaceutical millionaire.
Alamy / ZUMA Press, Inc.

Siegel said that he spoke to the mum on Thursday last week (29 December) and said that she 'sounded in good spirits.'

The Supreme Court's recent decision overturned an earlier order from 20 December that allowed the 62-year-old to remain free as her appeal was considered.

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Jordan said during her trial: "I didn't see any way out of [the] situation. I made a decision that I was going to end my life and Jude's life."

According to NBC New York, an NYPD policeman declined to comment but said there would be an ongoing death investigation linked to her Brooklyn residence.

The mum was released from prison on 9 December 2020, on a $250,000 bond after serving over a decade of her sentence.

If you've been affected by any of these issues and want to speak to someone in confidence, please don't suffer alone. Call Samaritans for free on their anonymous 24-hour phone line on 116 123.

Featured Image Credit: ZUMA Press, Inc. / Alamy

Topics: US News

Emma Guinness
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