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Woman Kills Son, 8, in Posh NYC Hotel: Cops

Socialite's child apparently OD's in failed murder-suicide

By M. Morris,  Newser Staff

Posted Feb 5, 2010 3:54 PM CST
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(Newser) – An 8-year-old boy was found dead today in a luxury hotel in Manhattan after his socialite mother apparently botched a murder-suicide attempt, police say. Gigi Jordan, 49, was taken to Bellevue Hospital after being found "babbling incoherently" in her $600-a-night room at the Peninsula New York on Fifth Avenue. "She lawyers up right away," a source tells the Daily News. "She won't answer any questions."

Michael Jude, who was found wearing pajamas and "foaming at the mouth," appeared to have been dead for some time, sources said. His mother, crazed over the end of her marriage, left her home on the Upper West Side and checked into the hotel with the boy Wednesday. She sent an ominous email to a relative in Belgium, who alerted the NYPD. Jordan is expected to survive, the New York Post reports.

An NYPD vehicle is parked across from the Peninsula Hotel, Feb. 5, 2010 in New York. Police say a 9-year-old boy was found dead and his socialite mother near death in a room at the luxury hotel.
An NYPD vehicle is parked across from the Peninsula Hotel, Feb. 5, 2010 in New York. Police say a 9-year-old boy was found dead and his socialite mother near death in a room at the luxury hotel.   (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
The entrance to the Peninsula Hotel in New York, Friday, Feb. 5, 2010. Police say a 9-year-old boy was found dead and his socialite mother near death in a room in the luxury hotel.
The entrance to the Peninsula Hotel in New York, Friday, Feb. 5, 2010. Police say a 9-year-old boy was found dead and his socialite mother near death in a room in the luxury hotel.   (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
Police detectives enter the Peninsula Hotel Friday, Feb. 5, 2010 in New York. Police say a 9-year-old boy was found dead and his socialite mother near death in a room at the hotel.
Police detectives enter the Peninsula Hotel Friday, Feb. 5, 2010 in New York. Police say a 9-year-old boy was found dead and his socialite mother near death in a room at the hotel.   (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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Netstorm2k10
Feb 8, 2010 6:23 AM CST
What is a nice way? Just curious.
krymsonkyng
Feb 8, 2010 3:18 AM CST
Though I wonder how much empathy she has considering the route she took. I'm warming up to the violence...
krymsonkyng
Feb 7, 2010 10:42 AM CST
Interesting story: One side effect of the stocks was that you were incredibly vulnerable. Rape was pretty commonplace. Let's hear it for the puritans! _____ I'd rather just let her attend her child's funeral, and let the guilt eat her from the inside out... It's about the same, but private, and clean.

 
Belgium • New York City • Manhattan • murder-suicide • overdose • hotel • luxury hotels • child • son • mother • drug overdose • Upper West Side • Gigi Jordan • Michael Jude • Peninsula New York • Fifth Avenue

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