Jordan's execution came decades after he kidnapped and killed 35-year-old Edwina Marter, who was shot in the back of the head ...

Mississippi executes Vietnam veteran Richard Jordan for murder of stay-at-home mom of 2 Jordan's execution came nearly five decades after he kidnapped and killed 35-year-old Edwina Marter, who was ...

Richard Jordan, the longest-serving and oldest person on Mississippi's death row, was executed on June 25 for the 1976 murder and kidnapping of Edwina Marter.

Richard Gerald Jordan, a 79-year-old Vietnam veteran who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, received a lethal injection ...

Charles Marter told Jordan to tell Edwina Marter the kids were OK Jordan eventually dropped his ransom demand to $25,000. It wasn’t long after that authorities actually spotted Jordan picking up ...

Richard Jordan's execution in Mississippi on Wednesday can proceed, a federal appellate court ruled in upholding a ruling allowing lethal injection.

Citing court records, the AP reported that Jordan took Edwina Marter to a forest and fatally shot her before contacting her husband, saying she was safe and demanding $25,000. Supreme Court denies ...

Jordan, who grew up in Petal, was around 30 years old in January 1976, when he kidnapped and murdered 35-year-old Edwina Marter, a stay-at-home mother of two sons and the wife of Gulfport bank ...

Jordan was convicted in 1977 for the 1976 kidnapping and murder of Edwina Marter. At 79, Jordan is the oldest and longest-serving prisoner on Mississippi's death row.

Richard Jordan is set to be executed in Mississippi on Wednesday, 49 years after he kidnapped and killed Edwina Marter, a stay-at-home mother of two.

Jordan was sentenced to death in 1977 for the kidnapping and murder of Edwina Marter. PARCHMAN, Miss. — Richard Jordan, Mississippi’s longest-serving death-row inmate, requested chicken ...

Jordan's execution came decades after he kidnapped and killed 35-year-old Edwina Marter, who was shot in the back of the head on Jan. 12, 1976. Mississippi executes Vietnam veteran Richard Jordan ...