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

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

Richard Jordan is set to be executed in Mississippi on Wednesday, 49 years after he kidnapped and killed Edwina Marter, a ...

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, ...

Jordan took Edwina Marter about 35 miles away to a deserted area of the DeSoto National Forest, where prosecutors said he executed her by shooting a bullet into the back of her head as she knelt ...

After four trials, 79-year-old Richard Gerald Jordan was executed in Mississippi for the 1976 murder of Edwina Marter, a ...

The convicted killer, 79-year-old Richard Jordan, was executed by lethal injection on Wednesday, June 25, at the Mississippi State Penitentiary, a maximum-security prison farm, according to the ...

Richard Jordan, convicted of kidnapping and murdering Edwina Marter nearly 50 years ago, is scheduled for execution. Eric Marter reflects on how his life would have been different if his mother ...

Eric Marter reflects on how his life would have been different if his mother had lived. Edwina's son, Eric Marter, believes the execution is just but won't bring closure.

Richard Jordan, convicted of kidnapping and murdering Edwina Marter nearly 50 years ago, is scheduled for execution. Eric Marter reflects on how his life would have been different if his mother ...

On Jan. 12, 1976, Edwina Marter was at home in Mississippi City with one of her two sons, 3-year-old Kevin, while her 10-year-old son Eric was in school, according to court records.