Gigi Jordan, a wealthy pharmaceutical executive who was convicted of manslaughter in the death of her eight-year-old son, was 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 12:30am on Friday at her apartment in Stuyvesant Heights, Brooklyn
The cause of 62-year-old’s death has not yet been determined, but sources said a note was found at the scene.
Gigi Jordan, 62, a millionaire pharmaceutical exec convicted of manslaughter in the 2010 death of her eight-year-old autistic son, was found dead in her home. She is pictured in 2011
Authorities are investigating the 62-year-old’s death as a possible suicide. Her son, Jude Mirra was found dead in the $2,300-a-night hotel suite next to 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 fatal dose of pills to her autistic son, Jude Mirra, in February 2010 at the high-end Peninsula Hotel on Fifth Avenue. She then made an unsuccessful attempt to take her own life.
During the trial, Jordan’s defense team argued that she killed the boy while in a state of extreme emotional disturbance, fearing that he would be murdered by her ex-husband.
Jordan was acquitted of the top 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 at her apartment in Stuyvesant Heights, Brooklyn at around 12:30am on Friday – the cause of death has not yet been determined
In September 2020, a federal judge overturned Jordan’s conviction, saying her Sixth Amendment right to a public trial was violated when the lead prosecutor requested a closed-door courtroom discussion during her trial
In 2010, she was accused of 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 a previous decision that allowed Jordan to remain free on bail while the high court considered her appeal
On Thursday, US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued an order reversing a previous decision that allowed Jordan to remain free on bail while the high court considered her 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 left susceptible to abuse.
Jordan testified at her trial that she also took pills to kill herself but the suicide attempt failed.
‘I didn’t see any way out of this situation,’ she said during the trial. ‘I made a decision that I was going to end my life and Jude’s life.’
Following the judge’s ruling overturning of Jordan’s conviction, then Manhattan district attorney Cy Vance that he ‘strenuously disagreed’ with the decision and intended to immediately appeal the decision to Manhattan federal appeals judges.
A gurney carrying Jude Mirra’s body is seen being wheeled out of the tony hotel on February 5, 2010. Jordan later said she tried to kill herself as well, but failed in her attempt
If it becomes necessary, the office had said it would consider retrying Jordan for killing her son, said spokesman Danny Frost at the time.
Under the conditions of her release, Jordan was also required to post $250,000 bond, remain in New York City under electronic monitoring, commit no further crimes and avoid coming in contact with illicit drugs or firearms.
In 2020, a federal judge overturned her conviction due to a procedural error and placed her under home confinement on a $250,000 bond
