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.

Richard Jordan, Mississippi’s longest serving and oldest death row inmate, died by lethal injection Wednesday evening at the ...

For those who have waited decades for the state to carry out the death sentence Jordan first received in 1976, Jordan’s execution is long overdue. Jordan was sentenced to death for the Jan. 11, 1976, ...

The convicted murderer, a Vietnam War veteran, was sentenced to death in 1976 for kidnapping and murdering the wife of a bank ...

Jordan was sentenced to death in 1976 for kidnapping and killing a bank loan officer's wife in a violent ransom scheme.

The family of Edwina Marter issued two statements Wednesday following the execution of Richard Jordan, who was convicted of killing her in 1976.

Vietnam veteran Richard Gerald Jordan is set to be executed in Mississippi nearly 50 years after being sentenced to death.

By Crystal Tisme Click here for updates on this story PARCHMAN, Mississippi (WAPT) -- Mississippi held a state-sanctioned execution ...

A Mississippi man who had been on death row for nearly 50 years was executed by lethal injection on Wednesday (Thursday ...