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Eric Marter was a young child in school the day his mother was kidnapped and murdered. He talks about his mother, and the pending execution of her killer.
The family of Edwina Marter issued two statements Wednesday following the execution of Richard Jordan, who was convicted of killing her in 1976.
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.
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, ...
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 ...
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.
Columnist Sid Salter says there is still the unanswered matter of serving justice for the Marter family – for Edwina.
Once she did, Jordan took her and left her younger son unarmed. He had her drive to the DeSoto National Forest where he shot her in the head when she tried to run away. Afterward, Jordan called Edwina ...